Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency

Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha
Constituency No. 86 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Muvattupuzha within Ernakulam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Idukki
Established	1957
Total electors	1,91,222 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Mathew Kuzhalnadan
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] Since 2021, it has been represented by Mathew Kuzhalnadan of the Indian National Congress.

Local self-governed segments

Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Muvattupuzha	Municipality	Muvattupuzha
2	Arakuzha	Grama panchayat
3	Avoly
4	Ayavana
5	Kalloorkkad
6	Manjalloor
7	Marady
8	Paipra
9	Palakkuzha
10	Valakam
11	Paingottoor		Kothamangalam
12	Pothanikkad		Kothamangalam

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency during various legislative assemblies.

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	K. M. George	Indian National Congress	1957–1960
1960	2nd	K. M. George	Indian National Congress	1960–1965
1967	3rd	P. V. Abraham	Communist Party of India	1967–1970
1970	4th	Pennamma Jacob	Independent	1970–1977
1977	5th	P. C. Joseph	Kerala Congress	1977–1980
1980	6th	V. V. Joseph	Kerala Congress (Joseph)	1980–1982
1982	7th	V. V. Joseph	Kerala Congress (Joseph)	1982–1987
1987	8th	A. V. Isaac	Independent	1987–1991
1991	9th	Johnny Nellore	Kerala Congress (M)	1991–1996
1996	10th		Kerala Congress (Jacob)	1996–2001
2001	11th		Kerala Congress (Jacob)	2001–2006
2006	12th	Babu Paul	Communist Party of India	2006–2011
2011	13th	Joseph Vazhakkan	Indian National Congress	2011–2016
2016	14th	Eldo Abraham	Communist Party of India	2016–2021
2021	15th	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Mathew Kuzhalnadan
	CPI	N.Arun
	NDA
	AAP	Noushad Kakkadden Randarakara
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

2021

There were 1,91,222 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	74,425	44.63	1.93
	CPI	Eldo Abraham	68,264	40.36	8.91
	Twenty 20 Party	Adv. C. N. Prakash	13,535	9.38	–
	BJP	Jiji Joseph	7,527	5.21	1.63
	NOTA	None of the above	427	0.30	0.15
	SUCI	C. K. Thampi	176	0.12	–
Margin of victory			6,961	4.27	2.30
Turnout			1,45,005	75.83	4.32
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	1.93

2016

There were 1,77,939 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Eldo Abraham	70,269	49.27	3.81
	INC	Joseph Vazhackan	60,894	42.70	7.20
	BJP	P. J. Thomas	9,759	6.84	3.08
	NOTA	None of the above	635	0.45	–
	PDP	P. K. Aboobacker Thangal	512	0.36	–
	SDPI	P. P. Moideenkunju	426	0.30	–
	Independent	Justin T. D.	121	0.08	–
Margin of victory			9,375	6.57	2.13
Turnout			1,42,616	80.15	4.87
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	3.81

2011

There were 1,54,440 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joseph Vazhackan	58,012	49.90	–
	CPI	Babu Paul	52,849	45.46	5.07
	BJP	Jiji Joseph	4,367	3.76	1.02
	Independent	Biju Sreedharan	546	0.47	–
	BSP	Boby Kaloor	487	0.42	–
Margin of victory			5,163	4.44	9.38
Turnout			1,16,261	75.28	8.61
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

2006

There were 1,43,555 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Babu Paul	48,338	50.53	7.58
	DIC	Adv. Johnny Nellore	35,113	36.70	–
	Independent	P. C. Cyriac	5,407	5.65	–
	Independent	Johny	3,062	2.20	–
	BJP	P. R. Vijayakumar	2,625	2.74	0.49
	Independent	Thomas Kallan	384	0.40	–
	Independent	Tom Jose	306	0.32	–
	Independent	Yokacharya Neelan Kallara	215	0.23	–
	Independent	Shiju Kuriakose	220	0.22	–
Margin of victory			13,225	13.82	5.36
Turnout			95,706	66.67	3.82
	CPI gain from KC(J)		Swing	7.58

2001

There were 1,49,151 registered voters in Muvattupuzha constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.^[7]

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Johnny Nellore	54,031	51.41	1.82
	CPI	George Kunnappilly	45,138	42.95	–
	BJP	P. C. Muraleedharan	3,395	3.23	0.11
	Independent	Adv. Tom Jose	2,542	2.42	–
Margin of victory			8,893	8.46	1.64
Turnout			1,05,131	70.49	1.32
	KC(J) hold		Swing	1.82

1996

There were 1,42,720 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1996 Kerala Assembly election.^[8]

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Johnny Nellore	47,841	49.59	–
	Independent	P. M. Thomas	38,145	38.54	–
	Independent	Alias Eradikunnel	4,602	4.77	–
	BJP	M. N. Gangadharan	3,014	3.12	0.02
	Independent	C. M. Musthafa	761	0.79	–
	Independent	Cherian Varughese	618	0.64	–
	Independent	John Abraham	262	0.27	–
	Independent	A. M. Thomas	239	0.25	–
	Independent	Paulosekutty Vargese	195	0.20	–
	Independent	Thomas Ulahannan	184	0.19	–
	Independent	Joy Kurian	172	0.18	–
	Independent	Jayan Kunjunellan	152	0.16	–
	Independent	Kuruvilla Joseph	150	0.16	–
	Independent	John Joseph	138	0.14	–
Margin of victory			9,696	10.10	6.48
Turnout			1,02,044	71.50	5.27
	KC(J) gain from KC(M)		Swing

1991

There were 1,37,723 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1991 Kerala Assembly election.^[9]

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Johnny Nellore	51,783	49.59	–
	Independent	A. V. Issac	48,004	45.97	1.32
	BJP	T. S. Ravindranath	3,278	3.14	1.05
	Independent	Chhittoor Soman	377	0.36	–
	Independent	C. V. Issac	364	0.35	–
	UCPI	P. V. Ayyappan Nair Issac	262	0.25	–
	Independent	Issac	242	0.23	–
	Independent	George Varkey	59	0.06	–
	Independent	Ramankutty Thanikkunnel	54	0.05	–
Margin of victory			3,779	3.62	0.10
Turnout			1,05,728	76.77	6.15
	KC(M) gain from Independent		Swing

1987

There were 1,12,650 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1987 Kerala Assembly election.^[10]

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. Issac	43,970	47.29	0.62
	KEC	V. V. Joseph	40,514	43.57	–
	BJP	Ajith	3,395	4.19	–
	Independent	James Manuel Kuruvithadam	2,468	2.65	–
	Independent	C. P. Mathai	912	0.98	–
	Independent	Ravi N. Kombanal	440	0.47	–
	Independent	V. V. Joseph	255	0.27	–
	Independent	P. S. Ayyappan Nair	121	0.13	–
	Independent	M. K. Damodaran	79	0.08	–
	Independent	Scariah Varkey	68	0.07	–
	Independent	Bhakaran Itty	66	0.07	–
	Independent	M. S. Sangameswaran	53	0.06	–
	Independent	M. P. Issac	49	0.05	–
	Independent	Abraham George	41	0.04	–
	Independent	K. S. Akhileswaran	29	0.03	–
	Independent	K. A. Varkey	23	0.02	–
Margin of victory			3,456	3.72	0.56
Turnout			93,413	82.92	6.90
	Independent gain from KC(J)		Swing	0.62

1982

There were 94,613 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1982 Kerala Assembly election.^[11]^{[n 1]}

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Joseph Varkey	36,389	50.95	0.68
	Independent	Issac Varkey	33,332	46.67	–
	Independent	Govindan Kala	1,359	1.90	–
	Independent	Kunjan Kannan	349	0.47	–
Margin of victory			3,057	4.28	0.63
Turnout			71,921	76.02	0.75
	KC(J) hold		Swing	0.68

1980

There were 93,794 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1980 Kerala Assembly election.^[12]

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	V. Joseph	37,044	51.63	–
	KEC	Johny Nelloor Varkey (Johny Nelloor)	33,523	46.72	2.53
	Independent	Chacko Kuriakose	532	0.74	–
	Independent	Bhakseran Itty	481	0.67	–
	Independent	George Ulahamnan	94	0.13	–
	Independent	C. P. Mathai	75	0.10	–
Margin of victory			3,521	4.91	2.02
Turnout			72,010	76.77	6.96
	KC(J) gain from KEC		Swing

1977

There were 81,742 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1977 Kerala Assembly election.^[13]^{[n 2]}

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	P. C. Joseph	32,994	49.25	–
	KC(B)	Sunny Mannathukaran	28,349	42.32	–
	Independent	Pennamma Jacob	2,249	3.36	33.39
	Independent	E. I. Narayanan	1,950	2.91	–
	Independent	M. P. Abraham	1,450	2.16	–
Margin of victory			4,645	6.93	3.09
Turnout			68,435	83.73	8.22
	KEC gain from Independent		Swing

1970

There were 73,786 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1970 Kerala Assembly election.^[14]

1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pennamma Jacob	20,651	37.35	–
	CPI	P. V. Abraham	18,527	33.51	9.37
	INC(O)	K. C. Paily	14,717	26.62	–
	Independent	C. P. Mathai	715	1.29	0.25
	Independent	P. K. Sreedharan	680	1.23	–
Margin of victory			2,124	3.84	8.08
Turnout			55,716	75.51	4.75
	Independent gain from CPI		Swing

1967

There were 63,954 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1967 Kerala Assembly election.^[15]

1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. V. Abraham	21,333	42.88	20.50
	INC	K. C. Paily	15,400	30.95	1.87
	KEC	A. T. Pathrose	12,507	25.14	12.41
	Independent	C. P. Mathai	516	1.04	–
Margin of victory			5,933	11.92	3.45
Turnout			51,328	80.26	1.01
	CPI gain from KEC		Swing	20.50

1965

There were 64,478 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1965 Kerala Assembly election.^[16] ^{[n 3]}

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	A. T. Pathrose	18,929	37.55	–
	INC	E. P. Poulose	14,659	29.08	32.51
	CPI	N. Parameswaran Nair	11,281	22.38	–
	SSP	K. V. Paul	5,546	11.00	–
Margin of victory			4,270	8.47	14.07
Turnout			51,100	79.25	8.22
	KEC gain from INC		Swing

1960

There were 60,612 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1960 Kerala Assembly election.^[17]

1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. George	33,520	61.59	11.87
	Independent	K. C. Abraham	20,907	38.41	–
Margin of victory			12,613	23.17	17.77
Turnout			55,017	90.77	25.33
	INC hold		Swing	11.87

1957

There were 51,699 registered voters in the Muvattupuzha constituency for the 1957 Kerala Assembly election.^[18]

1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. M. George	16,820	49.72
	CPI	Kuruvilla Mattai (Mathew)	14,993	44.32
	SSP	Bhakaran Nair G.	2,019	5.97
Margin of victory			1,827	5.40
Turnout			33,832	65.44
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

^ KCJ was an abbreviation used for Kerala Congress (Joseph), standing for Kerala Congress (I). In election result tables, the standardised abbreviation KC(J) is used, as defined in Wikipedia’s political party data modules.
^ KCP was an earlier abbreviation used for Kerala Congress (B), standing for Kerala Congress (Pillai Group). In election result tables, the standardised abbreviation KC(B) is used, as defined in Wikipedia’s political party data modules.
^ Since no single party could form a ministry commanding a majority in the legislature, the election is regarded as abortive.

References

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Kerala 2006 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.
^ "Kerala 2001 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.
^ "Kerala 1996 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1991 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1987 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1982 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1980 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1977 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1970 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1967 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1965 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1960 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).
^ "Kerala 1957 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[12] KCJ was an abbreviation used for Kerala Congress (Joseph), standing for Kerala Congress (I). In election result tables, the standardised abbreviation KC(J) is used, as defined in Wikipedia’s political party data modules.

[15] KCP was an earlier abbreviation used for Kerala Congress (B), standing for Kerala Congress (Pillai Group). In election result tables, the standardised abbreviation KC(B) is used, as defined in Wikipedia’s political party data modules.

[19] Since no single party could form a ministry commanding a majority in the legislature, the election is regarded as abortive.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".

[ekm-2] "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[3] "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[6] "Kerala 2006 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.

[7] "Kerala 2001 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.

[8] "Kerala 1996 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[9] "Kerala 1991 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[10] "Kerala 1987 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[11] "Kerala 1982 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[13] "Kerala 1980 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[14] "Kerala 1977 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[16] "Kerala 1970 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[17] "Kerala 1967 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[18] "Kerala 1965 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[20] "Kerala 1960 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

[21] "Kerala 1957 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF).

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