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Peerumade Assembly constituency

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Peerumade
Constituency No. 92 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Tea estate at Kumily
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictIdukki
Established1965
Total electors1,74,354 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Peerumade State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Vazhoor Soman of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

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Peerumade Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[1]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Elappara Grama panchayat Peerumedu
2 Kokkayar Grama panchayat Peerumedu
3 Kumily Grama panchayat Peerumedu
4 Peermade Grama panchayat Peerumedu
5 Peruvanthanam Grama panchayat Peerumedu
6 Upputhara Grama panchayat Peerumedu
7 Vandiperiyar Grama panchayat Peerumedu
8 Ayyappancoil Grama panchayat Idukki
9 Chakkupallam Grama panchayat Udumbanchola

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Niyama

Sabha

Name Party Tenure
1967 3rd K. I. Rajan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th C. A. Kurian Communist Party of India 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th K. K. Thomas Independent 1982 – 1987
1987 8th Indian National Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th C. A. Kurian Communist Party of India 1996 – 2001
2001 11th E. M. Augusty Indian National Congress 2001 – 2006
2006 12th E. S. Bijimol Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 – 2021
2021 15th Vazhoor Soman Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

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There were 1,75,524 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI E. S. Bijimol 56,584 43.94 Decrease5.32
INC Cyriac Thomas 56,270 43.70 Decrease1.41
BJP Kumar 11,833 9.19 Increase6.26
AIADMK Abdul Khader 2,862 2.22 −
BSP Benny Thomas 489 0.38 Decrease0.18
NOTA None of the above 448 0.35 −
Independent Ramaswamy Govindan 175 0.14 −
Independent Joseph M. T. 107 0.08 −
Margin of victory 314 0.24 Decrease3.91
Turnout 1,28,768 73.36 Increase3.70
CPI hold Swing Decrease5.32

2011

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There were 1,65,380 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI E. S. Bijimol 56,748 49.26
INC E. M. Augusty 51,971 45.11 −
BJP P. P. Sanu 3,380 2.93 −
Independent M. K. Suppu Royal 694 0.60 −
Independent K. D. Vasudevan 667 0.58 −
BSP Biju Mattapally 641 0.56 −
SDPI P. S. Madhu 437 0.38 −
Independent Joseph Jacob 307 0.27 −
Margin of victory 4,777 4.15
Turnout 1,15,204 69.66
CPI hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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