Idukki Lok Sabha constituency

Idukki
KL-13
Idukki ; KL-13
Lok Sabha constituency
	Idukki Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Muvattupuzha; Kothamangalam; Devikulam; Udumbanchola; Thodupuzha; Idukki; Peerumade
Established	1977
Total electors	1,203,258 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Dean Kuriakose
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024

Idukki Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Kerala.

Assembly segments

Idukki Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
86	Muvattupuzha	Ernakulam	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	INC	INC
87	Kothamangalam	Ernakulam	Shibu Thekkumpuram	KEC
88	Devikulam (SC)	Idukki	Francis Raja	INC
89	Udumbanchola		Senapathy Venu	INC
90	Thodupuzha		Apu John Joseph	KEC
91	Idukki		Roy K Paulose	INC
92	Peerumade		Cyriac Thomas	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
Peermade Lok Sabha constituency
1967	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	Communist Party of India
1971	M. M. Joseph	Kerala Congress
Idukki Lok Sabha constituency
1977	C. M. Stephen	Indian National Congress
1980	M. M. Lawrence	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress
1989	Pala K. M. Matthew
1991	Pala K. M. Matthew
1996	A. C. Jose
1998	P. C. Chacko
1999	K. Francis George	Kerala Congress
2004	K. Francis George	Kerala Congress
2009	P. T. Thomas	Indian National Congress
2014	Joice George^[a]	Independent politician
2019	Dean Kuriakose	Indian National Congress
2024	Dean Kuriakose	Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			52.02%
2019			54.21%
2014			46.60%
2009			51.98%
2004			48.52%
1999			47.20%
1998			46.76%
1996			48.84%
1991			48.88%
1989			53.62%
1984			57.67%
1980			49.44%
1977			54.84%
1971			60.65%
1967			46.37%

General Elections 2029

2029 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Dean Kuriakose
	LDF
	NDA
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

2024

2024 Indian general election: Idukki^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dean Kuriakose	432,372	52.02	2.19
	CPI(M)	Joice George	298,645	35.93
	BDJS	Adv. Sangeetha Viswanathan	91,323	10.99	2.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,519	1.15	0.57
	BSP	Adv. Russel Joy	4,437	0.53	0.21
	IND	Jomon John	1,819	0.22
	VCK	Shaji	1,508	0.18
	IND	P. K. Sajeevan	1,034	0.12
Majority			133,727	16.09	2.51
Turnout			840,657	67.19	9.15
	INC hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Dean Kuriakose	498,493	54.21	13.77
	IND	Adv. Joice George^[a]	327,440	35.61	10.99
	BDJS	Biju Krishnan	78,648	8.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,317	0.58	0.93
	BSP	P. T. Leethesh	2,906	0.32	0.02
	IND	Gomathy	1,985	0.22
	VCK	M. Selvaraj	1,628	0.18
	IND	K. A. Baby	1,556	0.17
	IND	Reji Njallani	1,324	0.14
Majority			171,053	18.60	12.44
Turnout			919,297	76.34	5.59
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	Adv. Joice George^[a]	382,019	46.60
	INC	Adv. Dean Kuriakose	331,477	40.44	11.54
	BJP	Adv. Sabu Varghese	50,438	6.15	2.56
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,338	1.51
	AAP	Silvi Sunil	11,215	1.37
	SDPI	Muhammed Sharafudheen	10,401	1.27
	CPIM	T. K. Tomy	3,971	0.48
	BSP	Appanchira Ponnappan	2,477	0.30	0.41
	IND	9 Independent Candidates	15,430	1.88
Majority			50,542	6.16	3.36
Turnout			819,766	70.75	3.19
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. P. T. Thomas	408,484	51.98	12.97
	KEC	Adv. K. Francis George	333,688	42.46	6.06
	BJP	Sreenagari Rajan	28,227	3.59	4.40
	BSP	Adv. Biju M. John	5,567	0.71	0.01
	VCK	Vasudevan	3,014	0.38
	IND	M. A. Soosai	2,937	0.37
	IND	Baby	1,454	0.19
	IND	Jose Kuttiyany	1,154	0.15
	IND	Kanchiyar Peethambaran	739	0.09
	IND	Adv. Chittoor Rajamannar	637	0.08
Majority			74,796	9.52	0.01
Turnout			785,901	73.94
	INC gain from KEC		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	K. Francis George	353,905	48.52	1.32
	INC	Benny Behanan	284,521	39.01	6.99
	BJP	S. T. B. Mohandas	58,290	7.99
	IND	C. K. Janu	11,628	1.59
	IND	Vijayan	7,379	1.01
	BSP	T. C. Thankappan	5,073	0.70	0.22
	IND	P. R. Suresh Kumar	2,750	0.38
	IND	Aravindan	2,464	0.34
	IND	Ashraf	2,195	0.30
	IND	Dr. T. A. Babu	1,221	0.17
Majority			69,384	9.51	8.31
Turnout			729,426
	KEC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KEC	K. Francis George	365,313	47.20
	INC	Prof. P. J. Kurian	356,015	46.00
	JD(U)	Adv. Tomy Cheruvally	35,497	4.59
	IND	Dharmaraj	7,215	0.93
	BSP	Sasidharan	3,703	0.48
	IND	Francis Varghese	2,949	0.38
	IND	Peruvanthanam Pethambaran	1,471	0.19
	IND	Devarajan Kumaramangalam	1,220	0.16
	IND	Joseph Thomas	333	0.04
	IND	Babu	188	0.02
Majority			9,298	1.20
Turnout			778,940	69.46
	KEC gain from INC		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. C. Chacko	333,999	46.76
	KEC	K. Francis George	327,649	45.87
	BJP	Adv. D. Asokakumar	46,130	6.46
	BSP	Raj Mohan Thampi	3,824	0.54
	IND	Devarajan Kumaramangalam	1,129	0.16
	IND	P. C. Chacko	583	0.08
	IND	Shukkur Ismail	346	0.05
	IND	George Joseph	333	0.05
	IND	P. D. Chacko	305	0.04
Majority			6,350	0.89
Turnout			719,111	68.27
	INC hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	A. C. Jose	350,679	48.84
	KEC	K. Francis George	320,539	44.64
	BJP	D. Asok Kumar	32,107	4.47
	BSP	E. A. Aboobakar	5,708	0.79
	IND	Devarajan Kumaramangalam	4,509	0.63
	IND	Nadakuzhiyil Janardhanan Nair	1,735	0.24
	IND	Ponnuswamy	1,204	0.17
	IND	Peruvanthanam Peethambaran	928	0.13
	IND	N. Ramachandran Kartha	639	0.09
Majority			30,140	4.20
Turnout			729,832	70.56
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Palai K. M. Mathew	345,139	48.88
	KEC	P. J. Joseph	319,933	45.31
	BJP	K. Madhusoodhanan Nair	25,197	3.57
	IND	Peruvanthanam Peethambaran	5,009	0.71
	BSP	Madhu Sivadas	4,837	0.68
	IND	Sivan Kozhikkamaly	1,235	0.17
	IND	K. G. Devarajan Nair	1,189	0.17
	IND	I. K. Rajakumar	829	0.12
	IND	Balan Pillai Kizhakkanattu	733	0.10
	IND	John Thomas Pathazhakallungal	724	0.10
	IND	John Peruvanthanam	716	0.10
	IND	Rainge Eeso	440	0.06
	IND	R. Janardhanan Nair Nadhakuzhiyil	179	0.03
Majority			25,206	3.57
Turnout			714,298	71.58
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Palai K. M. Mathew	398,516	53.62
	CPI(M)	M. C. Josephine	307,037	41.31
	BJP	M. N. Jayachandran	25,354	3.41
	BSP	T. M. Joseph	2,862	0.39
	JP	Jacob Thomas	1,756	0.24
	DKP	Joseph Varghese	1,560	0.21
	IND	Nadakuzhiyil Janardhanan Nair	1,473	0.20
	IND	Ramaswamy Govindadan	1,288	0.17
	IND	Gopalan Muthuswamy	1,162	0.16
	IND	Samuel Chandy	680	0.09
	IND	Shahul Hameed	416	0.06
	IND	Idicula	338	0.05
	IND	Balan Pillai Kizhakkanattu	320	0.04
	IND	Joseph Xavier	219	0.03
	IND	V. Pandia Rajan	210	0.03
Majority			91,479	12.31
Turnout			746,958	76.77
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. J. Kurian	308,056	57.67
	CPI	C. A. Kurian	177,432	33.22
	IND	Joseph Michael	44,472	8.33
	IND	George Mathew	1,230	0.23
	IND	Kizhakkenattu Balan Pillai	1,187	0.22
	IND	Michael Kalliyayalil	868	0.16
	IND	P. S. Muhammed	583	0.11
	IND	K. P. Rajapandiyan	344	0.06
Majority			130,624	24.45
Turnout			541,206	75.40
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	M. M. Lawrence	184,919	49.44
	IND	T. S. John	177,886	47.56
	IND	Mechal Kallivayalil	7,524	2.01
	IND	K. Korason Easo	1,333	0.36
	IND	P. Sreedharan Pillai	1,218	0.33
	IND	Janardhanan Nair Raman Pillai	1,121	0.30
Majority			7,033	1.88
Turnout			377,284	54.12
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Idukki
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. M. Stephen	228,035	54.84
	KC(B)	M. M. Joseph	148,778	35.78
	IND	M. L. Jayaprakash	25,764	6.20
	IND	M. K. Kunjol	7,042	1.69
	IND	Chittur Sankaran	3,382	0.81
	IND	Balan Pillai Kizhkkanattu	1,928	0.46
	IND	M. Christdhas	884	0.21
Majority			79,257	19.06
Turnout			426,869	73.80
	INC gain from KEC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Peermade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KEC	M. M. Joseph	162,428	60.65
	IND	V. I. Thomas	87,804	32.78
	SWA	Joseph Chazhikat	14,716	5.49
	IND	Kurian Cherian	1,896	0.71
	IND	Massilamoney Christ Dhas	982	0.37
Majority			74,624	27.87
Turnout			269,222	50.96
	KEC gain from CPI		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Peermade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	142,089	46.37
	SWA	P. D. Thommen	99,623	32.51
	INC	K. T. Thomas	64,698	21.11
Majority			42,466	13.86
Turnout			321,043	71.41
	CPI win (new seat)

Notes

1 2 3 Independent supported by LDF

References

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Idukki". Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

External links

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[LDFIND-2] 1 2 3 Independent supported by LDF

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Idukki-3] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Idukki". Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala
Current	Alappuzha Alathur Attingal Chalakudy Ernakulam Idukki Kannur Kasaragod Kollam Kottayam Kozhikode Malappuram Mavelikara Palakkad Pathanamthitta Ponnani Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur Vatakara Wayanad
Defunct	Adoor Ambalappuzha Chirayinkil Crangannur Manjeri Meenachil Mukundapuram Muvattupuzha Ottapalam Peermade Quilon-Mavelikara Thalassery Thiruvalla