Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Muvattupuzha was a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Members of Parliament

As Meenachil in Thiru-Kochi

Election	Member	Party
1952	P. T. Chacko		Indian National Congress
1953^	George Thomas Kottukapally		Indian National Congress

As Muvattupuzha

Election	Member
1957	George Thomas Kottukapally	Indian National Congress
1962	Cherian J. Kappan	Indian National Congress
1967	P. P. Eidhose	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	C. M. Stephen	Indian National Congress
1977	George J. Matthew	Kerala Congress
1980	George Joseph Mundackal	Independent
1984	George Joseph Mundackal	Kerala Congress (Joseph)
1989	P. C. Thomas	Kerala Congress (Mani)
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004		Indian Federal Democratic Party^[a]

Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency is no longer in existence due to changes in constituencies made by the Election Commission. Most parts have been merged to Kottayam, some to Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Chalakudy .

↑ however the election was reversed by the Supreme Court, it having found P. C. Thomas guilty of violations of the Electoral code

Detailed Results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			34.38%
1999			51.93%
1998			54.29%
1996			54.41%
1991			53.98%
1989			48.27%
1984			59.16%
1980			48.00%
1977			54.94%
1971			55.99%
1967			44.21%
1962			54.24%
1957			50.85%
1953 (by-poll)			57.35%
1952			48.63%

2004

2004 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IFDP	P. C. Thomas	256,411	34.38
	CPI(M)	P. M. Ismail	255,882	34.31	6.44
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	209,880	28.14	23.79
	IND	13 Independent Candidates	23,698	3.18
Majority			529	0.07	11.11
Turnout			745,871
	Indian Federal Democratic Party gain from KC(M)		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	357,402	51.93	2.36
	CPI(M)	P. M. Ismail	280,463	40.75
	BJP	V. V. Augustine	47,875	6.96	0.77
	IND	C. C. Kannan	1,100	0.16
	IND	Thomas Joseph	856	0.12
	IND	John Zacharias	568	0.08
Majority			76,939	11.18	6.17
Turnout			692,278	67.86
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Adv. P. C. Thomas	356,168	54.29	0.12
	JD	Mathew John	242,359	36.94
	BJP	Adv. Narayanan Namboothiri	50,738	7.73	3.45
	PDP	Palamuttam Majeed	5,946	0.91
	IND	U. V. Thomas	812	0.12
Majority			113,809	17.35
Turnout			660,851	66.16
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	382,319	54.41	0.43
	IND	Baby Kurien	260,423	37.06
	BJP	George Kurian	30,097	4.28	0.52
	IND	K. K. Sidhique	11,161	1.59
	IND	P. V. Sunny Puthiyamadom	7,621	1.08
	IND	Thankappan M. C. Chartav	5,419	0.77
	IND	Sankar Cheeran	2,386	0.34
	IND	Merly Johny	1,486	0.21
	IND	John Varghese	1,183	0.17
	IND	Balan Pilla Kizhakanat	593	0.08
Majority			121,896	17.35	3.57
Turnout			719,419	73.78	2.47
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	384,255	53.98	5.71
	IND	P. I. Devasia	286,152	40.20
	BJP	N. Ajith	26,783	3.76	1.38
	DKP^[a]	Joseph Cherian	4,508	0.63	0.61
	BSP	Haji Moideen Shah	3,685	0.52
	IND	K. V. George	2,513	0.35
	JP	K. T. Joseph	1,843	0.26
	IND	Joy Ulahannan	1,269	0.18
	IND	C. P. Roy	543	0.08
	DDP	Varkey Mathai	296	0.04
Majority			98,103	13.78	4.35
Turnout			719,001	76.25	5.62
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	352,191	48.27
	IND	C. Poulose	283,380	38.84
	KEC	P. J. Joseph	68,811	9.43
	BJP	P. J. Thomas	17,386	2.38
	IND	Thevan Sasthavu	3,531	0.48
	IND	P. J. Joseph	1,496	0.21
	IND	Peter Ouseph	952	0.13
	IND	James Joseph	411	0.06
	IND	Unnikrishnan Velayudhan Nair	371	0.05
	IND	Nicemon Mathew	330	0.05
	IND	Mathew Mathai	217	0.03
	IND	R. Gopalakrishnan Nair	214	0.03
	DKP^[a]	P. T. Thomas	170	0.02
	IND	K. A. Varkey	134	0.02
Majority			68,811	9.43	11.38
Turnout			732,761	81.87	5.49
	KC(M) gain from KC(J)		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KC(J)	George Joseph Mundakkal (Baby)	307,519	59.16
	CPI(M)	P. P. Esthose	199,319	38.35
	IND	Paul Chirakkarodu	9,186	1.77
	IND	C. P. Mathai	1,694	0.33
	IND	Unnikrishnan Velayudhan Nair	1,432	0.28
	IND	Baby Varghese	626	0.12
Majority			108,200	20.81
Turnout			527,328	76.38
	KC(J) gain from Independent		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	George Joseph (Baby Mundackal)	172,651	48.00
	KEC	George J. Mathew	168,321	46.80
	IND	N. V. George	11,859	3.30
	IND	M. C. Mathai	4,867	1.35
	IND	C. P. Mathai	1,183	0.33
	IND	T. N. Parameshwaran Pallai	809	0.22
Majority			4,330	1.20
Turnout			363,029	57.20
	Independent gain from KEC		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KEC	George J. Mathew	249,287	54.94
	KC(B)	K. M. Joseph Kuruppamadham	204,467	45.06
Majority			44,820	9.88
Turnout			460,769	82.16
	KEC gain from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. M. Stephen	178,244	55.99
	IND	George Joseph (Mundakal Baby)	140,107	44.01
Majority			38,137	11.98
Turnout			321,367	64.18
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	P. P. Esthose	140,403	44.21
	INC	K. M. Chandy	98,249	30.93
	KEC	A. Thoyil	70,010	22.04
	IND	N. A. Nair	8,940	2.81
Majority			42,154	13.28
Turnout			327,971	77.42
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Cherian	157,735	54.24
	CPI	Jacob	133,087	45.76
Majority			24,648	8.48
Turnout			296,137	63.32
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	George Thomas	123,483	50.85
	CPI	K. T. Jacob	96,241	39.63
	IND	P. I. Ignatius	23,120	9.52
	PSP	Emmanuel Paikeday	0	0.00
Majority			27,242	11.22
Turnout			242,844	62.39
	INC hold		Swing

1953 by-election

1953 Lok Sabha by-election: Meenachil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thomas	157,006	57.35
	IND	Accamma	116,747	42.65
Majority			40,259	14.71
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Meenachil
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. T. Chacko	130,245	48.63
	IND	Madhavan Pillai	79,895	29.83
	RPI	Manuel Paikedy	43,115	16.10
	IND	Joseph Thelly	14,574	5.44
Majority			50,350	18.80
Turnout			267,829	75.39
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

1 2 Deseeya Karshaka Party

References

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

External links

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[2] wever the election was reversed by the Supreme Court, it having found P. C. Thomas guilty of violations of the Electoral code

[DKP-3] 1 2 Deseeya Karshaka Party

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

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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