Devikulam Assembly constituency

Devikulam
Constituency No. 88 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Mattupetty Dam near Munnar
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictIdukki
Established1957
Total electors1,64,803 (2016)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC

Devikulam 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. Since 2011, the constituency has been reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes (SC). Since the 2026 assembly elections, F Raja of INC is the MLA.

Local self-governed segments

Devikulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Devikulam Grama panchayat Devikulam
Adimali Grama panchayat Devikulam
Edamalakkudy Grama panchayat Devikulam
Kanthalloor Grama panchayat Devikulam
Mankulam Grama panchayat Devikulam
Marayur Grama panchayat Devikulam
Munnar Grama panchayat Devikulam
Pallivasal Grama panchayat Devikulam
Vattavada Grama panchayat Devikulam
Vellathuval Grama panchayat Devikulam
Bisonvalley Grama panchayat Udumbanchola
Chinnakanal Grama panchayat Udumbanchola

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI  INC  CPI(M)

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st Rosammma Punnose Communist Party of India 1957 – 1958
N. Ganapathy Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1958* Rosammma Punnose Communist Party of India 1958 – 1960
1960 2nd M. M. Sundaram 1960 – 1965
Murugesan Thiruvengadan Indian National Congress 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd N. Ganapathy 1967 – 1970
1970 4th G. Varadan Communist Party of India 1970 – 1977
1977 5th Kittappanarayanaswamy Indian National Congress 1977 – 1980
1980 6th G. Varadan Communist Party of India 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th Sundaram Manickam 1987 – 1991
1991 9th A. K. Moni Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th S. Rajendran Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 – 2021
2021 15th A. Raja 2021-2023
2026 9th F. Raja Indian National Congress Incumbent

* by-election

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Francis Raja 50,590 45.12 Increase0.90
CPI(M) A.Raja 45,357 40.45 Decrease10.55
BJP S.Rajendran 15,032 13.41 Increase9.34
BSP Rajendran V B 206 0.18 −
Independent Chelladurai M 89 0.08 −
Independent Selvi 194 0.17 −
NOTA None of the above 667 0.57 −
Margin of victory 5,133
Turnout 112135
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Adv A.Raja 59,049 51.00
INC D. Kumar 51,201 44.22
NDA Ganesan. S 4,717 4.07
NOTA None of the above 921 0.78
Margin of victory 7,848
Turnout 1,15,774 68.34
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,64,803 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. Rajendran 49,510 42.18 Decrease6.25
INC A. K. Mony 43,728 37.25 Decrease7.37
AIADMK R. M. Dhanalakshmy 11,613 9.89 Increase9.29
BJP N. Chandran 9,592 8.17 Increase4.82
NOTA None of the above 921 0.78 −
Independent J. Rajeshwary 650 0.55 −
PDP Rajendran R. 485 0.41 −
Independent C. K. Govindhan 303 0.26 −
Independent K. Manikandan 267 0.23 Decrease0.03
Independent Pandiraj 184 0.16 −
Independent K. P. Ayyapan 129 0.11 −
Margin of victory 6,232 4.93 Increase1.12
Turnout 1,17,382 71.23 Decrease1.18
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease6.25

2011

There were 1,47,855 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. Rajendran 51,849 48.43 −
INC A. K. Mony 47,771 44.62
BJP S. Rajagopal 3,582 3.35 −
Independent Selvaraj Madaswami 1,060 0.99 −
BSP T. C. Thankappan 913 0.85
AIADMK Mallika 646 0.60 −
SDPI Raju Ayyapan 628 0.59 −
Independent P. K. Mani 336 0.31 −
Independent K. Manikandan 274 0.26 −
Margin of victory 4,078 3.81
Turnout 1,07,059 72.41
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Devikulam (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.