Peerumade Assembly constituency

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
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Elected year2026

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. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Cyriac Thomas of INC.

Local self-governed segments

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 2021 - 2026
2026 16th Cyriac Thomas 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: Peerumade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Cyriac Thomas 69,672 56.80 Increase10.99
CPI K. Salimkumar 42,038 34.27 Decrease12.98
BJP V. Ratheesh 9,218 7.52 Increase1.92
AAP Joseph Jacob 508 0.41
NOTA None of the above 791 0.64
Margin of victory
Turnout 1,22,652
INC gain from CPI Swing

2021

There were 1,74,514 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Vazhoor Soman 60,141 47.25
INC Cyriac Thomas 58,306 45.81
BJP Sreenagari Rajan 7,126 5.6
BSP Biju Mattappally 818 0.64
NOTA None of the above 401 0.32
Margin of victory 1,835 1.44
Turnout 1,27,291 72.27
CPI hold Swing

2016

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

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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
  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.