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Devikulam Assembly constituency
| Devikulam |
|---|
| Constituency No. 88 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Mattupetty Dam near Munnar |
| India |
| South India |
| Kerala |
| Idukki |
| 1957 |
| 1,64,803 (2016) |
| SC |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Incumbent A. Raja |
| CPIM |
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). In the 2021 assembly elections, A. Raja of CPI(M) was elected as the MLA. However, he was subsequently disqualified by Kerala High Court on 20 March 2023. The Kerala High Court order was challenged in the Supreme Court, which subsequently stayed the High Court order. The final ruling is pending as on 3 January 2025.
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| 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 | | |
- by-election
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | ||||
| UDF | ||||
| BJP | ||||
| BSP | ||||
| Independent | ||||
| Independent | ||||
| NOTA | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | 59,049 | 51.00 | ||
| INC | 51,201 | 44.22 | ||
| NDA | 4,717 | 4.07 | ||
| NOTA | 921 | 0.78 | ||
| 7,848 | ||||
| 1,15,774 | 68.34 | |||
| CPI(M) hold |
There were 1,64,803 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | 49,510 | 42.18 | 6.25 | |
| INC | 43,728 | 37.25 | 7.37 | |
| AIADMK | 11,613 | 9.89 | 9.29 | |
| BJP | 9,592 | 8.17 | 4.82 | |
| NOTA | 921 | 0.78 | − | |
| Independent | 650 | 0.55 | − | |
| PDP | 485 | 0.41 | − | |
| Independent | 303 | 0.26 | − | |
| Independent | 267 | 0.23 | 0.03 | |
| Independent | 184 | 0.16 | − | |
| Independent | 129 | 0.11 | − | |
| 6,232 | 4.93 | 1.12 | ||
| 1,17,382 | 71.23 | 1.18 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | 6.25 |
There were 1,47,855 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | 51,849 | 48.43 | − | |
| INC | 47,771 | 44.62 | ||
| BJP | 3,582 | 3.35 | − | |
| Independent | 1,060 | 0.99 | − | |
| BSP | 913 | 0.85 | ||
| AIADMK | 646 | 0.60 | − | |
| SDPI | 628 | 0.59 | − | |
| Independent | 336 | 0.31 | − | |
| Independent | 274 | 0.26 | − | |
| 4,078 | 3.81 | |||
| 1,07,059 | 72.41 | |||
| CPI(M) hold |
- Devikulam
- Idukki district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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