Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kottayam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

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

1. Kottayam
2. Ettumanoor
3. Puthuppally
4. Kaduthuruthy
5. Vaikom (SC)
6. Palai
7. Piravom

Members of Parliament

• 1952: C. P. Matthew, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Mathew Maniyangadan, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Mathew Maniyangadan, Indian National Congress
• 1967: K. M. Abraham, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1971: Varkey George, Kerala Congress
• 1977: Skariah Thomas, Kerala Congress
• 1980: Skariah Thomas, Kerala Congress
• 1984: K. Suresh Kurup, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1989: Ramesh Chennithala, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Ramesh Chennithala, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Ramesh Chennithala, Indian National Congress
• 1998: K. Suresh Kurup, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1999: K. Suresh Kurup, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2004: K. Suresh Kurup, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2009: Jose K. Mani, Kerala Congress (Mani)
• 2014: Jose K. Mani, Kerala Congress (Mani)

Indian general election, 2014

Indian general election, 2014 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	KEC(M)	Jose K Mani	424,194	50.96	+0.83
	JD(S)	Mathew T Thomas	303,595	36.47	+36.47
	NOTA	None of the above	14,024	1.69	---
Margin of victory			120,599	14.50	-5.65
Turnout			831,636	71.70
	KEC(M) hold		Swing

Indian general election, 2009

Indian general election, 2009 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	KEC(M)	Jose K Mani	404,962	50.13	+50.13
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	333,392	41.27	-7.07
	BJP	Narayanan Namboothiri	37,422	4.63	-2.88
Margin of victory
Turnout			807,820	73.75
	KEC(M) gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Indian general election, 2004

Indian general election, 2004 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	341,213	48.34	+1.07
	INC	Anto Antony	298,299	42.27	-3.55
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	53,034	7.51	+1.81
Margin of victory
Turnout			705,776
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1999

Indian general election, 1999 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	344,296	47.27	+0.29
	INC	P. C. Chacko	333,697	45.82	-0.40
	BJP	K. R. Surendran	41,531	5.70	-0.29
Margin of victory
Turnout			733,725	72.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1998

Indian general election, 1998 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	335,893	46.98	---
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	330,447	46.22	-4.04
	BJP	George Kurian	42,830	5.99	---
Margin of victory
Turnout			719,864	73.26
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Indian general election, 1996

Indian general election, 1996 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	344,587	50.26	-1.72
	Janata Dal	Jayalakshmi	277,539	40.48	-2.62
	Independent	A. K. Achary	29,319	4.28	---
	BSP	Paul Chirakarode	10,083	1.47	+0.65
Margin of victory
Turnout			713,707	76.07
	INC hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1991

Indian general election, 1991 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	366,759	51.98	+0.63
	Janata Dal	Thampan Thomas	304,137	43.10	---
	BJP	George Kurian	22,622	3.21	+0.75
Margin of victory
Turnout			701,660	72.46
	INC hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1989

Indian general election, 1989 : Kottayam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	384,809	51.35
	CPI(M)	K. Suresh Kurup	331,276	44.21
	BJP	Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan	18,449	2.46
Margin of victory
Turnout			752,839	84.57
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Kottayam
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
• Indian general election, 2014

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-19.

External links

• Election Commission of India: http://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in:80/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp