Devikulam Assembly constituency

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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
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPIM

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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

Local self-governed segments

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Devikulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[1]

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
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

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The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[6]

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

* by-election

Election results

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

2025(by-poll)

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2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election : Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M)
INC
BJP
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout

2021

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2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Devikulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) D. Raja 59,049 51.00
INC D. Kumar 51,201 44.22
BDJS 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

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There were 1,64,803 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[7]

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

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There were 1,47,855 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]

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

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References

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