Kothamangalam is one of the 140 Kerala Legislative Assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven constituencies included in Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is Anthony John of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party.
Kothamangalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) |
Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kothamangalam | Municipality | Kothamangalam |
| 2 | Kavalangad | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 3 | Keerampara | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 4 | Kottappady | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 5 | Kuttampuzha | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 6 | Nellikuzhi | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 7 | Pallarimangalam | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 8 | Pindimana | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
| 9 | Varappetty | Grama panchayat | Kothamangalam |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | T. M. Meethiyan | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. I. Markose | Independent | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | M. V. Mani | KEC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | T. M. Jacob | KC(J) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Independent| | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | V. J. Paulose | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | T. U. Kuruvilla | KEC | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | KC(M) | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | Antony John | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,61,940 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Antony John | 64,234 | 47.1 | − | |
| KEC | Shibu Thekkumpuram | 57,629 | 42.3 | − | |
| Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam | Dr. Joe Joseph | 7,978 | 5.8 | − | |
| BDJS | Shine K Krishnan | 4,638 | 3.4 | − | |
| SDPI | T.M. Moosa | 1286 | 0.94 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 414 | 0.3 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 6,605 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,283 | 84.41 | − | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
There were 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Antony John | 65,467 | 50.98 | − | |
| KC(M) | T. U. Kuruvilla | 46,185 | 35.96 |  13.30
| |
| Independent | P. C. Cyriac | 12,926 | 10.06 | − | |
| SDPI | Anas N. A. | 1,490 | 1.16 | 3.21
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 803 | 0.63 | − | |
| PDP | Yahiya Thangal | 775 | 0.60 | − | |
| Independent | T. K .Kuruvilla | 357 | 0.28 | − | |
| Independent | Cherian Abraham | 261 | 0.20 | − | |
| Independent | Anto John | 163 | 0.13 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 19,282 | 15.02 | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,427 | 80.50 |  6.02
| ||
| CPI(M) gain from KC(M) | Swing | ||||
There were 1,44,256 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | T. U. Kuruvilla | 52,924 | 49.26 | ||
| Independent | Skariah Thomas | 40,702 | 37.88 | ||
| BJP | K. Radhakrishnan | 5,769 | 5.37 | ||
| SDPI | Shine Muhammed | 4,691 | 4.37 | − | |
| Independent | Skaria Thomas | 1,008 | 0.94 | − | |
| Independent | T. T. Kuruvilla | 718 | 0.67 | − | |
| Independent | Devaki Narayanan | 524 | 0.49 | − | |
| Independent | Joy Davasia | 419 | 0.39 | − | |
| Independent | Skaria Thomman | 363 | 0.34 | − | |
| Independent | Somini Prabhakaran | 319 | 0.30 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,222 | 11.38 | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,437 | 74.48 | 4.87
| ||
| KC(M) gain from KEC | Swing | ||||
