# Thodupuzha Assembly constituency

Thodupuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.

## Local self governed segments

Thodupuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Thodupuzha | Municipality | Thodupuzha |
| 2 | Edavetty | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 3 | Karimannoor | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 4 | Karimkunnam | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 5 | Kodikulam | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 6 | Kumaramangalam | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 7 | Manakkad | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 8 | Muttom | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 9 | Purapuzha | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 10 | Udumbannoor | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 11 | Vannappuram | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 12 | Velliyamattom | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha |
| 13 | Alacode | Grama panchayat | Thodupuzha and Idukki |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC Independent KC(M) KC(J)
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | C. A. Mathew | INC | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | C. A. Mathew | INC | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. C. Zacharia | Ind. | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. J. Joseph | KEC | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. J. Joseph | KEC | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | P. T. Thomas | INC | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | P. T. Thomas | INC | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | P. J. Joseph | KC(M) | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | P. J. Joseph | KC(M) | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | P. J. Joseph | KEC | 2021–Present |

## Election results

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

### 2016

There were 1,95,987 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thodupuzha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(M) | P. J. Joseph | 76,177 | 54.08 | 2.16 |
| | Independent | Roy Varicattu | 30,977 | 21.08 | |
| | BDJS | S. Praveen | 28,845 | 20.37 | |
| | SDPI | Roy Arackal | 1,294 | 0.91 | 3.31 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,219 | 0.86 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Nisha Jimmy | 811 | 0.57 | 0.38 |
| | PDP | Najeeb Kalarickal | 710 | 0.50 | − |
| | BSP | P. J. Ambily | 440 | 0.31 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Santhosh P. K. | 292 | 0.21 | − |
| | Independent | K. M. Veenas | 228 | 0.16 | − |
| | Independent | Pareeth | 194 | 0.14 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 45,587 | 32.20 | 1.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,41,574 | 72.24 | 0.29 |
| | KC(M) hold | KC(M) hold | Swing | 2.16 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,77,529 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thodupuzha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(M) | P. J. Joseph | 66,325 | 51.92 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Augustine | 43,457 | 34.02 | |
| | BJP | P. M. Velayudhan | 10,049 | 7.87 | |
| | SDPI | M. A. Najeeb | 5,386 | 4.22 | |
| | BSP | Binu Sebastian | 677 | 0.53 | − |
| | Independent | C. R. Dileep Kumar | 655 | 0.51 | − |
| | Independent | T. S. Sreenivasan | 482 | 0.38 | − |
| | Independent | Joman John | 282 | 0.22 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Siby C. Mathew | 246 | 0.19 | |
| | KJ | Shibu Mon | 179 | 0.14 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,868 | 17.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,738 | 71.95 | |
| | KC(M) hold | KC(M) hold | Swing | | |