# Peerumade Assembly constituency

Peerumade State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Vazhoor Soman of CPI.

## Local self governed segments

Peerumade Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Elappara | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 2 | Kokkayar | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 3 | Kumily | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 4 | Peermade | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 5 | Peruvanthanam | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 6 | Upputhara | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 7 | Vandiperiyar | Grama panchayat | Peerumedu |
| 8 | Ayyappancoil | Grama panchayat | Idukki |
| 9 | Chakkupallam | Grama panchayat | Udumbanchola |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. I. Rajan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | K. I. Rajan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | C. A. Kurian | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | C. A. Kurian | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | K. K. Thomas | Independent | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | K. K. Thomas | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K. K. Thomas | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | C. A. Kurian | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | E. M. Augusty | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | E. S. Bijimol | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | E. S. Bijimol | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | E. S. Bijimol | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Vazhoor Soman | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2016

There were 1,75,524 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | E. S. Bijimol | 56,584 | 43.94 | 5.32 |
| | INC | Cyriac Thomas | 56,270 | 43.70 | 1.41 |
| | BJP | Kumar | 11,833 | 9.19 | 6.26 |
| | AIADMK | Abdul Khader | 2,862 | 2.22 | − |
| | BSP | Benny Thomas | 489 | 0.38 | 0.18 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 448 | 0.35 | − |
| | Independent | Ramaswamy Govindan | 175 | 0.14 | − |
| | Independent | Joseph M. T. | 107 | 0.08 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 314 | 0.24 | 3.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,768 | 73.36 | 3.70 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 5.32 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,65,380 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | E. S. Bijimol | 56,748 | 49.26 | |
| | INC | E. M. Augusty | 51,971 | 45.11 | − |
| | BJP | P. P. Sanu | 3,380 | 2.93 | − |
| | Independent | M. K. Suppu Royal | 694 | 0.60 | − |
| | Independent | K. D. Vasudevan | 667 | 0.58 | − |
| | BSP | Biju Mattapally | 641 | 0.56 | − |
| | SDPI | P. S. Madhu | 437 | 0.38 | − |
| | Independent | Joseph Jacob | 307 | 0.27 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,777 | 4.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,15,204 | 69.66 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |