Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Pathanamthitta
Lok Sabha Constituency
Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
Map of Pathanamthitta Parliament Constituency
IncumbentAnto Antony
Parliamentary PartyINC
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2008
ReservationNone
StateKerala
Assembly ConstituenciesKanjirappally
Poonjar
Thiruvalla
Ranni
Aranmula
Konni
Adoor

Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is a newly formed constituency in the Central Travancore region of Kerala for the election of a member of the Lok Sabha.

The district, which was previously fragmented into different parliamentary constituencies, was unified into a single Parliamentary constituency as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly. The constituency lacks the presence of an MP. Constituenciesc Order, 2008.[1]

Assembly Segments[]

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

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
100 Kanjirappally None Kottayam
101 Poonjar None Kottayam
111 Thiruvalla None Pathanamthitta
112 Ranni None Pathanamthitta
113 Aranmula None Pathanamthitta
114 Konni None Pathanamthitta
115 Adoor SC Pathanamthitta

Members of Parliament[]

Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
2009 15th Anto Antony Punnathaniyil Indian National Congress 2009-2014
2014 16th 2014-2019
2019 17th Incumbent

Election results[]

In the first election held in this district on 16 May 2009, United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Anto Antony Punnathaniyil of the Indian National Congress was elected by 408,232 votes over K. Ananthagopan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the Bharatiya Janata Party 56,294; K. K. Nair of the Bahujan Samaj Party 22,424; and Mani C. Kappan of the Nationalist Congress Party 4,445 votes.[2]

Indian general election, 2019[]

According to Election Commission, there are 13,40,193 registered voters in Pathanamthitta Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Pathanamthitta Constituency was polled 74.19% of total electorate.[3]
2019 Indian general election: Pathanamthitta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anto Antony 3,80,927 37.11 -4.08
CPI (M) Veena George 3,36,684 32.80 -2.00
BJP K. Surendran 2,97,396 28.97 +13.50
Margin of victory 44,243 4.31
Turnout 10,27,378 74.30
INC hold Swing

Indian general election, 2014[]

2014 Indian general election : Pathanamthitta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anto Antony 358,842 41.19 -10.02
Independent Peelipose Thomas 302,651 34.74 -2.52
BJP M.T. Remesh[4] 138,954 15.95 +8.89
Margin of victory 56,191 6.46 -7.49
Turnout 8,69,452 66.01
INC hold Swing

Indian general election, 2009[]

2009 Indian general election : Pathanamthitta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anto Antony 4,08,232 51.21 New
CPI (M) Adv. K. Anantha Gopan 2,97,026 37.26 New
BJP B. Radhakrishna Menon 56,294 7.06 New
Margin of victory 1,11,206 13.95 New
Turnout 7,97,154 65.6
INC hold Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b http://kerala.gov.in/deli_cons_2009.htm#17 Archived 2009-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Election report in The Hindu 17 May 2009
  3. ^ Indiancrux : 2019 General Election Pathanamthitta Constituency Live Results
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) BJP Candidate List Mathrubhumi - 19 Feb 2014

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