Udumbanchola (State Assembly constituency)

Udumbanchola
Udumbanchola
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
	Ramakkalmedu viewpoint near Karunapuram
Constituency details
District	Idukki
Established	1965 - present
Total electors	1,66,760 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	M. M. Mani
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Udumbanchola 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.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. M. Mani of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments[]

Udumbanchola Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Erattayar	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
2	Karunapuram	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
3	Nedumkandam	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
4	Pampadumpara	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
5	Rajakkad	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
6	Rajakumari	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
7	Santhanpara	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
8	Senapathy	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
9	Udumbanchola	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
10	Vandanmedu	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

CPI INC Independent CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1965		K. T. Jacob	CPI
1967	3rd	K. T. Jacob	CPI	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Sebastian Thomas	KEC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thomas Joseph		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Thomas Joseph		1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. Jinadevan	CPI(M)	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mathew Stephen	Ind.	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	E. M. Augusty	INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	E. M. Augusty	INC	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	K. K. Jayachandran	CPI(M)	2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th	M. M. Mani		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	M. M. Mani		Incumbent

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

There were 1,67,459 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Udumbanchola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. M. Mani	77,381	61.80	21.48
	INC	E. M. Augusthy	39,076	31.21	8.23
	BDJS	Santhosh Madhavan	7,208	5.76	11.54
	BSP	A. C. Biju	867	0.69	-
	NOTA	None of the above	687	0.55	-
Margin of victory			38,305	0.88	8.01
Turnout			1,26,018	75.56	3.56
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	21.48

There were 1,66,770 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Udumbanchola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. M. Mani	50,813	40.32	11.16
	INC	Senapathy Venu	49,704	39.44	3.15
	BDJS	Saji Parambath	21,799	17.30	-
	AIADMK	B. Soman	1,651	1.31	-
	SDPI	Shanavas Baker	831	0.66	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	602	0.48	-
	BSP	Raju Manjakkunel	486	0.39	0.26
	Independent	M. J. Fransis	132	0.10	-
Margin of victory			1,109	0.88	8.01
Turnout			1,26,018	75.56	3.56
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	11.16

There were 1,53,563 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Udumbanchola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Jayachandran	56,923	51.48
	INC	Jossy Sebastian	47,090	42.59
	BJP	Narayana Raju	3,836	3.47
	SDPI	Muhammed Sharafudeen	1,331	1.20
	BSP	Benny Thomas	714	0.65	-
	Independent	K. C. Mammachan	669	0.61	-
Margin of victory			9,833	8.89
Turnout			1,10,563	72.00
	CPI(M) hold		Swing