Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Muvattupuzha was a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Members of Parliament

As Meenachil in Thiru-Kochi

Election	Member	Party
1952	P. T. Chacko		Indian National Congress
1953^	George Thomas Kottukapally		Indian National Congress

As Muvattupuzha

Election	Member
1957	George Thomas Kottukapally	Indian National Congress
1962	Cherian J. Kappan	Indian National Congress
1967	P. P. Eidhose	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	C. M. Stephen	Indian National Congress
1977	George J. Matthew	Kerala Congress
1980	George Joseph Mundackal	Independent
1984	George Joseph Mundackal	Kerala Congress (Joseph)
1989	P. C. Thomas	Kerala Congress (Mani)
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004		Indian Federal Democratic Party^[a]

Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency is no longer in existence due to changes in constituencies made by the Election Commission. Most parts have been merged to Kottayam, some to Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Chalakudy .

↑ however the election was reversed by the Supreme Court, it having found P. C. Thomas guilty of violations of the Electoral code

Detailed Results

2004

2004 Indian general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Indian Federal Democratic Party	P. C. Thomas	256,411	34.38	*New*
	CPI(M)	P. M. Ismail	255,882	34.31	6.44
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	209,880	28.13	23.80
	Others	Other 13 Independent Candidates	23,698	3.17	N/A
Majority			529	0.07	11.11
Turnout
	Indian Federal Democratic Party gain from KC(M)		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	357,402	51.93	2.36
	CPI(M)	P. M. Ismail	280,463	40.75	New
	BJP	V. V. Augustine	47,875	6.96	0.77
	Others	Other 3 Independent Candidates	2,524	0.36	N/A
Majority			76,939	11.18	6.17
Turnout
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	356,168	54.29	0.12
	JD	Mathew John	242,359	36.94	New
	BJP	Adv Narayanan Namboothiri	50,738	7.73	3.45
	Others	Other 2 Candidates	6,758	1.03	N/A
Majority			113,809	17.35	N/A
Turnout
	KC(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	382,319	54.41
	Independent	Baby Kurien	260,423	37.06
	BJP	George Kurien	30,097	4.28
	Others	Other 7 Independent Candidates	29,849	4.24	N/A
Majority			121,896	17.35
Turnout
	KC(M) hold		Swing

General Election, 1991

1991 Indian general election: Muvattupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KC(M)	P. C. Thomas	384,255	53.98
	Independent	P. I. Devasia	286,152	40.20
	BJP	N. Ajith	26,783	3.76
Majority			98,103	13.78
Turnout
	KC(M) hold		Swing

References

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

External links

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[2] wever the election was reversed by the Supreme Court, it having found P. C. Thomas guilty of violations of the Electoral code

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

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