Thiruvalla Assembly constituency

Thiruvalla
Thiruvalla
Constituency No. 111 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Thiruvalla town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Established	1957
Total electors	2,08,798 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Varghese Mammen
Party	Kerala Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Thiruvalla State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] The current MLA is Varghese Mammen of KEC(J) .

Local self-governed segments

Thiruvalla Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Thiruvalla	Municipality	Thiruvalla
2	Kadapra	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
3	Kaviyoor	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
4	Kuttoor	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
5	Nedumpuram	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
6	Niranam	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
7	Peringara	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
8	Anicadu	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
9	Kallooppara	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
10	Mallapally	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
11	Puramattam	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
12	Kunnamthanam	Grama panchayat	Mallappally

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

CPI KEC INC Independent JP KC(M) JD(S)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	G. Padmanabhan Thampi	CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. Chacko	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E. John Jacob	KEC	1967 – 1970
1970	4th			1970 – 1977
1977	5th			1977 – 1979
1979*	5th	P. C. Thomas Painummoottil	JNP	1977 – 1979
1980	6th	P. C. Thomas Painummoottil	JNP	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. C. Thomas Painummoottil	Ind.	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mathew T. Thomas	JNP	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Mammen Mathai	KC(M)	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2003
2003*	11th	Elizabeth Mammen Mathai		2003 – 2006
2006	12th	Mathew T. Thomas	JD(S)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 - 2021
2021	15th			2021 - 2026
2026	16th	Varghese Mamman	KEC	2026 - 2031

*by-election

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

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	Varghese Mammen	53,224	37.82	1.45
	BJP	Anoop Antony	43,078	30.61	14.36
	ISJD	Mathew T. Thomas	42,023	29.86	14.7
	BSP	Ramesh Chathenkary	999	0.71	0.06
	Independent	Thomas Mammen	553	0.39	New
	Independent	Aju Alex	220	0.16	New
	Independent	Zeen Thomas	144	0.10	New
	NOTA	None of the above	504	0.36	0.08
Margin of victory			10,146	7.21
Turnout			1,40,745	69.47%	6.13
	KEC gain from JD(S)		Swing	1.45

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	62,178	44.56	3.28
	KEC	Kunju Koshy Paul	50,757	36.37	New
	BJP	Ashokan Kulanada	22,674	16.25	New
	Independent	Thomas Mathew	1,461	1.05	New
	BSP	Rajendra Das	1,074	0.77	0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	608	0.44	0.11
Turnout			1,39,544	-	−
	JD(S) hold		Swing	3.28

There were 2,08,798 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	59,660	41.28	8.69
	KC(M)	Joseph M. Puthussery	51,398	35.56	5.91
	BDJS	Akkerman Kalidasan Bhattathiripad	31,439	21.75	−
	BSP	Saji Kadampanad	756	0.52	0.67
	NOTA	None of the above	479	0.33	−
	SDPI	Simi M. Jacob	444	0.31	0.02
	Independent	Cherian M. V.	366	0.25
Margin of victory			8,262	5.72	2.78
Turnout			1,44,542	69.23	3.91
	JD(S) hold		Swing	8.69

There were 1,93,874 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	63,289	49.97
	KC(M)	Victor T. Thomas	52,522	41.47
	BJP	Rajan Moolaveetil	7,656	6.05
	BSP	Kurian Joseph	1,511	1.19	−
	SUCI(C)	Radhamani S.	456	0.36	−
	Independent	Niranam Rajan	439	0.35	−
	Independent	P. K .Sukumaran	398	0.31
	SDPI	Sam Kutty Jacob	371	0.29
Margin of victory			10,737	8.50
Turnout			1,26,642	65.32
	JD(S) hold		Swing

There were 1,10,867 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	28,874	40.6
	KC(M)	Victor T. Thomas	19,952	28.1
	Independent	Sam Eapen	14,300	20.1
	BJP	Madhu Parumala	6,842	9.6
	Independent	Subramanian Nampoothiri	376	0.5
	Independent	Adv. Mathew P. Thomas	350	0.5
	AIADMK	Ambalapuzha Nateshan	302	0.4
	Independent	Krishnan Kutty	137	0.2
Margin of victory			8,922	12.5
Turnout			71,137	64.2
	JD(S) gain from KC(M)		Swing

There were 1,15,694 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KC(M)	Adv. Mammen Mathai	42,397	51.6
	JD(S)	Dr. Varghese George	32,336	39.4
	BJP	Adv. P. K. Vishnu Namboothiri	7,400	9.0
Margin of victory			10,061	12.2
Turnout			82,151	71.0
	KC(M) hold		Swing