Perumbavoor Assembly constituency

Perumbavoor
Perumbavoor
Constituency No. 74 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	The Kunnathunad Taluk headquarters office and Mini-Civil Station at Perumbavoor
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,84,514 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Eldhose Kunnappilly
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Perumbavoor State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Eldhose Kunnappilly of INC.

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Perumbavoor	Municipality	Kunnathunad
2	Asamannoor	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
3	Koovappady	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
4	Mudakkuzha	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
5	Okkal	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
6	Rayamangalam	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
7	Vengola	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad
8	Vengoor	Grama panchayat	Kunnathunad

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	P. Govinda Pillai	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. M. Chacko	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. Govinda Pillai	Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. I. Poulose	Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. R. Sivan	Communist Party of India	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. R. Sivan	Communist Party of India	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P.P. Thankachan	Indian National Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Saju Paul	Communist Party of India	2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Eldose Kunnappilly	Indian National Congress	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Eldose Kunnappilly	Indian National Congress	Incumbent

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

There were 1,84,514 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Perumbavoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eldose Kunnapilly	53,484	37.10	7.01
	KC(M)	Babu Joseph Perumbavoor	50,585	35.09	−
	Twenty 20 Party	Chithra Sukumaran	20,536	14.24	New
	BJP	T. P. Sindhumol	15,135	10.50	3.04
	SDPI	Ajmal K. Mujeeb	2,494	1.73	0.32
	WPOI	K. M. Arshad	1,038	0.72	0.05
	NOTA	None of the above	703	0.49	−
	Independent	Babu Joseph Erumala	196	0.14	−
Margin of victory			2,899	2.01%	2.85
Turnout			1,44,171	78.14	6.11
	INC hold		Swing	7.01

There were 1,72,965 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Perumbavoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eldose Kunnapilly	64,285	44.11	0.63
	CPI(M)	Saju Paul	57,197	39.25	8.17
	BJP	E. S. Biju	19,731	13.54	9.19
	SDPI	V. V. Shoukkath Ali	2,061	1.41	0.50
	WPOI	Thomas K. George	971	0.67	−
	NOTA	None of the above	831	0.57	−
	Independent	John Peruvathanam	385	0.26	−
	Independent	M. M. Yoosaf	134	0.09	−
	Independent	P. K. Sivan	132	0.09	−
Margin of victory			7,088	4.86%
Turnout			1,45,727	84.25	2.83
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

There were 1,54,432 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Perumbavoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Saju Paul	59,628	47.42
	INC	Jaison Joseph	56,246	44.73	−
	BJP	O. C. Asokan	5,464	4.35
	SDPI	O Aliyar	2,401	1.90
	PDP	N. K. Muhammed Haji	1,094	0.87	−
	SS	P. N. Sunilkumar	494	0.39	−
	CPI(ML)L	Bindu Jayan	412	0.33
Margin of victory			3,382	2.69
Turnout			1,25,739	81.42
	CPI(M) hold		Swing