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 - present
Total electors	2,08,798 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Mathew T. Thomas
Party	JD(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Thiruvalla State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] The current MLA is Mathew T. Thomas of JD(S).

Local self governed segments

Thiruvalla Niyamasabha 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			Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

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

There were 2,08,798 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha 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	Kathikan 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