Kothamangalam
Constituency No. 87 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Inchathotty suspension bridge, Kothamangalam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,71,968 (2026)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shibu Thekkumpuram
Party	Kerala Congress
Elected year	2026

Kothamangalam is one of the 140 Kerala Legislative Assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven constituencies included in Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is Shibu Thekkumpuram of the Kerala Congress party. The Jacobite Syrian community is a decisive factor in poll results here.^[2]

Local self-governed segments

Kothamangalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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

2026

There were 1,71,968 registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	Shibu Thekkumpuram	73,479	52.83	10.53
	CPI(M)	Antony John	56620	40.71	6.39
	BDJS	Aji Narayanan	7046	5.07	1.67
	Social Democratic Party Of India	Roy Arackal	703	0.51	0.43
	RJP	Finto Xavier	137	0.1	−
	Independent	Shibu Kallekkattu	297	0.21	−
	Independent	Shibu Chalekkattu	192	0.14	−
	NOTA	None of the above	617	0.44	0.14
Margin of victory			16859	12.12	7.32
Turnout			139091	80.88	3.53
	KEC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	10.53

2016

There were 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Antony John	65,467	50.98	−
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	46,185	35.96	13.30
	Independent	P. C. Cyriac	12,926	10.06	−
	SDPI	Anas N. A.	1,490	1.16	3.21
	NOTA	None of the above	803	0.63	−
	PDP	Yahiya Thangal	775	0.60	−
	Independent	T. K .Kuruvilla	357	0.28	−
	Independent	Cherian Abraham	261	0.20	−
	Independent	Anto John	163	0.13	−
Margin of victory			19,282	15.02
Turnout			1,28,427	80.50	6.02
	CPI(M) gain from KC(M)		Swing

2011

There were 1,44,256 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	52,924	49.26
	Independent	Skariah Thomas	40,702	37.88
	BJP	K. Radhakrishnan	5,769	5.37
	SDPI	Shine Muhammed	4,691	4.37	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomas	1,008	0.94	−
	Independent	T. T. Kuruvilla	718	0.67	−
	Independent	Devaki Narayanan	524	0.49	−
	Independent	Joy Davasia	419	0.39	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomman	363	0.34	−
	Independent	Somini Prabhakaran	319	0.30
Margin of victory			12,222	11.38
Turnout			1,07,437	74.48	4.87
	KC(M) gain from KEC		Swing

See also

• Kothamangalam
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

References