Devikulam (State Assembly Constituency)
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Devikulam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
in southern
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. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in
Idukki Lok Sabha constituency Idukki Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Kerala. Assembly segments Idukki Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament ...
. Since 2011, the constituency has been reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes (SC). In the 2021 assembly elections,
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of
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was elected as the MLA. However, he was subsequently disqualified by
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on 20 March 2023. The Kerala High Court order was challenged in the Supreme Court, which subsequently stayed the High Court order. The final ruling is pending as on 3rd January 2025.


Local self-governed segments

Devikulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:


Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of
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who have represented the constituency: Key * by-election


Election results

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


2026

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2021


2016

There were 1,64,803 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.


2011

There were 1,47,855 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.


See also

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Devikulam Devikulam is a Grama Panchayat and small hill station about away from Munnar in the Idukki District of Kerala, India. It lies about above sea level. Etymology The name Devikulam is a conjunction of the words ''Devi'', from the goddess Devi an ...
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Idukki district Idukki (ഇടുക്കി; ) is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country. It is the largest district in Kerala and lies amid the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Kerala. Idukki district co ...
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List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Niyamasabha (literally ''Hall of laws''), is the law-making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member repre ...
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2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLA (India), MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election. The result was declared on 19 May 20 ...


References

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections Assembly constituencies of Kerala State assembly constituencies in Idukki district Constituencies established in 1957 1957 establishments in Kerala