Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20

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constituencies in

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state in southern

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. It is a newly formed

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in the

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region of

for the election of a member of the Lok Sabha. The

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, which was previously fragmented into different parliamentary constituencies, was unified into a single Parliamentary constituency as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly. Constituenciesc Order, 2008.

Assembly segments

Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: *

Members of Parliament

Election results

In the first election held in this district on 16 May 2009, United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Anto Antony Punnathaniyil of the

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was elected by 408,232 votes over K. Ananthagopan of the

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297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the

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56,294; K. K. Nair of the

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22,424; and

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of the

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4,445 votes.

General Election 2024

2019

According to Election Commission, there are 13,40,193 registered voters in Pathanamthitta Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Pathanamthitta Constituency was polled 74.19% of total electorate.Indiancrux :

Indian general election, 2014

Indian general election, 2009

References

External links

Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha Elections detail results 2019
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