Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency

Constituency of the Indian parliament in Kerala

Pathanamthitta
KL-17

Lok Sabha constituency

Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency

Constituency details
Country| India
Region| South India
State| Kerala
Assembly constituencies| Kanjirappally
Poonjar
Thiruvalla
Ranni
Aranmula
Konni
Adoor
Established| 2008
Reservation| None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Anto Antony

Party| INC
Elected year| 2024

Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is a newly formed constituency in the Central Travancore region of Kerala for the election of a member of the Lok Sabha.

The district, 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.[1][2]

## Assembly Segments

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Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

No  | Name  | District  | Member  | Party  | 2024 Lead

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100  | Kanjirappally | Kottayam | N. Jayaraj |  | KC(M) |  | INC
101  | Poonjar | Sebastian Kulathunkal |  | KC(M) |  | INC
111  | Thiruvalla | Pathanamthitta | Mathew T. Thomas |  | JD(S) |  | INC
112  | Ranni | Pramod Narayan |  | KC(M) |  | INC
113  | Aranmula | Veena George |  | CPI(M) |  | INC
114  | Konni | K. U. Jenish Kumar |  | CPI(M) |  | INC
115  | Adoor (SC)  | Chittayam Gopakumar |  | CPI |  | INC

## Members of Parliament

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Election  | Lok Sabha  | Member  | Party  | Tenure

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2009 | 15th | Anto Antony Punnathaniyil |  | Indian National Congress | 2009-2014
2014 | 16th | 2014-2019
2019 | 17th | 2019-2024
2024 | 18th | 2024-Incumbent

## Election results

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In the first election held in this district on 16 May 2009, United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Anto Antony Punnathaniyil of the Indian National Congress was elected by 408,232 votes over K. Ananthagopan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 297,026; B. Radhakrishna Menon of the Bharatiya Janata Party 56,294; K. K. Nair of the Bahujan Samaj Party 22,424; and Mani C. Kappan of the Nationalist Congress Party 4,445 votes.[3]

### General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Pathanamthitta  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Anto Antony | 367,623  | 40.01  | 2.87
| CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Isaac | 3,01,504  | 32.79  | 0.01
| BJP | Anil K. Antony  | 2,34,406  | 25.49  | 3.48
Majority  | 66,119  | 7.30  | 2.99
Turnout | 9,06,051  | 63.37  | 10.93
| INC hold | Swing |  |

### 2019

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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.[4]

2019 Indian general election: Pathanamthitta  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Anto Antony | 380,927  | 37.11  | −4.08
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 3,36,684  | 32.80  | −2.00
| BJP | K. Surendran | 2,97,396  | 28.97  | +13.50
Margin of victory  | 44,243  | 4.31  |
Turnout | 10,27,378  | 74.30  |
| INC hold | Swing |  |

### Indian general election, 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Pathanamthitta Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Anto Antony | 358,842  | 41.19  | −10.02
| Independent | Peelipose Thomas  | 302,651  | 34.74  | −2.52
| BJP | M.T. Remesh[5] | 138,954  | 15.95  | +8.89
Margin of victory  | 56,191  | 6.46  | −7.49
Turnout | 8,69,452  | 66.01  |
| INC hold | Swing |  |

### Indian general election, 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Pathanamthitta Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Anto Antony | 4,08,232  | 51.21  | New
| CPI(M) | Adv. K. Anantha Gopan  | 2,97,026  | 37.26  | New
| BJP | B. Radhakrishna Menon  | 56,294  | 7.06  | New
Margin of victory  | 1,11,206  | 13.95  | New
Turnout | 7,97,154  | 65.6  |
| INC hold | Swing |  |

## See also

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* 2014 Indian general election
* Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
* Kottayam District
* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
* Pathanamthitta district

## References

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1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. ^ a b "PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES". kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009.
3. ^ Election report in The Hindu 17 May 2009
4. ^ Indiancrux : 2019 General Election Pathanamthitta Constituency Live Results
5. ^ "Lok Sabha: Kerala BJP candidates announced". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

## External links

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* Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha Elections detail results 2019

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