Poonjar Assembly constituency

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Poonjar State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is M.J Sebastian of INC.

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Poonjar
Constituency No. 101 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kaippally, the hilly region of Poonjar
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Established1957
Total electors3,00,000 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2026
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Local self-governed segments

Poonjar Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

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Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Erattupetta Municipality Meenachil
2 Poonjar Grama panchayat Meenachil
3 Poonjar Thekkekara Grama panchayat Meenachil
4 Teekoy Grama panchayat Meenachil
5 Thidanad Grama panchayat Meenachil
6 Erumely Grama panchayat Kanjirappally
7 Koottickal Grama panchayat Kanjirappally
8 Koruthodu Grama panchayat Kanjirappally
9 Mundakayam Grama panchayat Kanjirappally
10 Parathodu Grama panchayat Kanjirappally
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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC   Independent   KC(M)   KEC   JD

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Election results

2026

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2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Adv. Sebastian M. J. 56,900 40.3 Increase15.54
KC(M) Sebastian Kulathunkal 50,207 34.67 Decrease7.27
BJP P. C. George 36,172 24.98 Decrease6.13
BSP Shiny A C 603 0.42 Decrease0.01
NOTA None of the above 498 0.34 Increase0.09
Independent Abhiram Babu 205 0.14
Independent Mayamol K P 136 0.09
Independent Santhosh Joseph 73 0.05
Margin of victory 6,693 4.62 Decrease7.85
Turnout 1,44,794 78.34 Increase4.36
INC gain from KC(M) Swing
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2021

There were 1,89,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]

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2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(M) Sebastian Kulathunkal 58,668 41.94 Increase26.66
KJ (S) P. C. George 41,851 29.99 Decrease13.72
INC Tomy Kallany 34,633 24.76 Increase0.20
BDJS M. P Sen 2,965 2.12 Decrease11.58
BSP Ancy George 596 0.43
NOTA None of the above 345 0.25
Independent M. V George 278 0.2
Independent Abdu Samad 259 0.19
Independent Albin Mathew 205 0.15
Independent Tomy Chemarapallil 94 0.07
Margin of victory 16,581 11.85% Increase7.25
Turnout 1,39,894 73.98 Decrease5.41
KC(M) gain from Independent Swing Increase26.66
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2016

There were 1,83,590 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]

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2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P. C. George 63,621 43.65
KC(M) Georgekutty Augustine 35,800 24.56 Decrease26.21
JKC P. C. Joseph Ponnattu 22,270 15.28 Decrease22.16
BDJS M. R. Ullas 19,966 13.70 Increase9.45
WPOI P. A. Abdul Hakkim 804 0.55
PDP Nishad Nadakkal 530 0.36
Independent Sainulladeen 525 0.36
Independent Indulekha Joseph 397 0.27
Independent Georgekutty Sebastan 375 0.26
NOTA None of the above 313 0.21
Independent Joseph P. C. Purathayil 234 0.16
Independent Siyam P. Ashraf 194 0.13
Independent George Chacko 166 0.11
SUCI(C) Raju Vattapara 148 0.10 Decrease0.11
Independent James Joseph 143 0.10
KJ Santhosh Chennadu 96 0.07
CPI(M-L) T. M. Surendran 94 0.06
Independent Abraham 77 0.05
Margin of victory 27,821 19.10 Increase5.77
Turnout 1,45,753 79.39 Increase9.24
Independent gain from KC(M) Swing
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2011

There were 1,67,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

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2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(M) P. C. George 59,809 50.77 Increase6.86
LDF Mohan Thomas 44,105 37.44 Decrease14.62
BJP K. M. Santhosh Kumar 5,010 4.25 Increase2.49
SDPI V. M. Sulaiman Moulavi 3,579 3.04
BSP P. P. Joshy 2,956 2.51
Independent Sivan 524 0.44
Independent P. K. Divakaran 455 0.39
Independent P. C. George 417 0.35
Independent K. Rajappan 280 0.24
SUCI(C) Raju Vattapara 243 0.21
Independent Mano George 192 0.16
Independent Anoop Bhaskaran 132 0.11
Independent Anil Mathew 107 0.09
Margin of victory 14,984 13.33 Increase5.20
Turnout 1,17,809 70.15 Decrease4.66
KC(M) gain from Kerala Congress (Secular) Swing Increase6.86
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2006

There were 1,24,825 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

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2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kerala Congress (Secular) P. C. George 48,878 52.06 Increase1.93
KC(M) T. V. Abraham 41,158 43.91 Decrease4.26
BJP T. S. Jayakumar 1,652 1.76
United India Peoples Party P. C. George Padinjarepur 736 0.79
Independent P. V. Abraham 372 0.40
Independent Saji Abraham 314 0.34
Independent P. C. George Plakkuttam 293 0.31
Independent Rajendra Prasad 287 0.31
Independent T. S. Abraham 122 0.13
Rejected Rejected & Missing Votes 21
Margin of victory 7,637 8.13 Increase6.18
Turnout 93,750 74.81 Decrease2.41
LDF hold Swing Increase1.93
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2001

There were 1,25,310 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

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2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Poonjar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KEC P. C. George 48,449 50.13
KC(M) T. V. Abraham 46,605 48.17
Independent P. C. George 1,047 1.08
JD(U) Rajesh Abraham Kallarackal 600 0.62
Rejected Rejected & Missing Votes 17
Margin of victory 1,894 1.95
Turnout 96,768 77.22
KEC hold Swing
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