Kerala polls: Idukki constituency picked a KEC(M) candidate in 2016

The Idukki
constituency is currently being held by KEC(M) MLA Roshy Augustine who defeated
independent candidate Adv K Francis George in 2016. The seat, one of Kerala’s
140 assembly constituencies, falls under then Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.

Congress
MP Dean Kuriakose currently holds the Idukki Lok Sabha seat, defeating Joice
George of the LDF in the 2019 General Elections.

Idukki has
been shared by Congress and KEC(M) candidates in the past. While Congress has
won it twice, KEC(M) appears to have quite some hold over the seat, scoring
assembly election victories for a total of six times.

Here are a
few details about the Idukki assembly seat:

Name of
assembly constituency, district: Idukki, Idukki

Lok Sabha
constituency: Idukki

Polling
date: 16/05/2016

2016
candidates: Roshy Augustine (KECM), Adv K Francis George (Independent), Biju
Madhavan (BJDS)

Sitting
MLA, party: Roshy Augustine, KEC(M)

Winning
margin in 2016: 9,333

Runner up
name, party: Adv K Francis George, Independent

Number of
voters in 2016: 1,41,292

Percentage
of votes polled in 2016: 76.70%

Number of
women voters in 2016: 93,283

Number of
polling booths in 2016: 76.70%