Kerala polls: Udumbanchola constituency picked a CPM candidate in 2016

The
Udumbanchola assembly constituency is currently being held by CPM MLA M.M Mani
who defeated Adv Senapathy Venu of the congress in 2016. The seat, one of
Kerala’s 140 constituencies, falls under the 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.

Apart from
two short stints by KEC and the Congress, the Udumbanchola seat has been mainly
dominated by CPI and CPM candidates. From 1967 to 2016, the left parties have
managed to get a total of six assembly election victories in the seat, whereas
Congress got two and KEC got three in between.

Here are a
few details about the Udumbanchola assembly seat:

Name of
the assembly constituency, district: Udumbanchola, Idukki

Lok Sabha
constituency: Idukki

Polling
date: 16/05/2016

2016
candidates: M.M Mani (CPM), Adv Senapathy Venu (Congress), Saji Parambath
(BDJS)

Sitting
MLA, party: M.M Mani, CPM

Winning
margin in 2016: 1,109

Runner up
name, party: Adv Senapathy Venu, Congress

Number of
voters in 2016: 1,26,036

Percentage
of votes polled in 2016: 75.57%

Number of
women voters in 2016: 62,143

Number of
polling booths in 2016: 158