Muvattupuzha Muvattupuzha () is a town in the midlands directly to the east of Kochi in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. It is located about from downtown Kochi, and is a growing urban centre in central Kerala. The town is also the starting poin ...

was a

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constituency in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

Assembly segments

Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: #

Kunnathunad Kunnathunad is a Taluk in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. Its headquarters is Perumbavoor town. Location History Kunnathunad taluk was formed during the period 1762-65 along with Alengad and Paravur Taluks. Demographics ...

Piravom Piravom is a municipality in Ernakulam district and a suburb of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located with in 31 km southeast of Kochi city center, at the boundary of the Ernakulam and Kottayam districts. Piravom is famous for ...

Kothamangalam Kothamangalam, , is a municipality in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. The town is in the foothills of the Western Ghats, and is a part of the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. The town serves as the headquarters of a taluk and a municipality ...

Kanjirappally Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, India. Climate Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest amount of su ...

Poonjar Poonjar is a small Indian town located on the eastern side of Kottayam district in Kerala state, India. Before the independence of India, Poonjar had been the part of Travancore princely state.Erattupetta, Teekoy, bharananganam, and vagamon are ...

Palai Pallai ( ta, பளை, si, පල්ලෙයි), also spelt Palai, is a small town in the Kilinochchi District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located near the coast on the northern peninsula, approximately south-east of Jaffna. ...

Members of Parliament

As Meenachil in Thiru-Kochi *1952:

P. T. Chacko Pulloli Thomas Chacko (9 April 1915 – 31 July 1964), was an Indian politician from Kottayam in central Kerala. A member of the Travancore and Travancore-Cochin Assemblies and the Constituent Assembly, Chacko served as the first Leader of Opp ...

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*1953 (

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): George Thomas Kottukapally, Indian National Congress As Muvattupuzha *1957: George Thomas Kottukapally,

*1962: Cherian J. Kappan, Indian National Congress *1967: P. P. Esthose,

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*1971:

C. M. Stephen Chembakassery Mathai Stephen (23 December 1918 – 16 January 1984) was an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Communications of India from 1980 to 1982 in the Republic of India. C. M. Stephen was born on 23 December 1918 ...

, Indian National Congress *1977: George J. Matthew, Kerala Congress *1980: George Joseph Mundackal, Independenthttp://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls12/ses4/01090399.htm Obituary *1984: George Joseph Mundackal,

Kerala Congress (Joseph) Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of Kerala Congress Party By election commission (1964-20 ...

*1989: P. C. Thomas,

Kerala Congress (Mani) Kerala Congress (M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala, currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the Left Democratic Fron ...

*1991: P. C. Thomas, Kerala Congress (Mani) *1996: P. C. Thomas, Kerala Congress (Mani) *1998: P. C. Thomas, Kerala Congress (Mani) *1999: P. C. Thomas, Kerala Congress (Mani) *2004: P. C. Thomas,

Indian Federal Democratic Party The Indian Federal Democratic Party was a political party in India. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections IFDP won one seat from Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the pa ...

(however the election was reversed by the

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, it having found P. C. Thomas guilty of violations of the Electoral code.) Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency is no longer in existence due to changes in constituencies made by election commission. Most parts have been merged to

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

, some to Idukki,

Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...

and

Chalakudy Chalakudy is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy River in Thrissur district of the Kerala state in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly Falls and Vazhachal Falls. ...

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: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
Remaining Date for Muvattupuzha Municipality Election 2020
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha Constituency) Muvattupuzha Former Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha 2008 disestablishments in India Constituencies disestablished in 2008

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