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Administration of Ernakulam district

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Ernakulam District in Kerala, India, has four types of administrative hierarchies.

  • Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
  • Panchayath Administration managed by the local bodies
  • Parliament Constituencies for the federal government of India
  • Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala

Revenue divisions

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There are mainly two revenue divisions namely Fort Kochi and Muvattupuzha.

Taluks & its Headquarters
Kanayannur
Kochi
Aluva
Kunnathunad
Paravur
Kothamangalam
Muvattupuzha
Municipalities

Taluks

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The district has the most number of taluks in the state. District is divided by two revenue divisions with 7 taluks.

Municipal corporation

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Kochi

Municipalities

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Ernakulam district has the most number of municipalities in the state.

Parliamentary constituencies

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Assembly constituencies

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Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Ernakulam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

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Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Paravur[broken anchor]
  2. Vypin
  3. Ernakulam
  4. Kochi
  5. Thrippunithura
  6. Thrikkakara
  7. Kalamassery

Members of Parliament

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Travancore-Cochin

Kerala

Ernakulam constituency general/by-election detailed results

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Based on data from Chief Electoral Office, Kerala[2]

Year Polled Votes Poll% Winner Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % Margin
2009 744996 72.81 K. V. Thomas INC 342845 46.03 Sindhu Joy CPI(M) 331055 44.44 A. N. Radhakrishnan BJP 52968 7.11 11790
2004 659176 61.09 Sebastian Paul LDF 323042 49.03 Edward Edezhath INC 252943 38.39 O.G. Thankappan BJP 60697 9.21 70099
1999 776933 65.79 George Eden INC 394058 50.78 Mani Thomas LDF 282753 36.44 T. D. Rajaleskshmi BJP 77640 10.01 111305
1998 776105 68.86 George Eden INC 389387 50.53 Sebastian Paul LDF 314879 40.86 V. V. Augustine BJP 62262 8.08 74508
1996 729915 68.77 Xavier Arackal LDF 335479 46.91 K. V. Thomas INC 305094 42.66 O. M. Mathew BJP 46559 6.51 30385
1991 740854 72.67 K. V. Thomas INC 362975 49.64 V. Viswanatha Menon CPI(M) 315831 43.20 V. Rahiman BJP 30082 4.11 47144
1989 774809 80.68 K. V. Thomas INC 384434 49.90 P. Subramanian Potti LDF 347684 45.13 A. N. Radhakrishnan BJP 29107 3.78 36750

Indian general election, 2014

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2014 Indian general election : Ernakulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K V Thomas 353,841 41.59 −4.44
Independent Christy Fernandez [note 1] 266,794 31.36 +31.36
BJP A N Radhakrishnan 99,003 11.64 +4.53
AAP Anita Pratap 51,517 6.05 −−−
NOTA None of the above 9,735 1.14 −−−
Margin of victory 87,047 10.23 +8.64
Turnout 850,834 73.56
INC hold Swing -4.44

Candidate profile

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The below table provides key information about the candidates from the information declared by them through the affidavits submitted with their nomination.

Candidate Party Age Educational qualification Declared assets (INR)
[note 2]
Number of criminal cases
Charges Framed
(2+ yrs Custody)
Cognizance by Court Convicted
(1+ yr Custody)
Anita Pratap AAP 55 BA (Hons.), BSc. 200,670,000 Nil Nil Nil
A N Radhakrishnan BJP 54 BA 5,890,000 Nil Nil Nil
Dr. Christy Fernandez Ind. 64 PhD. 24,556,200 Nil Nil Nil
Prof. K V Thomas INC 67 MSc. 12,576,935 Nil Nil Nil

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ LDF supported candidate
  2. ^ Includes declared assets of self, spouse and dependents
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  1. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.