Administration of Ernakulam district

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

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

Taluks & its Headquarters Kanayannur Ernakulam Kochi Fort Kochi Aluva Aluva Kunnathunad Perumbavoor Paravur North Paravur Kothamangalam Kothamangalam Muvattupuzha Muvattupuzha

Municipalities North Paravur Muvattupuzha Piravom Aluva Kothamangalam Angamaly Thripunithura Koothattukulam Kalamassery Eloor Thrikkakara Perumbavoor Maradu

Taluks

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

• Paravur
• Aluva
• Kunnathunad
• Muvattupuzha
• Kochi
• Kanayannur
• Kothamangalam

Municipal corporation

Kochi

Municipalities

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

• North Paravur
• Piravom
• Muvattupuzha
• Koothattukulam
• Perumbavoor
• Aluva
• Angamaly
• Thripunithura
• Kalamassery
• Kothamangalam
• Eloor
• Maradu
• Thrikkakara

Parliamentary constituencies

• Ernakulam Parliamentary Constituency
• Chalakudy Parliamentary Constituency (partially)
• Idukki Parliamentary Constituency (parts of Muvattupuzha taluk and Kothamangalam taluk)
• Kottayam Parliamentary Constituency (parts of Muvattupuzha and Kanayannur taluk)

Assembly constituencies

• Piravom
• Angamaly
• Aluva
• Kalamassery
• North Paravur
• Vypeen
• Kochi
• Ernakulam
• Thrikkakara
• Thripunithura
• Perumbavoor
• Kunnathunad
• Moovattupuzha
• Kothamangalam

Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ernakulam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

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

Travancore-Cochin

• 1951: C.P. Mathew, Indian National Congress

Kerala

• 1957: A.M. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 1962: A.M. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 1967: V.V. Menon, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1971: Henry Austin, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Henry Austin, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Xavier Arrakkal, Indian National Congress
• 1984: K.V. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 1989: K.V. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 1991: K.V. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Xavier Arrakkal, Independent, supported by Left Democratic Front
• 1997 (By-Election): Sebastian Paul, Independent, supported by Left Democratic Front
• 1998: George Eden, Indian National Congress
• 1999: George Eden, Indian National Congress
• 2003 (By-Election): Sebastian Paul, Independent, supported by Left Democratic Front
• 2004: Sebastian Paul, Independent, supported by Left Democratic Front
• 2009: K.V. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 2014: K.V. Thomas, Indian National Congress
• 2019: Hibi Eden, Indian National Congress

Ernakulam constituency general/by-election detailed results

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

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

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

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)

Notes

1. LDF supported candidate
2. Includes declared assets of self, spouse and dependents