KOTTAYAM: Oommen Chandy won consecutively from the Puthuppally constituency for 53 years. He holds the record of winning the most number of times from the same assembly constituency.

1. 1st victory (1970) Defeated sitting MLA EM George of CPM by 7,288 votes

2. Second win (1977) defeated PC Cheriyan of Janata Party by 15,910 votes

3. 3rd win (1980) won by 13,659 votes as a Left Front candidate with Congress-U. The opponent was MRG Panicker

4. Fourth victory (1982) Defeated independent candidate Thomas Rajan by 15,983 votes

5. Fifth victory (1987) won by 9,164 votes against VN Vasavan of CPM

6. 6th victory (1991) Defeated Vasavan for second time by 13,811 votes

7. 7th win (1996) 10,155 votes against CPM's Reji Zacharia

8. Eighth win (2001) Defeated left candidate Cheriyan Philip by 12,575 votes

9. Ninth victory (2006) Defeated CPM's Sindhu Joy by 19,863 votes

10. 10th victory (2011) defeated CPM's Suja George by 33,255 votes

11. 11th win (2016) defeated SFI leader Jake C Thomas by 27,092 votes

12. 12th win (2021) 2nd loss for Jake C. Thomas by 9044 votes