Kodungallur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. R. Sunil Kumar of CPI.
Kodungallur | |
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Constituency No. 73 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Land | Indien |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 1,86,847 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Local self governed segments
editMethala Gram panchayat was merged into Kodungallur Municipality on 11 November 2009.
Kodungallur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[1]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Kodungallur | Municipality | Kodungallur |
2 | Poyya | Grama panchayat | Kodungallur |
3 | Annamanada | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
4 | Kuzhur | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
5 | Mala | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
6 | Puthenchira | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
7 | Vellangallur | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
Members of Legislative Assembly
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | E. Gopalakrishna Menon | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | P. K. Abdul Khadir | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | P. K. Gopalakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | E. Gopalakrishna Menon | 1970 – 1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | V. K. Rajan | 1977 – 1980 | ||
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | Meenakshi Thampan | 1991 – 1996 | ||
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | Umesh Challiyil | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | K. P. Rajendan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
Major boundary changes | |||||
2011 | 13th | T. N. Prathapan | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | V. R. Sunil Kumar | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Election results
edit2021
editThere were 1,92,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | V. R. Sunil Kumar | 71,457 | 47.99 | 2.28 | |
INC | M. P. Jackson | 47,564 | 30.37 | 1.57 | |
BJP | Santhosh Cherakkulam | 28,204 | 18.94 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 870 | 0.58 | − | |
BSP | Ramya Mohanan | 366 | 0.25 | − | |
SUCI(C) | O. M. Sreeja | 270 | 0.18 | 0.05 | |
Independent | Rajan Painat | 171 | 0.11 | − | |
Margin of victory | 23,893 | 16.05 | |||
CPI hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,48,902 | 77.18 | 2.34 |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere were 1,90,675 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | V. R. Sunil Kumar | 67,909 | 45.71 | 2.93 | |
INC | K. P. Dhanapalan | 45,118 | 30.37 | 19.74 | |
BDJS | Sangeetha | 32,793 | 22.07 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 886 | 0.60 | − | |
SDPI | Manaf A. K. | 558 | 0.38 | − | |
Independent | Radhakrishnan C .K. | 411 | 0.28 | − | |
BSP | Subramanian | 367 | 0.25 | 0.23 | |
Independent | Rajan | 210 | 0.14 | − | |
SUCI(C) | C. S. Krishnakumar | 200 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
Independent | Joshy Kumar K. V. | 125 | 0.08 | − | |
Margin of victory | 22,791 | 15.04 | |||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,48,577 | 79.52 | 3.38 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | T. N. Prathapan | 64,495 | 50.11 | ||
CPI | K. G. Sivadasan | 55,063 | 42.78 | ||
BJP | I. R. Vijayan | 6,732 | 5.23 | ||
BSP | Ambily Unnikrishnan | 624 | 0.48 | − | |
Independent | Haridas K. B. | 461 | 0.36 | ||
Independent | Rajesh Appat | 377 | 0.29 | ||
Independent | Ally Ravi | 343 | 0.27 | ||
SUCI(C) | Suja Anthony | 330 | 0.26 | ||
Independent | T. U. Radhakrishnan | 289 | 0.22 | − | |
Margin of victory | 9,432 | 7.33 | |||
INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,28,714 | 76.14 |
References
edit- ^ a b "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.