Kodungallur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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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.
Local self governed segments
Methala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2021
There were 1,92,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
There were 1,90,675 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
There were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ 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.
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