Kodungallur Assembly constituency

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
Constituency for the
Cape of Kodungallur, where the River Periyar empties into Arabian Sea.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThrissur
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,86,847 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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:

Key

  CPI   INC   JSS

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st E. Gopalakrishna Menon CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd P. K. Abdul Khadir INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd P. K. Gopalakrishnan CPI 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 JSS 2001 – 2006
2006 12th K. P. Rajendan CPI 2006 – 2011
Major boundary changes
2011 13th T. N. Prathapan INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th V. R. Sunil Kumar CPI 2016 – 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

    2021

    There were 1,92,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kodungallur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI V. R. Sunil Kumar 71,457 47.99 Increase2.28
    INC M. P. Jackson 47,564 30.37 Increase1.57
    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 Increase0.05
    Independent Rajan Painat 171 0.11 -
    Margin of victory 23,893 16.05
    CPI hold Swing
    Turnout 1,48,902 77.18 Decrease2.34

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,90,675 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kodungallur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI V. R. Sunil Kumar 67,909 45.71 Increase2.93
    INC K. P. Dhanapalan 45,118 30.37 Decrease19.74
    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 Decrease0.23
    Independent Rajan 210 0.14 -
    SUCI(C) C. S. Krishnakumar 200 0.13 Decrease0.13
    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 Increase3.38

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kodungallur
    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
    1. "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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