Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency

Chalakudy
Chalakudy
Lok Sabha constituency
	Map of Chalakudy Parliament Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Kaipamangalam ; Chalakudy ; Kodungallur ; Perumbavoor ; Angamaly ; Aluva ; Kunnathunad
Established	2009
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Benny Behanan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Last updated April 19, 2024

Chalakudy is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the South Indian state of Kerala. It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India. The constituency comprises seven assembly segments spread over two districts—Thrissur (3) and Ernakulam (4).

Assembly segments

Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven legislative assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
69	Kaipamangalam	None	Thrissur
72	Chalakudy	None	Thrissur
73	Kodungallur	None	Thrissur
74	Perumbavoor	None	Ernakulam
75	Angamaly	None	Ernakulam
76	Aluva	None	Ernakulam
84	Kunnathunad	SC	Ernakulam

Kaipamangalam assembly segment came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Chalakudy, Kodungallur, Perumbavoor, and Angamaly were part of the erstwhile Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

As Crangannur in Thiru–Kochi

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1952	1st	K.T. Achuthan		Indian National Congress	1952-1957

As Mukundapuram

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	2nd	Narayankutty Menon	Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	Panampilly Govinda Menon	Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	Panampilly Govinda Menon		1967-1971
1971	5th	A. C. George		1971-1977
1977	6th	A. C. George		1977-1980
1980	7th	E. Balanandan	Communist Party of India	1980-1984
1984	7th	K. Mohandas	Kerala Congress	1984-1989
1989	8th	Savithri Lakshmanan	Indian National Congress	1989-1991
1991	9th	Savithri Lakshmanan		1991-1996
1996	10th	P. C. Chacko		1996-1998
1989	11th	A. C. Jose		1998-1999
1999	12th	K. Karunakaran		1999-2004
2004	13th	Lonappan Nambadan	Communist Party of India	2004-2009

As Chalakudy

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
2009	15th	K. P. Dhanapalan	Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th	Innocent Vareed Thekkethala	Independent politician (supported by LDF)	2014-2019
2019	17th	Benny Behanan	Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chalakudy
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)	C. Raveendranath
	INC	Benny Behanan
	BJP	K.M. Unnikrishnan
	Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam	Adv Charley Paul
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

According to Election Commission, there are 11,85,268 registered voters in Chalakudy Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.^[2]

2019 Indian general election: Chalakudy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Benny Behanan	473,444	47.81	8.87
	CPI(M)	Innocent	3,41,170	34.45	6.05
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	1,28,996	15.6	5.11
	SDPI	P. P. Moidheen Kunju	4,687	0.5	1.13
	NOTA	None of the above	7,578	0.8	0.39
Margin of victory			1,32,274	13.36
Turnout			9,90,433	80.51
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general election: Chalakudy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Innocent ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3,58,440	40.50	N/A
	INC	P. C. Chacko	3,44,556	38.93	-11.40
	BJP	B. Gopalakrishnan	92,848	10.49	+4.77
	AAP	K.M. Noordeen	35,189	3.98	N/A
	SDPI	Shafeer Muhammed	14,386	1.63	N/A
	WPOI	K. Ambujakshan	12,942	1.46	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	10,552	1.19	---
Margin of victory			13,884	1.57	-7.47
Turnout			8,84,033	76.94
	LDF gain from INC		Swing

Notes

↑ Left Democratic Front supported candidate

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Thrissur District has four types of administrative hierarchies:

References

↑ Santhosh, K. (7 February 2008). "Chalakudy throws up new challenges". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
↑ Indiancrux : 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results

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[3] Left Democratic Front supported candidate

[h1-1] Santhosh, K. (7 February 2008). "Chalakudy throws up new challenges". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2009.

[2] Indiancrux : 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results

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