Changanassery Assembly constituency

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Changanassery
Constituency No. 99 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
A Changanassery Street eve.jpg
A street at Changanassery Market.
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kottayam
Established1957
Total electors1,67,180 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Adv. Job Michael

Changanassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. [1] C. F. Thomas [2] represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 Kerala legislative elections, Adv. Job Michael of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.

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Local self-governed segments

Changanassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [3]

NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Changanassery Municipality Changanassery
Kurichy Grama panchayat Changanassery
MadappallyGrama panchayat Changanassery
Paippad Grama panchayat Changanassery
Thrikkodithanam Grama panchayat Changanassery
Vazhappally Grama panchayat Changanassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI   KC(M)   KEC   Independent   INC

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st A. M. Kalyanakrishnan Nair CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2ndN. Bhaskaran Nair INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd K. G. Neelakantan Nambudiripad CPI 1967 – 1970
1970 4thK. J. Chacko KEC 1970 – 1977
1977 5th1977 – 1980
1980 6th C. F. Thomas 1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8th Independent 1987 – 1991
1991 9th KC(M) 1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12th2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th2016 – 2020
202115thAdv. Job Maichil2021 -

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.

2021

C. F. Thomas, who had represented the constituency for 40 years, died in September 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, a by-election was not held. The Kerala Congress (M) had left the UDF and had joined the LDF. The Kerala Congress (Joseph) tied up with the Kerala Congress led by P. C. Thomas and contested the elections as Kerala Congress for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in eight of the ten seats they contested, including Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(M) Adv. Job Maichil 55,425 44.85 Increase2.svg 4.81
KEC V. J. Laly49,36639.94−
BJP Ad. G Raman Nair1449111.73Decrease2.svg 5.33
Independent Tijo Karikkanadam10940.89−
BSP Amruth Dev T1,0790.87Increase2.svg 0.33
SDPI M. K. Nizamuddin1,0750.87Decrease2.svg 0.56
NOTA None of the Above4340.35Decrease2.svg 0.1
SUCI(C) Rejitha Jayaram3280.27Increase2.svg 0.02
Independent Joemon Joseph Srampickal1570.13−
Independent Babychen Mukkadan1360.11−
Margin of victory6,0594.91Increase2.svg 3.44
Turnout 1,23,58570.23Decrease2.svg 5.02
KC(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(M) C. F. Thomas50,37140.04Decrease2.svg7.09
JKC K. C. Joseph48,52238.57−
BJP Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan21,45517.06Increase2.svg11.26
SDPI Althaph Hassan1,7971.43Increase2.svg0.59
Independent Sojan Paviyanose1,0500.83−
BSP Raji Rajan6760.54Decrease2.svg0.44
Independent Suresh K.5960.47−
NOTA None of the above5710.45−
SUCI(C) K .N. Rajan3120.25Decrease2.svg0.01
Kerala Congress (Secular) Babu Varghese2920.23−
Independent Kunjimon Abraham1510.12−
Margin of victory1,8491.47Decrease2.svg0.89
Turnout 1,25,79375.24Increase2.svg2.68
KC(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.09

2011

There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(M) C. F. Thomas51,01947.13
CPI(M) B. Ekbal48,46544.77−
BJP M. B. Rajagopal6,2815.80
BSP Mathews John1,0580.98−
SDPI Mansoor9070.84Decrease2.svg1.00
SUCI(C) K. Sadanandan2810.26−
Independent Naseer K. M.2460.23
Margin of victory2,5542.36
Turnout 1,08,25772.56
KC(M) hold Swing -

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "CF Thomas, Kerala Congress (M) veteran and 9-time MLA, dies at 81". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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