Chengannur Assembly constituency

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Chengannur
Constituency No. 110 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
College of Engineering Chengannur main building.jpg
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Alappuzha
Established1957
Total electors2,06,858 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year2021

Chengannur 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] As of the 2018 Chengannur Assembly by-election, the current MLA is Saji Cherian of CPI(M).

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Local self-governed segments

Chengannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Chengannur Municipality Chengannur
Ala Grama panchayat Chengannur
Budhanoor Grama panchayat Chengannur
Cheriyanad Grama panchayat Chengannur
Mannar Grama panchayat Chengannur
Mulakuzha Grama panchayat Chengannur
Pandanad Grama panchayat Chengannur
Puliyoor Grama panchayat Chengannur
Thiruvanvandoor Grama panchayat Chengannur
Venmony Grama panchayat Chengannur
Chennithala-Thriperumthura Grama panchayat Mavelikkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI(M)   INC   Independent   CPI   IC(S)

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1957 1stR. Sankaran Thampi CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2ndK. R. Saraswathi Amma INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rdP. G. P. Pillai CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5thThankappan Pillai Independent 1977 – 1980
1980 6thK. R. Saraswathi Amma1980 – 1982
1982 7thS. Ramachandran Pillai1982 – 1987
1987 8thMammen Iype IC(S) 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Shobhana George INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12th P. C. Vishnunath 2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th K. K. Ramachandran Nair CPI(M) 2016 – 2018
2018*14th Saji Cherian 2018-2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2018 by-election

Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, Chengannur Assembly constituency held a by-election on 28 March 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the by-election. [3] [4]

2018 Kerala Assembly By-election: Chengannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Saji Cherian 67,303 45.19 Increase2.svg8.85
INC D Vijayakumar46,34731.12Increase2.svg0.27
BJP P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 35,27023.68Decrease2.svg5.65
Independent Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi8000.53
NOTA None of the above7280.07Decrease2.svg0.18
AAP Rajeev Pallathu3680.24
Independent Mobran Achary2630.17
RLD Jiji Puntbala2480.16
Independent Aji. M. Chalakeri1370.09
Independent Madhu Chengannur1240.08
Independent Sreedharan Pillai1210.08
Independent Somnatha Warrier T. K.980.06
Independent Unni Karthikeyan570.04
API Subhash Naga530.04
Independent Murali Naga440.03
Independent A. K. Shaji390.03
Independent Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M.210.01
Independent M. C. Jayalal200.01
Margin of victory20,95613.85
Turnout 1,58,75679.32Increase2.svg5.59
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg8.85

2016

There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. K. Ramachandran Nair52,88036.34Decrease2.svg5.67
INC P. C. Vishnunath44,89730.85Decrease2.svg21.13
BJP P. S. Sreedharan Pillai42,68229.33Increase2.svg24.49
Independent Sobhana George3,9662.73
BSP Alex4830.33
NOTA None of the above3630.25
Independent E. T. Sasi2470.17
Margin of victory8,0135.49
Turnout 1,45,51873.73Increase2.svg2.86
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2011

There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. C. Vishnunath65,15651.98
CPI(M) C. S. Sujatha52,65642.01
BJP B. Radhakrishna Menon6,0624.84
Independent Surendran Karippuzha8480.68
SUCI(C) V. Venugopal6230.50
Margin of victory12,5009.97
Turnout 1,25,34570.87
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. "Chengannur Election Result Live: CPM's Saji Cherian Wins By Over 20,000 Votes".
  4. The Indian Express (31 May 2018). "Chengannur Bye-Election Result 2018: CPM wave helps party double victory margin from 2016". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.