Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

Irinjalakuda
Constituency No. 70 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Irinjalakuda Municipal Office in Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,91,930 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Bindu
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Irinjalakuda State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is R. Bindu of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Irinjalakuda	Municipality	Mukundapuram
2	Karalam	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
3	Kattoor	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
4	Muriyad	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
5	Padiyur	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
6	Poomangalam	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
7	Vellookkara	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
8	Aloor	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy

Local bodies of Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	C. Achutha Menon		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	C. K. Rajan			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	C. S. Gangadharan		Kerala Socialist Party	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Siddarthan Kattungal		Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Jose Thanickal		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Lonappan Nambadan		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Thomas Unniyadan		Kerala Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. U. Arunan		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	R. Bindu			2021 - incumbent

Election results

2021

There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. ^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Irinjalakuda ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Bindu	62,493	40.27	0.27
	KEC	Thomas Unniyadan	56,544	36.44	1.74
	BJP	Jacob Thomas	33,685	22.12	1.75
	NOTA	None of the above	583	0.38	0.19
	CPI(M) hold		Swing
Turnout			1,55,179

2016

There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Irinjalakuda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. U. Arunan	59,380	40.00	2.33
	KC(M)	Thomas Unniyadan	57,019	38.18	13.52
	BJP	Santhosh Cherkalam	30,420	20.37	15.33
	NOTA	None of the above	857	0.57	−
	BSP	V. C. Unnikrishnan	639	0.43	0.09
	Independent	Davis Chatheli	345	0.23	−
	CPI(M)	Ayyapan Manaykal	314	0.21
Margin of victory			2,711	1.82
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
Turnout			1,49,324	77.80	1.81

2011

There were 1,74,214 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Irinjalakuda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Thomas Unniyadan	68,445	51.70
	CPI(M)	K. R. Vijaya	56,041	42.33
	BJP	K. C. Venu	6,669	5.04
	Independent	T. V. Sivadasan	772	0.58
	BSP	Subramanian	449	0.34
Margin of victory			12,404	9.37
	KC(M) hold		Swing
Turnout			1,32,379	75.99

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
2. "End of Poll - Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala.
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.