Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Kodungallur
Kodungallur
Constituency No. 73 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Cape of Kodungallur, where the River Periyar empties into Arabian Sea.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,86,847 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. R. Sunil Kumar
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Last updated September 05, 2024

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.

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:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	E. Gopalakrishna Menon	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. K. Abdul Khadir	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. K. Gopalakrishnan	Communist Party of India	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	Meenakshi Thampan		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Umesh Challiyil	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. P. Rajendan	Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
Major boundary changes
2011	13th	T. N. Prathapan	Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. R. Sunil Kumar	Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	V. R. Sunil Kumar	Communist Party of India	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	2.28
	INC	M. P. Jackson	47,564	30.37	1.57
	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	0.05
	Independent	Rajan Painat	171	0.11	−
Margin of victory			23,893	16.05
	CPI hold		Swing
Turnout			1,48,902	77.18	2.34

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	2.93
	INC	K. P. Dhanapalan	45,118	30.37	19.74
	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	0.23
	Independent	Rajan	210	0.14	−
	SUCI(C)	C. S. Krishnakumar	200	0.13	0.13
	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	3.38

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

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References

1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
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[tsr-1] 1 2 "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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