Thrissur Assembly constituency

Thrissur
Constituency No. 67 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Government Engineering College, Thrissur, the second-oldest Government Engineering College in the state.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,72,358 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Balachandran
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Thrissur 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 P. Balachandran of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

Thrissur Assembly constituency is composed of the following 41 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation: ^[2]

Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
1	Punkunnam	2	Kuttankulangara	3	Patturaikkal
4	Viyyoor	5	Peringavu	6	Ramavarmapuram
7	Kuttumukku	8	Villadam	9	Cherur
10	Mukkattukara	11	Gandhinagar	12	Chembukkavu
13	Kizhakkumpattukara	14	Paravattani	15	Ollukkara
16	Nettissery	19	Krishnapuram	20	Kalathodu
21	Nadathara	22	Chelakkottukara	23	Mission Quarters
27	Kuttanellur	33	Chiyyaram North	34	Kannamkulangara
35	Pallikulam	36	Thekkinkadu	37	Kottappuram
38	Poothole	39	Kokkala	40	Vadookkara
45	Karyattukara	46	Chettupuzha	47	Pullazhi
48	Olarikara	49	Elthuruth	50	Laloor
51	Aranattukara	52	Kanattukara	53	Ayyanthole
54	Civil Station	55	Puthurkkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  Independent   INC   BLD   NDP   CPI   CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	A. R. Menon	Ind.		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	T. A. Dharmaja Iyer	INC		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. Sekharan Nair	CPI(M)		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Joseph Mundassery	Ind.		1970 - 1972
1972*		P. A. Antony	INC		1972 - 1977
1977	5th	K. J. George	BLD		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. K. Kannan	CPI(M)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Therambil Ramakrishnan	NDP		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	E. K. Menon	CPI(M)		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Therambil Ramakrishnan	INC		1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. S. Sunil Kumar	CPI		2016 – 2021
2021	15th	P. Balachandran			2021- Present

*by-election

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrissur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Balachandran	44,263	34.25	7.94
	INC	Padmaja Venugopal	43,317	33.52	3.18
	BJP	Suresh Gopi	40,457	31.30	11.84
	NOTA	None of the above	712	0.56
	Independent	Ajith Menon Ponnemkattil	252	0.19	−
	IGP	Thrissur Mukundan	225	0.17	0.11
Margin of victory			946	0.33	3.01
	CPI hold		Swing	7.94
Turnout			1,29,237	70.73	3.06

2016

There were 1,72,358 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrissur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. S. Sunil Kumar	53,664	42.19	3.34
	INC	Padmaja Venugopal	46,677	36.70	16.49
	BJP	B. Gopalakrishnan	24,748	19.46	13.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,128	0.89	−
	Independent	Anthony J. Maliakal	256	0.20	−
	SP	P. S. Unnikrishnan	226	0.18	−
	PDP	Raji Mani	154	0.12	−
	SUCI(C)	M. Pradeepan	111	0.09	−
	IGP	Santhakumari K. V.	74	0.06	−
Margin of victory			6,987	5.49	N/A
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	3.34
Turnout			1,27,191	73.79	4.12

2011

There were 1,61,886 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrissur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Therambil Ramakrishnan	59,991	53.19
	CPI	P. Balachandran	43,822	38.85
	BJP	Ravikumar Uppath	6,697	5.94
	Independent	Therambil Radhakrishnan	1,405	1.25
	BSP	A. Jayaram	879	0.78
Margin of victory			16,169	14.34
	INC hold		Swing
Turnout			1,27,191	73.79

See also

• Thrissur
• Thrissur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur District". www.ceo.kerala.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.