Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

Wadakkanchery
Wadakkanchery
Constituency No. 65 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	An aerial view of Wadakkancherry town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
LS constituency	Alathur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,23,003 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Xavier Chittilappilly
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Last updated April 02, 2024

Wadakkanchery 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Xavier Chittilappilly of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk	Panchayat President
1	Wadakkanchery	Municipality	Thalapilly
2	Thekkumkara	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly	Sunil Kumar
3	Adat	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
4	Avanur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
5	Kaiparamba	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
6	Kolazhy	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
7	Mulakunnathukavu	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
8	Tholur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

INC INC(I) CPI(M) CPI PSP SSP

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	C. C. Ayyappan	CPI	1957 – 1960
1957	1st	K. Kochukuttan	INC	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. Balakrishna Menon	PSP	1960 – 1965
1960	2nd	K. Kochukuttan	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	N. K. Seshan	SSP	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	A. S. N. Nambissan	CPI(M)	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th		INC(I)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		INC(I)	1982 – 1987
1987	8th		INC	1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Adv. V. Balram		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Adv. V. Balram		2001 – 2004
2004*	11th	A. C. Moideen	CPI(M)	2004 – 2006
2006	12th	A. C. Moideen	CPI(M)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. N. Balakrishnan	INC	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Anil Akkara	INC	2016-2021
2021	15th	Xavier Chittilappilly	CPI(M)	Incumbent

* indicates by-polls

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,23,003 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Xavier Chittilappilly	81,026	47.70	6.71
	INC	Anil Akkara	65,858	38.77	2.25
	BJP	T. S. Ullas Babu	21,747	12.80	3.88
	Independent	Haji Aboobaker Kundukadan	388	0.23	-
	NOTA	None of the Above	842	0.5	-
Margin of victory			15,168	8.93
Turnout			1,69,861	76.17	4.74
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	6.71

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,483 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anil Akkara	65,535	41.02	7.70
	CPI(M)	Mary Thomas	65,492	40.99	3.48
	BJP	T. S. Ullas Babu	26,652	16.68	11.33
	NOTA	None of the above	969	0.6	-
	SDPI	Gaddafi A. K.	477	0.30	-
	BSP	P. K. Subramanian	419	0.26	0.76
	Independent	Anil	237	0.15	-
Margin of victory			43	0.03
Turnout			1,59,781	80.91	1.41
	INC hold		Swing	7.70

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,069 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. N. Balakrishnan	67,911	48.79
	CPI(M)	N. R. Balan	61,226	44.47
	BJP	Shajumon Vattakad	7,451	5.35
	BSP	Govindan Machad	1,419	1.02
	Independent	Balakrishnan	1,177	0.85
Margin of victory			6,685	4.80
Turnout			1,31,718	79.05
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

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References

1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
1 2 "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[tsr-1] 1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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