Chengannur Assembly constituency

Chengannur
Constituency No. 110 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chengannur within Alappuzha district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Mavelikara
Established	1957
Total electors	2,08,498 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saji Cherian
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Chengannur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] Since 2021, it has been represented by Saji Cherian of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Local self-governed segments

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

Name	Status (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)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	R. Sankaran Thampi		CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. R. Saraswathi Amma		INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. G. P. Pillai		CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thankappan Pillai		NDP	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. R. Saraswathi Amma			1980 – 1982
1982	7th	S. Ramachandran Pillai			1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mammen Iype		IC(S)	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Shobhana George		INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. C. Vishnunath			2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 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 immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,08,498 registered voters in the Chengannur constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Saji Cherian	71,502	48.58	3.39
	INC	M. Murali	39,409	26.78	4.37
	BJP	M. V. Gopakumar	34,620	23.52	0.16
	Independent	Shaji T. George	534	0.36	–
	NOTA	None of the above	493	0.33	0.26
	SUCI	T. K. Gopinathan	316	0.21	–
	Independent	Melivin K. Mathew	198	0.13	–
Margin of victory			32,093	21.87	8.02
Turnout			1,47,171	70.59	8.73
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.39

2018 by-election

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

2018 Kerala Assembly By-election: Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Saji Cherian	67,303	45.19	8.85
	INC	D. Vijayakumar	46,347	31.12	0.27
	BJP	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	35,270	23.68	5.65
	Independent	Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi	800	0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	728	0.07	0.18
	AAP	Rajeev Pallathu	368	0.24	−
	Independent	Mobran Achary	263	0.17
	RLD	Jiji Puntbala	248	0.16
	Independent	Aji. M. Chalakeri	137	0.09
	Independent	Madhu Chengannur	124	0.08
	Independent	Sreedharan Pillai	121	0.08
	Independent	Somnatha Warrier T. K.	98	0.06
	Independent	Unni Karthikeyan	57	0.04
	API	Subhash Naga	53	0.04
	Independent	Murali Naga	44	0.03
	Independent	A. K. Shaji	39	0.03
	Independent	Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M.	21	0.01
	Independent	M. C. Jayalal	20	0.01
Margin of victory			20,956	13.85
Turnout			1,58,756	79.32	5.59
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	8.85

2016

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Ramachandran Nair	52,880	36.34	5.67
	INC	P. C. Vishnunath	44,897	30.85	21.13
	BJP	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	42,682	29.33	24.49
	Independent	Sobhana George	3,966	2.73	−
	BSP	Alex	483	0.33	−
	NOTA	None of the above	363	0.25	−
	Independent	E. T. Sasi	247	0.17
Margin of victory			8,013	5.49
Turnout			1,45,518	73.73	2.86
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. C. Vishnunath	65,156	51.98
	CPI(M)	C. S. Sujatha	52,656	42.01
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	6,062	4.84
	Independent	Surendran Karippuzha	848	0.68	−
	SUCI(C)	V. Venugopal	623	0.50
Margin of victory			12,500	9.97
Turnout			1,25,345	70.87
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Chengannur
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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. "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
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.