Chengannur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2018 Chengannur Assembly Bypoll, the current MLA is Saji Cherian of CPI(M).
| Chengannur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 110 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,06,858 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self governed segments
editChengannur Niyamasabha 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
editThe 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 | Independent | 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
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
edit2018 by-election
editDue to the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, Chengannur Niyamasahba constituency went to bypoll on March 28, 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the by-election.[3][4]
| 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
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Chengannur Election Result Live: CPM's Saji Cherian Wins By Over 20,000 Votes".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.