Chengannur Assembly constituency

Chengannur
Constituency No. 110 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chengannur within Alappuzha district
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictAlappuzha
Lok Sabha constituencyMavelikara
Established1957
Total electors2,08,498 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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.

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saji Cherian
INC Eby Kuriakose
BJP M. V. Gopakumar
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

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 4.48
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 1.48
CPI(M) C. S. Sujatha 52,656 42.01 2.59
BJP B. Radhakrishna Menon 6,062 4.84 1.04
Independent Surendran Karippuzha 848 0.68 −
SUCI(C) V. Venugopal 623 0.50
Margin of victory 12,500 9.97 4.07
Turnout 1,25,345 70.87 1.13
INC hold Swing 1.48

2006

There were 1,21,105 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC P. C. Vishnunath 44,010 50.5 6.9
CPI(M) Saji Cherian 38,878 44.6 2.5
BJP Mannar Satheesh 3,299 3.8 9.5
Independent Sasi E. T. 488 0.6
Independent V. Venugopal 416 0.5
Margin of victory 5,132 5.9 4.4
Turnout 87,139 72.0 0.1
INC hold Swing 6.9

2001

There were 1,31,196 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sobhana George 41,242 43.6
CPI(M) K. K. Ramachandran Nair 39,777 42.1
BJP M. T. Ramesh 12,598 13.3
Independent Adv. Sanalkumar 902 1.0
Margin of victory 1,465 1.5
Turnout 94,522 72.1
INC hold Swing

See also

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.
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