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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Chadayamangalam
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 122
| map_image = File:Jatayu Earth Centre.jpg
| map_caption = [[Jatayu Earth’s Center|Jatayu Park]] in Chadayamangalam Assembly constituency
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,01,716 (2026)
| mla = M. M. Naseer
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
}}
'''Chadayamangalam''' is the 122nd [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in the southeast of [[Kollam district]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Chadayamangalam Assembly Constituency is a part of '''Kollam Lok Sabha Constituency, Kottarakkara Taluk, Punalur Taluk, Chadayamangalam Block Panchayat, Anchal Block Panchayat and the Punalur Revenue Division'''. It is one among the evening assembly constituencies in the [[Kollam district|district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[M. M. Naseer]] of [[Indian National Congress]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Chadayamangalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
!width="60px" |[[2025 Kerala local elections|Ruling alliance]]

|-
|1
|[[Alayamon]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Punalur]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''UDF''']]

|-
|2
|[[Chadayamangalam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''LDF''']]

|-
|3
|[[Chithara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''UDF''']]

|-
|4
|[[Elamad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''UDF''']]

|-
|5
|[[Ittiva]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''LDF''']]

|-
|6
|[[Kadakkal]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''LDF''']]

|-
|7
|[[Kummil]]
|Grama Panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''UDF''']]

|-
|8
|[[Nilamel]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''UDF''']]

|-
|9
|[[Velinalloor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kottarakkara]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|'''LDF''']]
|}

==Electoral history==
===[[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!colspan="2" | Party
!Vote Margin
!Coalition
|-
|rowspan=2|1951
|Kesava Pillai
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1,703
|Right
|-
||Kochukunju
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|642
|NA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-07-30 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1954
|V. Gangadharan
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|9,634
|NA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented the constituency:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama Sabha
!Member
! colspan="2"|Party
!|Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
| rowspan="2" |[[Veliyam Bharghavan|Veliyam Bhargavan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|1957–1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|1960–1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| D. D. Potti
| {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| 1967–1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|[[M. N. Govindan Nair]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=7}}
|1970–1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |[[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]
|1977–1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980–1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| rowspan="3" |[[K. R. Chandramohan]]
|1982–1984
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|1987–1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991–1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|[[R. Latha Devi]]
|1996–2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| [[Prayar Gopalakrishnan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2001–2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| rowspan="3" |[[Mullakkara Ratnakaran|Mullakara Ratnakaran]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}
| 2006–2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| 2011–2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| 2016 - 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| [[J. Chinchu Rani]]
| 2021 - 2026
|-
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 16th
| [[M. M. Naseer]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2026 -
|-
|}

== Election results ==
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

===2026===
There are 2,01,716 registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = '''M M Naseer'''
|votes = '''68,281'''
|percentage = '''44.55'''
|change = '''{{increase}}8.15'''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[J. Chinchu Rani]]
|votes = 60,795
|percentage = 39.67
|change = {{decrease}}6.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate =R S Arun raj
|votes = 20,971
|percentage = 13.68
|change = {{decrease}}1.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Sharafath Mallam
|votes = 1,674
|percentage = 1.09
|change = {{decrease}}0.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India
|candidate = Aji Kadassery
|votes = 381
|percentage = 0.25
|change = {{increase}}0.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = G Jayan Moonlight Chithara
|votes = 277
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 881
|percentage = 0.57
|change = {{increase}}0.10
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 7,486
|percentage = 4.88
|change = {{decrease}}2.13
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,53,260
|percentage = 75.97
|change = {{increase}}1.37
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{increase}}8.15}}{{Election box end}}

===2021 ===
There were 1,97,285 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title="Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results May 2021, Election commission of India"|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS11122|website=eci.gov.in|access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[J. Chinchu Rani]]|votes=67252|percentage=45.69|change={{decrease}}3.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M.M.Naseer|votes=53,574|percentage=36.40|change={{increase}}2.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vishnu Pattathanam|votes=22,238|percentage=15.11|change={{increase}}1.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Sharafath Mallam|votes=1,879|percentage=1.28|change={{increase}}0.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=685|percentage=0.47|change={{decrease}}0.01}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Archana Prajith|votes=605|percentage=0.41|change={{decrease}}0.07}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Lalu|votes=406|percentage=0.28|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India|candidate=Ratheesh Kadakkal|votes=280|percentage=0.19|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shibu.K.Chadayamangalam|votes=258|percentage=0.18|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=13,678|percentage=9.29|change={{decrease}}5.82}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,47,177|percentage=74.60|change={{increase}}0.82}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}3.41}}{{Election box end}}

===2016 ===
There were 1,96,733 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[Mullakkara Ratnakaran]]|votes=71,262|percentage=49.10|change={{decrease}}6.80}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[M. M. Hassan]]|votes=49,334|percentage=33.99|change={{decrease}}3.37}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Sivadasan|votes=19,259|percentage=13.27|change={{increase}}10.01}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Jaleel Kadakkal|votes=1,445|percentage=1.00|change={{decrease}}0.41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Sajeed Khaleedu|votes=1,222|percentage=0.84|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=699|percentage=0.48|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunny Itriva|votes=538|percentage=0.37|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Sreejith S.|votes=284|percentage=0.20|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=21,928|percentage=15.11|change={{decrease}}3.43}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,45,141|percentage=73.78|change={{increase}}2.03}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}6.80}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,77,610 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[Mullakkara Ratnakaran]]|votes=71,231|percentage=55.90|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Shahida Kamal|votes=47,607|percentage=37.56|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. C. Saju Kumar|votes=4,160|percentage=3.26|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Jaleel Kadakkal|votes=1,800|percentage=1.41|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shibu K. Chadayamangalam|votes=1,078|percentage=0.85|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kootukkal Prasad|votes=996|percentage=0.78|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Oyoor Nazeer|votes=557|percentage=0.44|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=23,624|percentage=18.54|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,429|percentage=71.75|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2006 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[Mullakkara Ratnakaran]]|votes=47,284|percentage=49.90|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Prayar Gopalakrishnan]]|votes=42,631|percentage=45.00|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Yeroor Anil|votes=2,533|percentage=2.67|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,653|percentage=4.90|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=94,749|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2001 ===
There were 1,43,376 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Prayar Gopalakrishnan]]|votes=49,683|percentage=49.33|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[R. Latha Devi]]|votes=47,764|percentage=47.43|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V. S. Unnikrishnan|votes=3,263|percentage=3.24|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,919|percentage=1.90|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,00,710|percentage=70.25|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

=== 1996 ===
There were 1,31,047 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chadayamangalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[R. Latha Devi]]|votes=42,550|percentage=48.74|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Prayar Gopalakrishnan]]|votes=39,804|percentage=45.59|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Abdul Rasheed|votes=3,258|percentage=3.73|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,746|percentage=3.19|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=87,306|percentage=68.00|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]

Chadayamangalam Assembly constituency - Revision history

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