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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Chalakudy
|image = Chalakudy Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
|image_size = 300px
|caption = Map of Chalakudy Parliament Constituency
|Existence = 2009
|CurrentMPParty = [[Indian National Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Benny Behanan]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election in Kerala|2019]]
|State = [[Kerala]]
|Successful Party =
|Reservation= None
|AssemblyConstituencies =[[Kaipamangalam (Assembly constituency)|Kaipamangalam]] [[Chalakudy (Assembly constituency)|Chalakudy]] [[Kodungallur (Assembly constituency)|Kodungallur]] [[Perumbavoor (State Assembly constituency)|Perumbavoor]] [[Angamaly (State Assembly constituency)|Angamaly]] [[Aluva (State Assembly constituency)|Aluva]] [[Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnathunad]]
}}
'''Chalakudy''' is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in the [[South India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It came into existence in 2008, following the [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of parliamentary constituencies based on recommendations of the [[Delimitation Commission of India]]. The constituency comprises seven assembly segments spread over two districts—[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]] (3) and [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]] (4).

==Assembly segments==

Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven legislative assembly segments:
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|69
|[[Kaipamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Kaipamangalam]]
|None
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|-
| 72
|[[Chalakudy (State Assembly constituency)|Chalakudy]]
|None
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|-
|73
|[[Kodungallur (State Assembly constituency)|Kodungallur]]
|None
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|-
|74
|[[Perumbavoor (State Assembly constituency)|Perumbavoor]]
|None
|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
|-
|75
|[[Angamaly (State Assembly constituency)|Angamaly]]
|None
|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
|-
|76
|[[Aluva (State Assembly constituency)|Aluva]]
|None
|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
|-
|84
|[[Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnathunad]]
|SC
|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
|-
|}

Kaipamangalam assembly segment came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Chalakudy, Kodungallur, Perumbavoor and Angamally were part of the erstwhile [[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="h1">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/07/stories/2008020754400500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210064242/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/07/stories/2008020754400500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2008|title=Chalakudy throws up new challenges|author=Santhosh, K.|date=7 February 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==

'''As Crangannur in [[Thiru–Kochi]]'''

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|[[1951-52 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]
|[[K.T. Achuthan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|1952-1957
|-
|}

'''As Mukundapuram'''

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]
|Narayankutty Menon
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|1957-1962
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=4 |[[Indian National Congress]]
|1962-1967
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]
|1967-1971
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]
|rowspan=2 |A. C. George
|1971-1977
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]
|1977-1980
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]
|[[E. Balanandan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|1980-1984
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha|7th]]
|K. Mohandas
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress}}" |
|[[Kerala Congress]]
|1984-1989
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha|8th]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Savithri Lakshmanan]]
| rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=5 |[[Indian National Congress]]
|1989-1991
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha|9th]]
|1991-1996
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha|10th]]
|[[P. C. Chacko]]
|1996-1998
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|11th]]
|[[A. C. Jose]]
|1998-1999
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha|12th]]
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|1999-2004
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|13th]]
|[[Lonappan Nambadan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|2004-2009
|-
|}

'''As Chalakudy'''

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|[[K. P. Dhanapalan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|2009-2014
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent Vareed Thekkethala]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (supported by [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]])
|2009-2014
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|[[Benny Behanan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Incumbent]]
|-
|}

==Election results==

===General election, 2019===
According to Election Commission, there are 11,85,268 registered voters in Chalakudy Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.<ref>Indiancrux : [https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-general-election-chalakudy-constituency-live-results.html 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results ]</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Chalakudy]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Benny Behanan]]|votes=4,73,444|percentage=47.81|change={{increase}}8.87}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]|votes=3,41,170|percentage=34.45|change={{decrease}}6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[A. N. Radhakrishnan]]|votes=1,28,996|percentage=15.6|change={{increase}}5.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=P. P. Moidheen Kunju|votes=4,687|percentage=0.5|change={{decrease}}1.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=7,578|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}}0.39}}
{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 1,32,274
|percentage = 13.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,90,433|percentage=80.51|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election, 2014===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: [[Chalakudy]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]{{efn|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] supported candidate}}|votes=3,58,440|percentage=40.50|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. C. Chacko]]|votes=3,44,556|percentage=38.93|change=-11.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Gopalakrishnan|votes=92,848|percentage=10.49|change=+4.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=K.M. Noordeen|votes=35,189|percentage=3.98|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Shafeer Muhammed|votes=14,386|percentage=1.63|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=K. Ambujakshan|votes=12,942|percentage=1.46|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=10,552|percentage=1.19|change=---}}
{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 13,884
|percentage = 1.57
|change = -7.47
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,84,033|percentage=76.94|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election, 2009=== in 2009 elections he didn't participate

==See also==
* [[Thrissur district]]
* [[Ernakulam district]]
* [[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]
*[https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-general-election-chalakudy-constituency-live-results.html 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala]]
[[Category:Politics of Thrissur district]]
[[Category:Chalakudy]]

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