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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Kerala}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| type = LS<br />
|name = Chalakudy <Br>{{Small|KL-11}}<br />
|map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok_Sabha_constituencies/2019/Kerala/Chalakudy.map}}<br />
<br />
|map_caption = Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency<br />
|established = 2009<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}<br />
|incumbent_image = Benny Behanan BNC.jpg<br />
|mp = [[Benny Behanan]]<br />
|latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election in Kerala|2024]]<br />
|state = [[Kerala]] <br />
|reservation= None<br />
|assembly_cons =[[Kaipamangalam (Assembly constituency)|Kaipamangalam]]<br />[[Chalakudy (Assembly constituency)|Chalakudy]]<br />[[Kodungallur (Assembly constituency)|Kodungallur]]<br />[[Perumbavoor (State Assembly constituency)|Perumbavoor]]<br />[[Angamaly (State Assembly constituency)|Angamaly]]<br />[[Aluva (State Assembly constituency)|Aluva]]<br />[[Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnathunad]]<br />
}}<br />
'''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 [[Electoral 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).<br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
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Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven legislative assembly segments:<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! No<br />
! Name<br />
! District<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|69<br />
|[[Kaipamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Kaipamangalam]]<br />
|rowspan=3|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]<br />
|[[K. K Valsaraj]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
| 72<br />
|[[Chalakudy (State Assembly constituency)|Chalakudy]]<br />
|[[T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|73<br />
|[[Kodungallur (State Assembly constituency)|Kodungallur]]<br />
|[[O. J. Janeesh]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|74<br />
|[[Perumbavoor (State Assembly constituency)|Perumbavoor]]<br />
|rowspan=4|[[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
|[[Manoj Moothedan]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|75<br />
|[[Angamaly (State Assembly constituency)|Angamaly]]<br />
|[[Roji M. John]]<br />
|-<br />
|76<br />
|[[Aluva (State Assembly constituency)|Aluva]]<br />
|[[Anwar Sadath]]<br />
|-<br />
|84<br />
|[[Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnathunad]] (SC)<br />
|[[V. P. Sajeendran]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Kaipamangalam assembly segment came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Chalakudy, Kodungallur, Perumbavoor, and Angamaly 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]]|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref><br />
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== Members of Parliament ==<br />
'''As Crangannur in [[Thiru–Kochi]]'''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Lok Sabha<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
! Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1951-52 Indian general election|1952]]<br />
|[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]<br />
|[[K.T. Achuthan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1952-1957<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
'''As Mukundapuram'''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Lok Sabha<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
! Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]<br />
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]<br />
|Narayankutty Menon<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1957-1962<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]<br />
|rowspan=2 |[[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]<br />
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|rowspan=4 |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|1962-1967<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]<br />
|1967-1971<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]<br />
|rowspan=2 |A. C. George<br />
|1971-1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]<br />
|1977-1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
|[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]<br />
|[[E. Balanandan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1980-1984<br />
|-<br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|[[8th Lok Sabha|7th]]<br />
|K. Mohandas<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|1984-1989<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|[[9th Lok Sabha|8th]]<br />
|rowspan=2 |[[Savithri Lakshmanan]]<br />
| rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|rowspan=5 |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|1989-1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
|[[10th Lok Sabha|9th]]<br />
|1991-1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|[[11th Lok Sabha|10th]]<br />
|[[P. C. Chacko]]<br />
|1996-1998<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|[[12th Lok Sabha|11th]]<br />
|[[A. C. Jose]]<br />
|1998-1999<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|[[13th Lok Sabha|12th]]<br />
|[[K. Karunakaran]]<br />
|1999-2004<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|[[14th Lok Sabha|13th]]<br />
|[[Lonappan Nambadan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|2004-2009<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
'''As Chalakudy'''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Lok Sabha<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
! Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]<br />
|[[K. P. Dhanapalan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|2009-2014<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]<br />
|[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent Vareed Thekkethala]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
<br />(supported by [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]])<br />
|2014-2019<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Benny Behanan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|rowspan=2|2019 - incumbent <br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br />
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
===General Election 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Chalakudy]]<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Chalakudy">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Chalakudy |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1111.htm |access-date=2 August 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802110025/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1111.htm |archive-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Benny Behanan]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=3,94,171|percentage=41.44|change={{decrease}}6.37}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[C. Raveendranath]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=3,30,417|percentage=34.73|change={{increase}}0.28}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K.M. Unnikrishnan|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|votes=1,06,400|percentage=11.18|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Adv Charley Paul|party=Twenty20 Party|votes=1,05,642|percentage=11.11|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=8,063|percentage=0.85|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rosilin Chacko|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=2,410|percentage=0.25|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,53,520|percentage=72.72|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2019===<br />
According to Election Commission, there are 11,85,268 registered voters in Chalakudy Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.<ref>Indiancrux : {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190421174800/https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-general-election-chalakudy-constituency-live-results.html 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results ]}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Chalakudy]]}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Benny Behanan]]|votes=4,73,444|percentage=47.81|change={{increase}}8.87}}<br />
{{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}}6.05}}<br />
{{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}}<br />
{{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}}<br />
{{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}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
| |votes = 1,32,274<br />
|percentage = 13.36<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,90,433|percentage=80.51|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===General election, 2014===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: [[Chalakudy]]}}<br />
{{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}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. C. Chacko]]|votes=3,44,556|percentage=38.93|change=-11.40}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Gopalakrishnan|votes=92,848|percentage=10.49|change=+4.77}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=K.M. Noordeen|votes=35,189|percentage=3.98|change=N/A}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Shafeer Muhammed|votes=14,386|percentage=1.63|change=N/A}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=K. Ambujakshan|votes=12,942|percentage=1.46|change=N/A}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=10,552|percentage=1.19|change=---}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
| |votes = 13,884<br />
|percentage = 1.57<br />
|change = -7.47<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,84,033|percentage=76.94|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Thrissur district]]<br />
* [[Ernakulam district]]<br />
* [[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
* [[Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]<br />
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190421174800/https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-general-election-chalakudy-constituency-live-results.html 2019 General Election Chalakudy Constituency Live Results]}}<br />
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[[Category:Politics of Thrissur district]]<br />
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