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{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Changanassery
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 99
| map_image = A Changanassery Street eve.jpg
| map_caption = A street at [[Changanassery]] Market.
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,67,180 (2016)
| mla = [[Vinu Job Kuzhimannil]]
| district = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
| party = [[Kerala Congress]]
}}
'''Changanassery State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://kottayam.nic.in/constituencies
| website = kottayam.nic.in
| title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district
|accessdate =16 March 2020
}}</ref> [[C. F. Thomas]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-27|title=CF Thomas, Kerala Congress (M) veteran and 9-time MLA, dies at 81|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/kerala-congress-leader-c-f-thomas-dead-6617743/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Kerala legislative elections]], Adv. [[Job Michael]] of the [[Kerala Congress (M)]] was elected from the constituency.

==Local self-governed segments==
Changanassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kottayam.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District
}}</ref>

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
| [[Changanassery]]
| Municipality
| [[Changanassery]]
|-
| [[Kurichy]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Changanassery]]
|-
| Madappally
| Grama panchayat
| [[Changanassery]]
|-
| [[Paippad]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Changanassery]]
|-
| [[Thrikkodithanam]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Changanassery]]
|-
| [[Vazhappally]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Changanassery]]
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}}
{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (Mani)}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}} {{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama
Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| [[A. M. Kalyanakrishnan Nair]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| 1957 – 1960
|-
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| 2nd
| N. Bhaskaran Nair
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 1960 – 1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| [[K. G. Neelakantan Nambudiripad]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| rowspan="2" | K. J. Chacko
| {{Party name with color|Kerala Congress|rowspan=4}}
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| rowspan="9" |[[C. F. Thomas]]
| 1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| 1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| {{Party name with color|Kerala Congress (M)|rowspan=7}}
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| 2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| 2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016 – 2020
|-
|2021
|15th
|[[Job Maichil]]
|2021 - 2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|
|
|
|2026-
|}

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Changanassery}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress
|candidate = Vinu Job
|votes = 55,991
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress (M)
|candidate = [[Job Maichil]]
|votes = 47,623
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = B. Radhakrishna Menon
|votes = 14,803
|percentage =
|change =

}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 8368
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress
|loser = Kerala Congress (M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
[[C. F. Thomas]], who had represented the constituency for 40 years, died in September 2020. Because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala|COVID-19 pandemic]] and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, a by-election was not held. The [[Kerala Congress (M)]] had left the [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] and had joined the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]. The [[Kerala Congress (Joseph)]] tied up with the Kerala Congress led by [[P. C. Thomas]] and contested the elections as [[Kerala Congress]] for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in eight of the ten seats they contested, including Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.

{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Changanassery}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate= [[Job Maichil]]|votes=55,425|percentage=44.85|change={{increase}} 4.81}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress|candidate=V. J. Laly|votes=49,366|percentage=39.94|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv. G Raman Nair|votes=14,491|percentage=11.73|change={{decrease}} 5.33}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Tijo Karikkanadam|votes=1094|percentage=0.89|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Amruth Dev T|votes=1,079|percentage=0.87|change={{increase}} 0.33}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. K. Nizamuddin |votes=1,075 |percentage=0.87 |change={{decrease}} 0.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=434|percentage=0.35|change={{decrease}} 0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Rejitha Jayaram |votes=328 |percentage=0.27 |change={{increase}} 0.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joemon Joseph Srampickal|votes=157|percentage=0.13|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Babychen Mukkadan|votes=136|percentage=0.11|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|percentage=4.91|votes=6,059|change={{increase}} 3.44}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,23,585|percentage=70.23|change={{decrease}} 5.02}}
{{Election box hold with party link|swing=|winner=Kerala Congress (M)}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,67,180 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]]: Changanassery}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=[[C. F. Thomas]]|votes=50,371|percentage=40.04|change={{decrease}}7.09}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janadhipathya Kerala Congress|candidate=K. C. Joseph|votes=48,522|percentage=38.57|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan|votes=21,455|percentage=17.06|change={{increase}}11.26}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Althaph Hassan|votes=1,797|percentage=1.43|change={{increase}}0.59}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sojan Paviyanose|votes=1,050|percentage=0.83|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Raji Rajan|votes=676|percentage=0.54|change={{decrease}}0.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Suresh K.|votes=596|percentage=0.47|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=571|percentage=0.45|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K .N. Rajan|votes=312|percentage=0.25|change={{decrease}}0.01}}
{{Election box candidate|party=[[Kerala Congress (Secular)]]|candidate=Babu Varghese|votes=292|percentage=0.23|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kunjimon Abraham|votes=151|percentage=0.12|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,849|percentage=1.47|change={{decrease}}0.89}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,25,793|percentage=75.24|change={{increase}}2.68}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing={{decrease}}7.09}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,49,193 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|accessdate=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Changanassery}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=[[C. F. Thomas]]|votes=51,019|percentage=47.13|change={{down}}4.98}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=B. Ekbal|votes=48,465|percentage=44.77|change={{up}}2.63}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. B. Rajagopal|votes=6,281|percentage=5.80|change={{up}}2.14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mathews John|votes=1,058|percentage=0.98|change={{down}}0.12}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Mansoor|votes=907|percentage=0.84|change={{decrease}}1.00}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. Sadanandan|votes=281|percentage=0.26|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Naseer K. M.|votes=246|percentage=0.23|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,554|percentage=2.36|change={{down}}7.61}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,08,257|percentage=72.56|change={{up}}4.78}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing={{down}}4.98}}{{Election box end}}

===2006===
There were 1,42,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Changanassery}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress (M)
|candidate = [[C. F. Thomas]]
|votes = 50,435
|percentage = 52.11
|change = {{up}}0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = A. V. Russel
|votes = 40,782
|percentage = 42.14
|change = {{up}}2.60
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Sailamma Rajappan
|votes = 3,544
|percentage = 3.66
|change = {{down}}3.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rajeev
|votes = 1,061
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. Sadanandan
|votes = 557
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Raghunathan
|votes = 404
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rejected
|candidate = Rejected & Missing Votes
|votes = 12
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 9,653
|percentage = 9.97
|change = {{down}}2.68
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,783
|percentage = 67.78
|change = {{down}}0.20
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress (M)
|swing = {{up}}0.08
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001===
There were 1,51,747 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Changanassery}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress (M)
|candidate = [[C. F. Thomas]]
|votes = 53,824
|percentage = 52.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = James Manimala
|votes = 40,783
|percentage = 39.54
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = P. K. Balakrishna Kurup
|votes = 7,041
|percentage = 6.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mini K. Philip
|votes = 1,474
|percentage = 1.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rejected
|candidate = Rejected & Missing Votes
|votes = 28
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 13,041
|percentage = 12.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,03,160
|percentage = 67.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress (M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Changanassery]]
* [[Kottayam district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kottayam district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Changanassery]]

Changanassery Assembly constituency - Revision history

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