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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Irinjalakuda
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 70
| map_image = Irinjalakudamunicipaloffice.jpg
| map_caption = [[Irinjalakuda]] Municipal Office in Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,91,930 (2021)
| mla = [[Thomas Unniyadan]]
| party = [[Kerala Congress]]
| latest_election_year = 2026
| district = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
}}
'''Irinjalakuda State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="tsr">{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thrissur.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala.
|access-date = 10 March 2021
|archive-date = 12 March 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110312073152/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thrissur.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[R. Bindu]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self-governed segments==

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="tsr"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Irinjalakuda]]
|Municipality
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|2
|[[Karalam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|3
|[[Kattoor, Thrissur|Kattoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|4
|[[Muriyad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|5
|[[Padiyur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|6
|[[Poomangalam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|7
|[[Vellookkara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]
|-
|8
|[[Aloor, Kerala|Aloor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Chalakudy taluk|Chalakudy]]
|}

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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[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" |[[C. Achutha Menon]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India}}
|1957 – 1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|1960 – 1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|[[C. K. Rajan]]
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|[[C. S. Gangadharan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Socialist Party}}
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
|Siddarthan Kattungal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|Jose Thanickal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| rowspan="4" |[[Lonappan Nambadan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Independent (politician)}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[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
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| rowspan="3" |[[Thomas Unniyadan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Kerala Congress (M)}}
|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
|[[K. U. Arunan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|2016 – 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[R. Bindu]]
|2021 - 2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|[[Thomas Unniyadan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}
|2026 - present
|}
{{notelist}}

== Election results ==

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Irinjalakuda}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Kerala Congress
|candidate = [[Thomas Unniyadan]]
|votes = 66,282
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[R. Bindu]]
|votes = 56,070
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Democratic Alliance
|candidate = Santhosh Cherkalam
|votes = 27,167
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Dr. Shaju K. Y.
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 10,212
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref name="poll2021"/>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Irinjalakuda<ref name="poll2021">{{Cite web|url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf|title=End of Poll - Kerala|website=ceo.kerala.gov.in|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[R. Bindu]]|votes=62,493|percentage=40.27|change={{gain}}0.27|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress |candidate=[[Thomas Unniyadan]]|votes=56,544|percentage=36.44|change={{decrease}}1.74|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Jacob Thomas (police officer)|Jacob Thomas]]|votes=33,685|percentage=22.12|change={{increase}}1.75|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=583|percentage=0.38|change={{decrease}}0.19}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Kerala Congress (M)|swing=}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,55,179|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 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]]: Irinjalakuda}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. U. Arunan|votes=59,380|percentage=40.00|change={{decrease}}2.33|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=Thomas Unniyadan|votes=57,019|percentage=38.18|change={{decrease}}13.52|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Santhosh Cherkalam|votes=30,420|percentage=20.37|change={{increase}}15.33|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=857|percentage=0.57|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=V. C. Unnikrishnan|votes=639|percentage=0.43|change={{increase}}0.09|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Davis Chatheli|votes=345|percentage=0.23|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Ayyapan Manaykal|votes=314|percentage=0.21|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,711|percentage=1.82|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,49,324|percentage=77.80|change={{increase}}1.81}}

{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,74,214 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]]: Irinjalakuda}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=Thomas Unniyadan|votes=68,445|percentage=51.70|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. R. Vijaya|votes=56,041|percentage=42.33|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. C. Venu|votes=6,669|percentage=5.04|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T. V. Sivadasan|votes=772|percentage=0.58|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Subramanian|votes=449|percentage=0.34|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,404|percentage=9.37|change=}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,32,379|percentage=75.99|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thrissur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency - Revision history

TameraWhitham at 11:05, 8 May 2026