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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kochi<br />
| type= SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 80<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| map_image = Prestige Apartments Marine Drive View DSW.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Marine Drive, Kochi]]<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,71,380 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[Mohammad Shiyas]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress |INC]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Kochi 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 [[Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Mohammad Shiyas]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<br />
<br />
This Constituency Is Dominated By [[Latin Catholics of Malabar|Latin Catholics.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyond vote banks: How Kerala’s political parties are navigating religious, social divides |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2026/04/04/beyond-vote-banks-how-keralas-political-parties-are-navigating-religious-social-divides.html |access-date=2026-04-08 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref>Prior To 2008 Delimitation, It Was Known As Mattanchery Assembly Constituency.<br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Kochi Assembly constituency is composed of the following 20 wards of the [[Kochi Municipal Corporation]] ([[Fort Kochi]] zone and [[Mattancherry]] zone), and two [[Gram Panchayat]]s in [[Kochi]] [[Tehsil|taluk]]:<ref name="ekm">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 6 October 2019<br />
|archive-date = 14 March 2011<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110314055251/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" <br />
|+ '''Wards of [[Kochi Municipal Corporation]] in Kochi Assembly constituency'''<br />
!width="20px" |Ward no.<br />
!width="75px" |Name<br />
!width="20px" |Ward no.<br />
!width="75px" |Name<br />
!width="20px" |Ward no.<br />
!width="75px" |Name<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Fort Kochi]]<br />
|2<br />
|Kalvathy<br />
|3<br />
|Earavely<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Karippalam<br />
|5<br />
|[[Mattancherry]]<br />
|6<br />
|[[Kochangadi]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|Cheralayi<br />
|8<br />
|[[Panayapilly]]<br />
|9<br />
|Chakkamadom<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|Karuvelippady<br />
|11<br />
|[[Thoppumpady]]<br />
|12<br />
|Tharebhagam<br />
|-<br />
|21<br />
|Pullardesam<br />
|22<br />
|[[Mundamveli]]<br />
|23<br />
|Manassery<br />
|-<br />
|24<br />
|[[Mulamkuzhi]]<br />
|25<br />
|Chullikkal<br />
|26<br />
|Nazareth<br />
|-<br />
|27<br />
|[[Fort Kochi]] Veli<br />
|28<br />
|Amaravathy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}All of the above 20 wards are included in [[Kochi]] taluk.<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" <br />
|+'''Other Local Bodies in Kochi Assembly constituency'''<br />
|-<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Local Body Type<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Kumbalangi]]<br />
|[[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Chellanam]]<br />
|[[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Kochi Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/kochi-assembly-constituency-map.html<br />
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Kochi<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| 13th<br />
| [[Dominic Presentation]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| 14th<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[K. J. Maxi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 2016 - 2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
| 2021 - 2026<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|16th<br />
|Mohammed Shiyas<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|''Incumbent''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kochi}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Indian National Congress |candidate=Mohammed Shiyas|votes=64,318 |percentage=47.87 |change={{increase}}16.32}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=[[K. J. Maxi]]|votes=56,130 |percentage=41.78 |change={{decrease}}1.28}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Twenty20 Party|candidate=Adv. Xavier Joolappan|votes=11,854 |percentage=8.82 |change={{decrease}}15.63}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above (India) |candidate=None of the above |votes=926 |percentage=0.69 |change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes= 134,349 |percentage= |change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = CPI(M)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021===<br />
There were 1,81,842 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kochi}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. J. Maxi]]|votes=54,632|percentage=42.45|change=+3.75}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Tony Chammany|votes=40,553|percentage=31.51|change=-6.31}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Twenty20 Party |candidate=Shiny Antony|votes=19,676|percentage=15.29|change=''New''}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=C. G. Rajagopal|votes=10,991|percentage=8.54|change=-3.73}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=474|percentage=0.37|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 14,079<br />
|percentage = 10.94<br />
|change =+10.06<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,703|percentage=70.78|change=-1.55}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|swing = +3.75<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2016===<br />
There were 1,71,356 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><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kochi}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. J. Maxi]]|votes=47,967|percentage=38.70%|change={{increase}}0.96}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Dominic Presentation]]|votes=46,881|percentage=37.82%|change={{decrease}}15.57}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Praveen Damodara Prabhu|votes=15,212|percentage=12.27%|change={{increase}}7.08}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=K. J. Leenus|votes=7,588|percentage=6.12%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=A. S. Muhammed|votes=2,357|percentage=1.90%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Sulfikar Ali|votes=2,108|percentage=1.70%|change={{decrease}}0.19}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,002|percentage=0.81%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=T. P. Antony|votes=386|percentage=0.31%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Johney Stephen|votes=180|percentage=0.15%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=K. S. Jayaraj|votes=172|percentage=0.14%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abdul Samad|votes=101|percentage=0.08%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 1,086<br />
|percentage = 0.88%<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,23,954|percentage=72.33%|change={{increase}}5.73}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,58,548 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><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kochi]]}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Dominic Presentation]]|votes=56,352|percentage=53.37%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. C. Josephine|votes=39,849|percentage=37.74%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Sasidharan|votes=5,480|percentage=5.19%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Yoosuf Mufti|votes=1,992|percentage=1.89%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Dominic C. J.|votes=590|percentage=0.56%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kamarudeen T. A.|votes=482|percentage=0.46%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=A. P. Ibrahimkutty|votes=394|percentage=0.37%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Jacob Pulikkan|votes=258|percentage=0.24%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=T. A. Krishnan Kutty|votes=195|percentage=0.18%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 16,863<br />
|percentage = 15.63%<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,05,592|percentage=66.60%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Indian National Congress}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kochi]]<br />
* [[Ernakulam district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
* [[2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kochi, Kerala]]<br />
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