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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kodungallur<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 73<br />
| map_image = Cape of Kodungallur.jpg<br />
| map_caption = Cape of [[Kodungallur]], where the [[Periyar (river)|River Periyar]] empties into [[Arabian Sea]].<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,86,847 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[O. J. Janeesh]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#0087BD |'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = 2026<br />
| district = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kodungallur 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 [[Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="tsr">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thrissur.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 10 March 2021<br />
|archive-date = 12 March 2011<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110312073152/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thrissur.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[O. J. Janeesh]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
With The Redrawing Of Constituencies,Present Kodungallur Consists Of Major Parts Of Previous Mala Assembly Constituency,Which was represented by congress veteran [[K. Karunakaran]].<br />
<br />
Kodungallur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="tsr"/><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Kodungallur]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Kodungallur]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Poyya]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kodungallur]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Annamanada]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Chalakudy taluk|Chalakudy]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Kuzhur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Chalakudy taluk|Chalakudy]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Mala, Kerala|Mala]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Chalakudy taluk|Chalakudy]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Puthenchira]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Vellangallur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br>Sabha<br />
!Name<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
|[[E. Gopalakrishna Menon]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|P. K. Abdul Khadir<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
| [[P. K. Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=8|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|E. Gopalakrishna Menon<br />
|1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="4" | [[V. K. Rajan]]<br />
|1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
|1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Meenakshi Thampan]]<br />
|1991 – 1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|10th<br />
|1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
|Umesh Challiyil<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy}}<br />
|2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
|[[K. P. Rajendran|K. P. Rajendan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
| colspan=6 align=center|<small>[[Delimitation Commission of India|''Major boundary changes'']]</small><br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
|[[T. N. Prathapan]]<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" |[[V. R. Sunil Kumar]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|2016 – 2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|Incumbent<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
<br />
=== Local body elections ===<br />
<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|SEGMENTS<br />
|LDF<br />
|NDA<br />
|UDF<br />
|IND<br />
|T20<br />
|<br />
|LEADING ALLIANCE<br />
|-<br />
|KODUNGALLUR<br />
|19058<br />
|18373<br />
|6984<br />
|450<br />
|0<br />
|44865<br />
|LDF<br />
|-<br />
|POYYA<br />
|5797<br />
|1788<br />
|5992<br />
|687<br />
|0<br />
|14264<br />
|UDF<br />
|-<br />
|ANNAMANADA<br />
|7859<br />
|1930<br />
|10058<br />
|92<br />
|746<br />
|20685<br />
|UDF<br />
|-<br />
|KUZHUR<br />
|3960<br />
|2386<br />
|5615<br />
|164<br />
|636<br />
|12761<br />
|UDF<br />
|-<br />
|MALA<br />
|7027<br />
|4673<br />
|8013<br />
|713<br />
|1098<br />
|21524<br />
|UDF<br />
|-<br />
|PUTHENCHIRA<br />
|6025<br />
|2431<br />
|4917<br />
|445<br />
|572<br />
|14390<br />
|LDF<br />
|-<br />
|VELLANGALUR<br />
|9678<br />
|4040<br />
|9279<br />
|686<br />
|0<br />
|23683<br />
|LDF<br />
|-<br />
|TOTAL<br />
|59404<br />
|35621<br />
|50858<br />
|3237<br />
|3052<br />
|152172<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|%<br />
|39.03740504<br />
|23.40837999<br />
|33.42139158<br />
|2.12719817<br />
|2.005625214<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Assembly elections ===<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kodungallur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[V. R. Sunil Kumar]]|votes=56,854|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=O.J Janeesh|votes=65,162|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=Dr. Varghese George|votes=23,933|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Dr. K. M. Francis Roy|votes=447|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ravi A. K.|votes=488|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nandgopan Vellathadi|votes=284|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=744|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 8308<br />
|percentage = 5.66%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=INC gain from CPI ||swing=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=147912|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 1,92,933 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 />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kodungallur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India |candidate=V. R. Sunil Kumar|votes=71,457|percentage=47.99|change={{increase}}2.28|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. P. Jackson |votes=47,564|percentage=30.37|change={{increase}}1.57|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Santhosh Cherakkulam|votes=28,204|percentage=18.94|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=870|percentage=0.58|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ramya Mohanan|votes=366|percentage=0.25|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=O. M. Sreeja|votes=270|percentage=0.18|change={{increase}}0.05}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajan Painat|votes=171|percentage=0.11|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=23,893|percentage=16.05|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India ||swing=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,902|percentage=77.18|change={{decrease}}2.34}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,90,675 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 />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kodungallur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India |candidate=V. R. Sunil Kumar|votes=67,909|percentage=45.71|change={{increase}}2.93|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. P. Dhanapalan|votes=45,118|percentage=30.37|change={{decrease}}19.74|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Sangeetha|votes=32,793|percentage=22.07|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=886|percentage=0.60|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Manaf A. K.|votes=558|percentage=0.38|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Radhakrishnan C .K.|votes=411|percentage=0.28|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Subramanian|votes=367|percentage=0.25|change={{decrease}}0.23}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajan|votes=210|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=C. S. Krishnakumar|votes=200|percentage=0.13|change={{decrease}}0.13}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joshy Kumar K. V.|votes=125|percentage=0.08|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=22,791|percentage=15.04|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India |loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,577|percentage=79.52|change={{increase}}3.38}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,76,055 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 />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kodungallur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=T. N. Prathapan|votes=64,495|percentage=50.11|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. G. Shivaanandan|votes=55,063|percentage=42.78|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=I. R. Vijayan|votes=6,732|percentage=5.23|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ambily Unnikrishnan|votes=624|percentage=0.48|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Haridas K. B.|votes=461|percentage=0.36|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajesh Appat|votes=377|percentage=0.29|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ally Ravi|votes=343|percentage=0.27|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Suja Anthony|votes=330|percentage=0.26|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T. U. Radhakrishnan|votes=289|percentage=0.22|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,432|percentage=7.33|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,714|percentage=76.14|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thrissur district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]</div>Evajzp