Wadakkanchery
Constituency for the
An aerial view of Wadakkancherry town
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThrissur
Established1957 - present
Total electors2,23,003 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Wadakkanchery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Xavier Chittilappilly of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Wadakkanchery Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[1]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Panchayat President
1 Wadakkanchery Municipality Thalapilly
2 Thekkumkara Grama panchayat Thalapilly Sunil Kumar
3 Adat Grama panchayat Thrissur
4 Avanur Grama panchayat Thrissur
5 Kaiparamba Grama panchayat Thrissur
6 Kolazhy Grama panchayat Thrissur
7 Mulakunnathukavu Grama panchayat Thrissur
8 Tholur Grama panchayat Thrissur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  INC   INC(I)   CPI(M)   CPI   PSP   SSP

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st C. C. Ayyappan CPI 1957 – 1960
K. Kochukuttan INC
1960 2nd K. Balakrishna Menon PSP 1960 – 1965
K. Kochukuttan INC
1967 3rd N. K. Seshan SSP 1967 – 1970
1970 4th A. S. N. Nambissan CPI(M) 1970 – 1977
1977 5th K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th INC(I) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th INC 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Adv. V. Balram 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2004
2004* A. C. Moideen CPI(M) 2004 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th C. N. Balakrishnan INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Anil Akkara 2016-2021
2021 15th Xavier Chittilappilly CPI(M) Incumbent

* indicates by-polls

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,23,003 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Xavier Chittilappilly 81,026 47.70 Increase6.71
INC Anil Akkara 65,858 38.77 Decrease2.25
BJP T. S. Ullas Babu 21,747 12.80 Decrease3.88
Independent Haji Aboobaker Kundukadan 388 0.23 -
NOTA None of the Above 842 0.5 -
Margin of victory 15,168 8.93
Turnout 1,69,861 76.17 Decrease4.74
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase6.71

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,483 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anil Akkara 65,535 41.02 Decrease7.70
CPI(M) Mary Thomas 65,492 40.99 Decrease3.48
BJP T. S. Ullas Babu 26,652 16.68 Increase11.33
NOTA None of the above 969 0.6 -
SDPI Gaddafi A. K. 477 0.30 -
BSP P. K. Subramanian 419 0.26 Decrease0.76
Independent Anil 237 0.15 -
Margin of victory 43 0.03
Turnout 1,59,781 80.91 Increase1.41
INC hold Swing Decrease7.70

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,069 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Wadakkanchery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. N. Balakrishnan 67,911 48.79
CPI(M) N. R. Balan 61,226 44.47
BJP Shajumon Vattakad 7,451 5.35
BSP Govindan Machad 1,419 1.02
Independent Balakrishnan 1,177 0.85
Margin of victory 6,685 4.80
Turnout 1,31,718 79.05
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  2. 1 2 "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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