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{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency<br />
| constituency number= 110<br />
| name = Chengannur<br />
| image = College of Engineering Chengannur main building.jpg<br />
| caption = [[College of Engineering Chengannur]]<br />
| existence = 1957 - present<br />
| reserved = None<br />
| current mla = [[Saji Cheriyan]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] <br />
| front = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| electedbyyear = 2021<br />
| district = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]<br />
| electorate = 2,06,858 (2021)<br />
| self governed segments = {{Collapsible list|bullets=yes<br />
| title = <br />
| 1 = '''[[Municipality]]'''<br>[[Chengannur]]<br />
| 2 = '''[[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayaths]]'''<br>[[Ala, Alappuzha|Ala]]<br>[[Budhanoor]]<br>[[Cheriyanad]]<br>[[Mannar, Alappuzha|Mannar]]<br>[[Mulakuzha]]<br>[[Pandanad]]<br>[[Puliyoor]]<br>[[Thiruvanvandoor]]<br>[[Venmony]]<br>[[Chennithala]]-[[Thriperumthura]]<br />
}}<br />
}} <br />
'''Chengannur State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in the [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://alappuzha.nic.in/legislative-assembly-constituencies<br />
|website = alappuzha.nic.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala<br />
|access-date = 11 March 2020<br />
}}</ref> As of the 2018 Chengannur Assembly Bypoll, the current MLA is [[Saji Cheriyan]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<br />
<br />
==Local self governed segments==<br />
Chengannur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
! width="100px" | Name<br />
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
| Municipality<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ala, Alappuzha|Ala]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Budhanoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Cheriyanad]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mannar, Alappuzha|Mannar]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mulakuzha]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Pandanad]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Puliyoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Thiruvanvandoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Venmony]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chengannur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chennithala]]-[[Thriperumthura]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Mavelikkara]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
'''Key'''<br />
<br />
{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}}{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}}{{Party index link|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member<br />
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
|R. Sankaran Thampi<br />
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|T. Kunjukrishna Pillai<br />
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
| rowspan="2" |P. G. P. Pillai<br />
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rows=2}}<br />
|1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
|Thankappan Pillai<br />
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)|rows=3}}<br />
|1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|K. R. Saraswathi Amma<br />
|1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|[[S. Ramachandran Pillai]]<br />
|1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
|Mammen Iype<br />
| {{Party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}<br />
|1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Shobhana George]]<br />
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rows=5}}<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 />
|2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[P. C. Vishnunath]]<br />
|2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
|2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|[[K. K. Ramachandran Nair]]<br />
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rows=3}}<br />
|2016 – 2018<br />
|-<br />
|2018*<br />
|14th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Saji Cheriyan]]<br />
|2018-2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|[[Incumbent]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.<br />
<br />
=== Niyamasabha Election 2021 ===<br />
=== 2018 by-election ===<br />
Due to the death of the sitting MLA [[K. K. Ramachandran Nair]], Chengannur Niyamasahba constituency went to bypoll on March 28, 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the bye-election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chengannur Election Result Live: CPM's Saji Cherian Wins By Over 20,000 Votes|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chengannur-election-result-live-cpms-saji-cherian-wins-by-over-190000-votes-votes-1764261.html}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=2018 Kerala Assembly Bye-election : [[Chengannur]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Saji Cheriyan]]|votes=67,303|percentage=45.19|change={{increase}}8.85}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=D Vijayakumar|votes=46,347|percentage=31.12|change={{increase}}0.27}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]|votes=35,270|percentage=23.68|change={{decrease}}5.65}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi|votes=800|percentage=0.53|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=728|percentage=0.07|change={{decrease}}0.18}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Rajeev Pallathu|votes=368|percentage=0.24|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mobran Achary|votes=263|percentage=0.17|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Lok Dal|candidate=Jiji Puntbala|votes=248|percentage=0.16|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Aji. M. Chalakeri|votes=137|percentage=0.09|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Madhu Chengannur|votes=124|percentage=0.08|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sreedharan Pillai|votes=121|percentage=0.08|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Somnatha Warrier T. K.|votes=98|percentage=0.06|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Unni Karthikeyan|votes=57|percentage=0.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Subhash Naga|votes=53|percentage=0.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Murali Naga|votes=44|percentage=0.03|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=A. K. Shaji|votes=39|percentage=0.03|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M.|votes=21|percentage=0.01|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. C. Jayalal|votes=20|percentage=0.01|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 20,956<br />
|percentage =13.85 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,756|percentage=79.32|change={{increase}}5.59}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|swing ={{increase}}8.85 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://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]]: Chengannur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. K. Ramachandran Nair|votes=52,880|percentage=36.34|change={{decrease}}5.67}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. C. Vishnunath|votes=44,897|percentage=30.85|change={{decrease}}21.13}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. S. Sreedharan Pillai|votes=42,682|percentage=29.33|change={{increase}}24.49}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sobhana George|votes=3,966|percentage=2.73|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Alex|votes=483|percentage=0.33|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=363|percentage=0.25|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=E. T. Sasi|votes=247|percentage=0.17|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,013|percentage=5.49|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,45,518|percentage=73.73|change={{increase}}2.86}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://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]]: Chengannur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. C. Vishnunath|votes=65,156|percentage=51.98|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. S. Sujatha|votes=52,656|percentage=42.01|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Radhakrishna Menon|votes=6,062|percentage=4.84|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Surendran Karippuzha|votes=848|percentage=0.68|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=V. Venugopal|votes=623|percentage=0.50|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,500|percentage=9.97|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,25,345|percentage=70.87|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Chengannur]]<br />
* [[Alappuzha district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<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 />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Alappuzha district]]</div>->PBS1234