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{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Wadakkanchery
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Alathur Lok Sabha constituency|Alathur]]
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 65
| map_image = Wadakkanchery from above.jpg
| map_caption = Aerial view of Wadakkancherry town
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,23,003 (2021)
| mla = [[Xavier Chittilappilly]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #FF0000}}
| latest_election_year = 2021
| district = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
}}
'''Wadakkanchery 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 [[Alathur 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 = 9 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 [[Xavier Chittilappilly]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Wadakkanchery 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]]
!Panchayat President
|-
|1
|[[Wadakkancherry|Wadakkanchery]]
|Municipality
|[[Thalapilly]]
|
|-
|2
|[[Thekkumkara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalapilly]]
|Sunil Kumar
|-
|3
|[[Adat (Thrissur)|Adat]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thrissur]]
|
|-
|4
|[[Avanur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thrissur]]
|
|-
|5
|[[Kaiparamba]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thrissur]]
|
|-
|6
|[[Kolazhy Grama Panchayat|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'''

{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress (Indira)}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Praja Socialist Party}} {{Party index link|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big;"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama
Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |1st
| [[C.C. Ayyappan|C. C. Ayyappan]]
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| rowspan="2" |1957 – 1960
|-
| K. Kochukuttan
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| rowspan="2" |2nd
| K. Balakrishna Menon
| [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |1960 – 1965
|-
| K. Kochukuttan
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| [[N. K. Seshan]]
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" |
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| A. S. N. Nambissan
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| rowspan="5" | K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |
| 1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| 1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| rowspan="2" |[[V. Balram|Adv. V. Balram]]
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| rowspan="2" |11th
| 2001 – 2004
|-
| 2004*
| rowspan="2" |[[A. C. Moideen]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| 2004 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| 2006 – 2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| [[C. N. Balakrishnan]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| [[Anil Akkara]]
| 2016-2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[Xavier Chittilappilly]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Incumbent]]
|}
'''*'''by-election

== Election results ==

=== LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS ===

=== 2025 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|SEGMENTS
|LDF
|NDA
|UDF
|IND
|
|LEADING ALLIANCE
|-
|WADAKKANCHERRY
|17786
|6758
|15807
|579
|40930
|LDF
|-
|THEKKUMKARA
|8343
|3752
|8533
|350
|20978
|UDF
|-
|ADAT
|7953
|4952
|8111
|324
|21340
|UDF
|-
|AVANUR
|6195
|2674
|5891
|924
|15684
|LDF
|-
|KAIPARAMBA
|8142
|4637
|8244
|641
|21664
|UDF
|-
|KOLAZHY
|8314
|3933
|8879
|119
|21245
|UDF
|-
|MULAKUNNATHUKAVU
|5593
|1491
|5937
|94
|13115
|UDF
|-
|THOLUR
|4778
|1961
|5876
|307
|12922
|UDF
|-
|TOTAL
|67104
|30158
|67278
|3338
|167878
|
|-
|%
|39.97188434
|17.96423593
|40.07553104
|1.988348682
|}

=== ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ===

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Wadakkanchery}}
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|candidate = [[Xavier Chittilappilly]]
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|candidate = P. N. Vaisakh
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|candidate = Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu
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|candidate = Jithin Sadananthan
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=== 2021 ===
There were 2,23,003 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref name=":0" />

{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Wadakkanchery}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Xavier Chittilappilly]]|votes=81,026|percentage=47.70|change={{increase}}6.71|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Anil Akkara]]|votes=65,858|percentage=38.77|change={{decrease}}2.25|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu|votes=21,747|percentage=12.80|change={{decrease}}3.88|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Haji Aboobaker Kundukadan|votes=388|percentage=0.23|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=842|percentage=0.5|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=15,168|percentage=8.93|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,69,861|percentage=76.17|change={{decrease}}4.74}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{increase}}6.71}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,97,483 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref name=":0">{{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]]: Wadakkanchery}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Anil Akkara|votes=65,535|percentage=41.02|change={{decrease}}7.70|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Mary Thomas|votes=65,492|percentage=40.99|change={{decrease}}3.48|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu|votes=26,652|percentage=16.68|change={{increase}}11.33|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=969|percentage=0.6|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Gaddafi A. K.|votes=477|percentage=0.30|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. K. Subramanian|votes=419|percentage=0.26|change={{decrease}}0.76|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anil|votes=237|percentage=0.15|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=43|percentage=0.03|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,781|percentage=80.91|change={{increase}}1.41}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}7.70}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,76,069 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]]: Wadakkanchery}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[C. N. Balakrishnan]]|votes=67,911|percentage=48.79|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=N. R. Balan|votes=61,226|percentage=44.47|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shajumon Vattakad|votes=7,451|percentage=5.35|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Govindan Machad|votes=1,419|percentage=1.02|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Balakrishnan|votes=1,177|percentage=0.85|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,685|percentage=4.80|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,718|percentage=79.05|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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