| Changanassery | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 99 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 A street at Changanassery Market. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,67,180 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Kerala Congress |
Changanassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] C. F. Thomas[2] represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 Kerala legislative elections, Adv. Job Michael of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.
Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]
Changanassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[3]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Changanassery | Municipality | Changanassery |
| Kurichy | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Madappally | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Paippad | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Thrikkodithanam | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Vazhappally | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI [[Kerala Congress (Mani)|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]] [[Kerala Congress|Template:Kerala Congress/meta/shortname]] Independent INC
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | A. M. Kalyanakrishnan Nair | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | N. Bhaskaran Nair | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. G. Neelakantan Nambudiripad | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | K. J. Chacko | Kerala Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | C. F. Thomas | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Independent | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Kerala Congress | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2020 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Job Maichil | 2021 - 2026 | ||
| 2026 | 16th | 2026- | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEC | Vinu Job | 55,991 | |||
| KC(M) | Job Maichil | 47,623 | |||
| BJP | B. Radhakrishna Menon | 14,803 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | 8368 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Kerala Congress gain from Kerala Congress (M) | Swing | ||||
2021[edit | edit source]
C. F. Thomas, who had represented the constituency for 40 years, died in September 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, a by-election was not held. The Kerala Congress (M) had left the UDF and had joined the LDF. The Kerala Congress (Joseph) tied up with the Kerala Congress led by P. C. Thomas and contested the elections as Kerala Congress for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in eight of the ten seats they contested, including Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | Job Maichil | 55,425 | 44.85 |  4.81
| |
| KEC | V. J. Laly | 49,366 | 39.94 | − | |
| BJP | Adv. G Raman Nair | 14,491 | 11.73 |  5.33
| |
| Independent | Tijo Karikkanadam | 1094 | 0.89 | − | |
| BSP | Amruth Dev T | 1,079 | 0.87 | 0.33
| |
| SDPI | M. K. Nizamuddin | 1,075 | 0.87 | 0.56
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 434 | 0.35 | 0.1
| |
| SUCI(C) | Rejitha Jayaram | 328 | 0.27 | 0.02
| |
| Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 157 | 0.13 | − | |
| Independent | Babychen Mukkadan | 136 | 0.11 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 6,059 | 4.91 | 3.44
| ||
| Turnout | 1,23,585 | 70.23 | 5.02
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 50,371 | 40.04 | 7.09
| |
| JKC | K. C. Joseph | 48,522 | 38.57 | − | |
| BJP | Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan | 21,455 | 17.06 | 11.26
| |
| SDPI | Althaph Hassan | 1,797 | 1.43 | 0.59
| |
| Independent | Sojan Paviyanose | 1,050 | 0.83 | − | |
| BSP | Raji Rajan | 676 | 0.54 | 0.44
| |
| Independent | Suresh K. | 596 | 0.47 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 571 | 0.45 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | K .N. Rajan | 312 | 0.25 | 0.01
| |
| Kerala Congress (Secular) | Babu Varghese | 292 | 0.23 | - | |
| Independent | Kunjimon Abraham | 151 | 0.12 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 1,849 | 1.47 | 0.89
| ||
| Turnout | 1,25,793 | 75.24 | 2.68
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | 7.09
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 51,019 | 47.13 | 4.98
| |
| CPI(M) | B. Ekbal | 48,465 | 44.77 | 2.63
| |
| BJP | M. B. Rajagopal | 6,281 | 5.80 | 2.14
| |
| BSP | Mathews John | 1,058 | 0.98 | 0.12
| |
| SDPI | Mansoor | 907 | 0.84 | 1.00
| |
| SUCI(C) | K. Sadanandan | 281 | 0.26 | − | |
| Independent | Naseer K. M. | 246 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,554 | 2.36 | 7.61
| ||
| Turnout | 1,08,257 | 72.56 | 4.78
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | 4.98
|
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2006[edit | edit source]
There were 1,42,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 50,435 | 52.11 | 0.08
| |
| CPI(M) | A. V. Russel | 40,782 | 42.14 | 2.60
| |
| BJP | Sailamma Rajappan | 3,544 | 3.66 | 3.17
| |
| BSP | Rajeev | 1,061 | 1.10 | ||
| Independent | K. Sadanandan | 557 | 0.58 | ||
| Independent | Raghunathan | 404 | 0.42 | ||
| Rejected | Rejected & Missing Votes | 12 | |||
| Margin of victory | 9,653 | 9.97 | 2.68
| ||
| Turnout | 96,783 | 67.78 | 0.20
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | 0.08
|
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2001[edit | edit source]
There were 1,51,747 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 53,824 | 52.19 | ||
| CPI(M) | James Manimala | 40,783 | 39.54 | ||
| BJP | P. K. Balakrishna Kurup | 7,041 | 6.83 | ||
| Independent | Mini K. Philip | 1,474 | 1.43 | ||
| Rejected | Rejected & Missing Votes | 28 | |||
| Margin of victory | 13,041 | 12.65 | |||
| Turnout | 1,03,160 | 67.98 | |||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Changanassery
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ↑ "CF Thomas, Kerala Congress (M) veteran and 9-time MLA, dies at 81". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.