Kanjirappally Assembly constituency

Kanjirappally
Kanjirappally
Constituency No. 100 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Kanjirappally Mini-Civil Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,78,950 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rony K Baby
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Kanjirappally 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is Rony K Baby of INC.

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

Kanjirappally Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Chirakkadavu	Grama panchayat	Kanjirappally
2	Kanjirappally	Grama panchayat	Kanjirappally
3	Manimala	Grama panchayat	Kanjirappally
4	Kangazha	Grama panchayat	Changanassery
5	Karukachal	Grama panchayat	Changanassery
6	Nedumkunnam	Grama panchayat	Changanassery
7	Vazhoor	Grama panchayat	Changanassery
8	Vellavoor	Grama panchayat	Changanassery
9	Pallickathode	Grama panchayat	Kottayam

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. T. Thomas		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. T. Thomas	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	M. Kamal		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. V. Kurian		Kerala Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. V. Kurian	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Thomas Kallampally	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Thomas Kallampally	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. J. Thomas		Communist Party of India	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	George J. Mathew		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th		1996 – 2001
2001	11th		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Alphons Kannanthanam		Independent	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	N. Jayaraj		Kerala Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th		2016 - 2021
2021	15th		Incumbent

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	60,299	43.79	4.93
	INC	Joseph Vazhackan	46,596	33.84	−
	BJP	Alphons Kannanthanam	29,157	21.17	1.81
	BSP	Ashik M M	727	0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	624	0.45	−
	Independent	Sajan C. Madhavan	90	0.07	−
Margin of victory			13,703	9.95	7.11
Turnout			1,37,703	73.76	2.63
	KC(M) hold		Swing	-

There were 1,78,950 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	53,126	38.86	11.54
	CPI	V. B. Binu	49,236	36.02	3.59
	BJP	V. N. Manoj	31,411	22.98	15.88
	BSP	Arun M. John	1,113	0.81	2.08
	SDPI	Muhammed Siyad	839	0.61	−
	NOTA	None of the above	618	0.45	−
	Independent	Manoj Aruvikkuzhy	138	0.10	−
	Independent	Achuthan K. P.	137	0.10	−
	Independent	Sajan C. Madhavan	90	0.07	−
Margin of victory			3,890	2.84	7.95
Turnout			1,36,708	76.39	6.40
	KC(M) hold		Swing	11.54

There were 1,61,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	57,021	50.40
	CPI	Suresh T. Nair	44,815	39.61	−
	BJP	Rajamohan	8,037	7.10
	BSP	P. K. Geetha Krishnan	3,268	2.89	0.59
Margin of victory			12,206	10.79
Turnout			1,13,141	69.99	2.68
	Kerala Congress (M) gain from Independent		Swing