| Wadakkanchery | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 65 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Aerial view of Wadakkancherry town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alathur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,23,003 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Wadakkanchery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Xavier Chittilappilly of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]
Wadakkanchery Assembly 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[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC [[Indian National Congress (Indira)|Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/shortname]] CPI (M) CPI [[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] [[Samyukta Socialist Party|Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]
| 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 | |
*by-election
Election results[edit | edit source]
LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS[edit | edit source]
2025[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Xavier Chittilappilly | ||||
| UDF | P. N. Vaisakh | ||||
| BJP | Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu | ||||
| AAP | Jithin Sadananthan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
There were 2,23,003 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Xavier Chittilappilly | 81,026 | 47.70 |  6.71
| |
| INC | Anil Akkara | 65,858 | 38.77 |  2.25
| |
| BJP | Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu | 21,747 | 12.80 | 3.88
| |
| 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 | 4.74
| ||
| CPI (M) gain from INC | Swing | 6.71
|
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2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,97,483 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Anil Akkara | 65,535 | 41.02 | 7.70
| |
| CPI(M) | Mary Thomas | 65,492 | 40.99 | 3.48
| |
| BJP | Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu | 26,652 | 16.68 | 11.33
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 969 | 0.6 | − | |
| SDPI | Gaddafi A. K. | 477 | 0.30 | − | |
| BSP | P. K. Subramanian | 419 | 0.26 | 0.76
| |
| Independent | Anil | 237 | 0.15 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 43 | 0.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,59,781 | 80.91 | 1.41
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 7.70
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,76,069 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.
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