Chengannur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2018 Chengannur Assembly Bypoll, the current MLA is Saji Cheriyan of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Chengannur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Chengannur | Municipality | Chengannur |
| Ala | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Budhanoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Cheriyanad | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Mannar | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Mulakuzha | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Pandanad | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Puliyoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Thiruvanvandoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Venmony | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Chennithala-Thriperumthura | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI(M) INC Independent CPI IC(S)
| Election | NiyamaSabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | R. Sankaran Thampi | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | T. Kunjukrishna Pillai | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. G. P. Pillai | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | Thankappan Pillai | Independent | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. R. Saraswathi Amma | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | S. Ramachandran Pillai | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Mammen Iype | IC(S) | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Shobhana George | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. C. Vishnunath | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Ramachandran Nair | CPI(M) | 2016 – 2018 | |
| 2018* | 14th | Saji Cheriyan | 2018-2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
2018 by-election
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Saji Cheriyan | 67,303 | 45.19 |  8.85 |
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| INC | D Vijayakumar | 46,347 | 31.12 | 0.27 |
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| BJP | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 35,270 | 23.68 |  5.65 |
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| Independent | Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi | 800 | 0.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 728 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
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| AAP | Rajeev Pallathu | 368 | 0.24 | – | |
| Independent | Mobran Achary | 263 | 0.17 | ||
| RLD | Jiji Puntbala | 248 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Aji. M. Chalakeri | 137 | 0.09 | ||
| Independent | Madhu Chengannur | 124 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Sreedharan Pillai | 121 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Somnatha Warrier T. K. | 98 | 0.06 | ||
| Independent | Unni Karthikeyan | 57 | 0.04 | ||
| API | Subhash Naga | 53 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Murali Naga | 44 | 0.03 | ||
| Independent | A. K. Shaji | 39 | 0.03 | ||
| Independent | Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M. | 21 | 0.01 | ||
| Independent | M. C. Jayalal | 20 | 0.01 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,956 | 13.85 | |||
| Turnout | 1,58,756 | 79.32 | 5.59 |
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| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 8.85 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Ramachandran Nair | 52,880 | 36.34 | 5.67 |
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| INC | P. C. Vishnunath | 44,897 | 30.85 | 21.13 |
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| BJP | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 42,682 | 29.33 | 24.49 |
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| Independent | Sobhana George | 3,966 | 2.73 | – | |
| BSP | Alex | 483 | 0.33 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 363 | 0.25 | – | |
| Independent | E. T. Sasi | 247 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,013 | 5.49 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,518 | 73.73 | 2.86 |
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| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. C. Vishnunath | 65,156 | 51.98 | ||
| CPI(M) | C. S. Sujatha | 52,656 | 42.01 | ||
| BJP | B. Radhakrishna Menon | 6,062 | 4.84 | ||
| Independent | Surendran Karippuzha | 848 | 0.68 | – | |
| SUCI(C) | V. Venugopal | 623 | 0.50 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,500 | 9.97 | |||
| Turnout | 1,25,345 | 70.87 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||