Chengannur Assembly constituency
Chengannur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2021, it has been represented by Saji Cherian of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Chengannur Assembly constituency
Chengannur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2021, it has been represented by Saji Cherian of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Local self-governed segments
Chengannur Assembly constituency
Chengannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chengannur</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Ala</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Budhanoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Cheriyanad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Mannar</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Mulakuzha</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Pandanad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Puliyoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Thiruvanvandoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Venmony</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chengannur</td></tr><tr><td>Chennithala-Thriperumthura</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mavelikkara</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of Legislative Assembly
Chengannur Assembly constituency
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
CPI(M) INC Independent CPI IC(S)
<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>R. Sankaran Thampi</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>K. R. Saraswathi Amma</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>P. G. P. Pillai</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>Thankappan Pillai</td><td></td><td>NDP</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>K. R. Saraswathi Amma</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>S. Ramachandran Pillai</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>Mammen Iype</td><td></td><td>IC(S)</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>Shobhana George</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>P. C. Vishnunath</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>K. K. Ramachandran Nair</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>2016 – 2018</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>14th</td><td>Saji Cherian</td><td>2018-2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>
Electorate
Chengannur Assembly constituency
As of 2026, the constituency has 189,490 voters. As per estimates 32% of the electorate is Nair, 24% Ezhava and 30% Christians predominantly from Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
Election results
Chengannur Assembly constituency
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Saji Cherian</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Eby Kuriakose</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. V. Gopakumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>B. Praneesh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2021
There were 2,08,498 registered voters in the Chengannur constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Saji Cherian</td><td>71,502</td><td>48.58</td><td>3.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. Murali</td><td>39,409</td><td>26.78</td><td>4.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. V. Gopakumar</td><td>34,620</td><td>23.52</td><td>0.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shaji T. George</td><td>534</td><td>0.36</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>493</td><td>0.33</td><td>0.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI</td><td>T. K. Gopinathan</td><td>316</td><td>0.21</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Melivin K. Mathew</td><td>198</td><td>0.13</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>32,093</td><td>21.87</td><td>8.02</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,47,171</td><td>70.59</td><td>8.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.39</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2018 by-election
Following the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, a by-election was held in the Chengannur constituency on 28 March 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the by-election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Saji Cherian</td><td>67,303</td><td>45.19</td><td>8.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>D. Vijayakumar</td><td>46,347</td><td>31.12</td><td>0.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. S. Sreedharan Pillai</td><td>35,270</td><td>23.68</td><td>5.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi</td><td>800</td><td>0.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>728</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Rajeev Pallathu</td><td>368</td><td>0.24</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mobran Achary</td><td>263</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RLD</td><td>Jiji Puntbala</td><td>248</td><td>0.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Aji. M. Chalakeri</td><td>137</td><td>0.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Madhu Chengannur</td><td>124</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sreedharan Pillai</td><td>121</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Somnatha Warrier T. K.</td><td>98</td><td>0.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Unni Karthikeyan</td><td>57</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>API</td><td>Subhash Naga</td><td>53</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Murali Naga</td><td>44</td><td>0.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. K. Shaji</td><td>39</td><td>0.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M.</td><td>21</td><td>0.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. C. Jayalal</td><td>20</td><td>0.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,956</td><td>13.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,58,756</td><td>79.32</td><td>5.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.85</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. K. Ramachandran Nair</td><td>52,880</td><td>36.34</td><td>5.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. C. Vishnunath</td><td>44,897</td><td>30.85</td><td>21.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P. S. Sreedharan Pillai</td><td>42,682</td><td>29.33</td><td>24.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sobhana George</td><td>3,966</td><td>2.73</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Alex</td><td>483</td><td>0.33</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>363</td><td>0.25</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. T. Sasi</td><td>247</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,013</td><td>5.49</td><td>4.48</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,45,518</td><td>73.73</td><td>2.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. C. Vishnunath</td><td>65,156</td><td>51.98</td><td>1.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>C. S. Sujatha</td><td>52,656</td><td>42.01</td><td>2.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. Radhakrishna Menon</td><td>6,062</td><td>4.84</td><td>1.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Surendran Karippuzha</td><td>848</td><td>0.68</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>V. Venugopal</td><td>623</td><td>0.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,500</td><td>9.97</td><td>4.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,25,345</td><td>70.87</td><td>1.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.48</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
There were 1,21,105 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. C. Vishnunath</td><td>44,010</td><td>50.5</td><td>6.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Saji Cherian</td><td>38,878</td><td>44.6</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mannar Satheesh</td><td>3,299</td><td>3.8</td><td>9.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sasi E. T.</td><td>488</td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Venugopal</td><td>416</td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,132</td><td>5.9</td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>87,139</td><td>72.0</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.9</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
There were 1,31,196 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sobhana George</td><td>41,242</td><td>43.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. K. Ramachandran Nair</td><td>39,777</td><td>42.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. T. Ramesh</td><td>12,598</td><td>13.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Adv. Sanalkumar</td><td>902</td><td>1.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,465</td><td>1.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>94,522</td><td>72.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>