Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

Irinjalakuda 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 Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is R. Bindu of CPI(M).

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Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Irinjalakuda</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Karalam</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kattoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Muriyad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Padiyur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Poomangalam</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Vellookkara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Aloor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chalakudy</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

<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>C. Achutha Menon</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>C. K. Rajan</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>C. S. Gangadharan</td><td></td><td>Kerala Socialist Party</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>Siddarthan Kattungal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>Jose Thanickal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>Lonappan Nambadan</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</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>Thomas Unniyadan</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</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. U. Arunan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2016 – 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>R. Bindu</td><td>2021 - incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

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>R. Bindu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UDF</td><td>Thomas Unniyadan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NDA</td><td>Santhosh Cherkalam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Dr. Shaju K. Y.</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 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 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>R. Bindu</td><td>62,493</td><td>40.27</td><td>0.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KEC</td><td>Thomas Unniyadan</td><td>56,544</td><td>36.44</td><td>1.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Jacob Thomas</td><td>33,685</td><td>22.12</td><td>1.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>583</td><td>0.38</td><td>0.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,55,179</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 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. U. Arunan</td><td>59,380</td><td>40.00</td><td>2.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KC(M)</td><td>Thomas Unniyadan</td><td>57,019</td><td>38.18</td><td>13.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Santhosh Cherkalam</td><td>30,420</td><td>20.37</td><td>15.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>857</td><td>0.57</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. C. Unnikrishnan</td><td>639</td><td>0.43</td><td>0.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Davis Chatheli</td><td>345</td><td>0.23</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Ayyapan Manaykal</td><td>314</td><td>0.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,711</td><td>1.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>{{{swing}}}</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,49,324</td><td>77.80</td><td>1.81</td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,74,214 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>KC(M)</td><td>Thomas Unniyadan</td><td>68,445</td><td>51.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. R. Vijaya</td><td>56,041</td><td>42.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. C. Venu</td><td>6,669</td><td>5.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. V. Sivadasan</td><td>772</td><td>0.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Subramanian</td><td>449</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,404</td><td>9.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KC(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,32,379</td><td>75.99</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>