Karunagappally Assembly constituency

Karunagappally 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. R. Mahesh of Indian National Congress.

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Karunagappally Assembly constituency

Structure

Karunagappally Assembly constituency

Karunagappally Assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, the Assembly constituency consists of Karunagappally municipality and six panchayaths from Karunagappally taluk including Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor.

Major institutions in the constituency

Karunagappally Assembly constituency

• Municipality: 1 (Karunagappally) • Panchayaths: 6 (Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor) • Railway stations: 2 (Karunagappalli, Oachira) • Government hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital (TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Oachira)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Karunagappally 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>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>P. Kunjukrishnan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>Baby John</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>B. M. Sheriff</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>T. V. Vijayarajan</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>P. S. Sreenivasan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</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>E. Chandrasekharan Nair</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>A. N. Rajan Babu</td><td></td><td>Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>C. Divakaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</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>R. Ramachandran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2016 - 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Karunagappally 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</td><td>M. S. Thara</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. S. Jithindev</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 2,13,993 registered voters in the 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>INC</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td>94,225</td><td>54.38</td><td>12.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>R. Ramachandran</td><td>65,017</td><td>37.52</td><td>5.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Bitty Sudheer</td><td>12,144</td><td>7.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>450</td><td>0.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>29,208</td><td>16.68</td><td>15.59</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,73,284</td><td>80.97</td><td>1.60</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 2,04,539 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</td><td>R. Ramachandran</td><td>69,902</td><td>43.06</td><td>7.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td>68,143</td><td>41.97</td><td>2.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>V. Sadasivan</td><td>19,115</td><td>11.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>A. K. Salahudeen</td><td>1,737</td><td>1.07</td><td>4.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Mylakkadu Shah</td><td>1,620</td><td>1.00</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Gopalakrishnan</td><td>649</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ramachandran</td><td>594</td><td>0.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>590</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,759</td><td>1.09</td><td>9.45</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,62,351</td><td>79.37</td><td>3.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.07</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,82,508 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>CPI</td><td>C. Divakaran</td><td>69,086</td><td>50.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JSS</td><td>A. N. Rajan Babu</td><td>54,564</td><td>39.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Nazarudeen Elamaram</td><td>7,645</td><td>5.55</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Malumel Sumesh</td><td>5,097</td><td>3.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. D. Sudheer</td><td>868</td><td>0.63</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Twinkle Prabhakaran</td><td>547</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,522</td><td>10.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,37,807</td><td>75.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

There were 1,39,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 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</td><td>C. Divakaran</td><td>53,287</td><td>52.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JSS</td><td>A. N. Rajan Babu</td><td>40,791</td><td>39.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Parameswaran Potty</td><td>3,653</td><td>3.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Anil Vazhappally</td><td>2,836</td><td>2.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Adv. S. Prahladan</td><td>840</td><td>0.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. H. Muhammed Kunju</td><td>479</td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Gopinathan</td><td>351</td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,496</td><td>12.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,02,259</td><td>73.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from JSS</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

There were 1,46,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 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>JSS</td><td>A. N. Rajan Babu</td><td>53,206</td><td>48.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. C. Pillai</td><td>52,367</td><td>47.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>T. Kalesan</td><td>2,913</td><td>2.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. A. Azeez</td><td>1,197</td><td>1.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>839</td><td>0.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,09,709</td><td>74.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JSS gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>