Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Kodungallur 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 Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. R. Sunil Kumar of CPI.

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Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Kodungallur 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 Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. R. Sunil Kumar of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Methala Gram panchayat was merged into Kodungallur Municipality on 11 November 2009.Major Parts Of The Previous Mala Constituency Was Added To Kodungallur Assembly

Kodungallur 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>Kodungallur</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Kodungallur</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Poyya</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kodungallur</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Annamanada</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chalakudy</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kuzhur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chalakudy</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Mala</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chalakudy</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Puthenchira</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Vellangallur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mukundapuram</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Kodungallur 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>E. Gopalakrishna Menon</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>P. K. Abdul Khadir</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>P. K. Gopalakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>E. Gopalakrishna Menon</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>V. K. Rajan</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>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>Meenakshi Thampan</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>Umesh Challiyil</td><td></td><td>Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>K. P. Rajendan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Major boundary changes</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>T. N. Prathapan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>V. R. Sunil Kumar</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2016 – 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2025

<table><thead><tr><th>SEGMENTS</th><th>LDF</th><th>NDA</th><th>UDF</th><th>IND</th><th>T20</th><th></th><th>LEADING ALLIANCE</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>KODUNGALLUR</td><td>19058</td><td>18373</td><td>6984</td><td>450</td><td>0</td><td>44865</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>POYYA</td><td>5797</td><td>1788</td><td>5992</td><td>687</td><td>0</td><td>14264</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>ANNAMANADA</td><td>7859</td><td>1930</td><td>10058</td><td>92</td><td>746</td><td>20685</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>KUZHUR</td><td>3960</td><td>2386</td><td>5615</td><td>164</td><td>636</td><td>12761</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>MALA</td><td>7027</td><td>4673</td><td>8013</td><td>713</td><td>1098</td><td>21524</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>PUTHENCHIRA</td><td>6025</td><td>2431</td><td>4917</td><td>445</td><td>572</td><td>14390</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>VELLANGALUR</td><td>9678</td><td>4040</td><td>9279</td><td>686</td><td>0</td><td>23683</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>59404</td><td>35621</td><td>50858</td><td>3237</td><td>3052</td><td>152172</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>%</td><td>39.03740504</td><td>23.40837999</td><td>33.42139158</td><td>2.12719817</td><td>2.005625214</td></tr></tbody></table>

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>V. R. Sunil Kumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>O.J Janeesh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Dr. Varghese George</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Dr. K. M. Francis Roy</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 1,92,933 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</td><td>V. R. Sunil Kumar</td><td>71,457</td><td>47.99</td><td>2.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. P. Jackson</td><td>47,564</td><td>30.37</td><td>1.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Santhosh Cherakkulam</td><td>28,204</td><td>18.94</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>870</td><td>0.58</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ramya Mohanan</td><td>366</td><td>0.25</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>O. M. Sreeja</td><td>270</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajan Painat</td><td>171</td><td>0.11</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,893</td><td>16.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,48,902</td><td>77.18</td><td>2.34</td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,90,675 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</td><td>V. R. Sunil Kumar</td><td>67,909</td><td>45.71</td><td>2.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. P. Dhanapalan</td><td>45,118</td><td>30.37</td><td>19.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Sangeetha</td><td>32,793</td><td>22.07</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>886</td><td>0.60</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Manaf A. K.</td><td>558</td><td>0.38</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Radhakrishnan C .K.</td><td>411</td><td>0.28</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Subramanian</td><td>367</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajan</td><td>210</td><td>0.14</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>C. S. Krishnakumar</td><td>200</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Joshy Kumar K. V.</td><td>125</td><td>0.08</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,791</td><td>15.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,48,577</td><td>79.52</td><td>3.38</td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,76,055 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>T. N. Prathapan</td><td>64,495</td><td>50.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. G. Sivadasan</td><td>55,063</td><td>42.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>I. R. Vijayan</td><td>6,732</td><td>5.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ambily Unnikrishnan</td><td>624</td><td>0.48</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Haridas K. B.</td><td>461</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajesh Appat</td><td>377</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ally Ravi</td><td>343</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Suja Anthony</td><td>330</td><td>0.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. U. Radhakrishnan</td><td>289</td><td>0.22</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,432</td><td>7.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,28,714</td><td>76.14</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>