Thrissur Assembly constituency

Thrissur 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 P. Balachandran of CPI.

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Thrissur Assembly constituency

Thrissur 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 P. Balachandran of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

Thrissur Assembly constituency

Thrissur Assembly constituency is composed of the following 41 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation:

<table><thead><tr><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Punkunnam</td><td>2</td><td>Kuttankulangara</td><td>3</td><td>Patturaikkal</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Viyyoor</td><td>5</td><td>Peringavu</td><td>6</td><td>Ramavarmapuram</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Kuttumukku</td><td>8</td><td>Villadam</td><td>9</td><td>Cherur</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Mukkattukara</td><td>11</td><td>Gandhinagar</td><td>12</td><td>Chembukkavu</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Kizhakkumpattukara</td><td>14</td><td>Paravattani</td><td>15</td><td>Ollukkara</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Nettissery</td><td>19</td><td>Krishnapuram</td><td>20</td><td>Kalathodu</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Nadathara</td><td>22</td><td>Chelakkottukara</td><td>23</td><td>Mission Quarters</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Kuttanellur</td><td>33</td><td>Chiyyaram North</td><td>34</td><td>Kannamkulangara</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Pallikulam</td><td>36</td><td>Thekkinkadu</td><td>37</td><td>Kottappuram</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Poothole</td><td>39</td><td>Kokkala</td><td>40</td><td>Vadookkara</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Karyattukara</td><td>46</td><td>Chettupuzha</td><td>47</td><td>Pullazhi</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Olarikara</td><td>49</td><td>Elthuruth</td><td>50</td><td>Laloor</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td>Aranattukara</td><td>52</td><td>Kanattukara</td><td>53</td><td>Ayyanthole</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>Civil Station</td><td>55</td><td>Puthurkkara</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Thrissur Assembly constituency

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

  Independent   INC   BLD   NDP   CPI   CPI(M)

<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>A. R. Menon</td><td>Ind.</td><td></td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>T. A. Dharmaja Iyer</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>K. Sekharan Nair</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>Joseph Mundassery</td><td>Ind.</td><td></td><td>1970 - 1972</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>P. A. Antony</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>1972 - 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>K. J. George</td><td>BLD</td><td></td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>M. K. Kannan</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>Therambil Ramakrishnan</td><td>NDP</td><td></td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>E. K. Menon</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>Therambil Ramakrishnan</td><td>INC</td><td></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>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>V. S. Sunil Kumar</td><td>CPI</td><td></td><td>2016 – 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>P. Balachandran</td><td>2021- Present</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>INC</td><td>Rajan Pallan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Alancode Leelakrishnan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Rani Anto</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Padmaja Venugopal</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

<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>P. Balachandran</td><td>44,263</td><td>34.25</td><td>7.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Padmaja Venugopal</td><td>43,317</td><td>33.52</td><td>3.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Suresh Gopi</td><td>40,457</td><td>31.30</td><td>11.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>712</td><td>0.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ajith Menon Ponnemkattil</td><td>252</td><td>0.19</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IGP</td><td>Thrissur Mukundan</td><td>225</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.11</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>946</td><td>0.33</td><td>3.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,29,237</td><td>70.73</td><td>3.06</td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,72,358 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. S. Sunil Kumar</td><td>53,664</td><td>42.19</td><td>3.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Padmaja Venugopal</td><td>46,677</td><td>36.70</td><td>16.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>24,748</td><td>19.46</td><td>13.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,128</td><td>0.89</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anthony J. Maliakal</td><td>256</td><td>0.20</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>P. S. Unnikrishnan</td><td>226</td><td>0.18</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Raji Mani</td><td>154</td><td>0.12</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>M. Pradeepan</td><td>111</td><td>0.09</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IGP</td><td>Santhakumari K. V.</td><td>74</td><td>0.06</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,987</td><td>5.49</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,191</td><td>73.79</td><td>4.12</td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,61,886 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>Therambil Ramakrishnan</td><td>59,991</td><td>53.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Balachandran</td><td>43,822</td><td>38.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ravikumar Uppath</td><td>6,697</td><td>5.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Therambil Radhakrishnan</td><td>1,405</td><td>1.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. Jayaram</td><td>879</td><td>0.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,169</td><td>14.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,191</td><td>73.79</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>