Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

Wadakkanchery 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Xavier Chittilappilly of CPI(M).

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Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

Wadakkanchery 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><th>Panchayat President</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Wadakkanchery</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Thalapilly</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Thekkumkara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalapilly</td><td>Sunil Kumar</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Adat</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Avanur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Kaiparamba</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Kolazhy</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Mulakunnathukavu</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Tholur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thrissur</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

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

INC INC(I) CPI(M) CPI PSP SSP

<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. C. Ayyappan</td><td>CPI</td><td></td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>K. Kochukuttan</td><td>INC</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>K. Balakrishna Menon</td><td>PSP</td><td></td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>K. Kochukuttan</td><td>INC</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>N. K. Seshan</td><td>SSP</td><td></td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>A. S. N. Nambissan</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>INC(I)</td><td></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>INC</td><td></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>Adv. V. Balram</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>2001 – 2004</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>A. C. Moideen</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>2004 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>C. N. Balakrishnan</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>Anil Akkara</td><td>2016-2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Xavier Chittilappilly</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></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></th><th>LEADING ALLIANCE</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>WADAKKANCHERRY</td><td>17786</td><td>6758</td><td>15807</td><td>579</td><td>40930</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>THEKKUMKARA</td><td>8343</td><td>3752</td><td>8533</td><td>350</td><td>20978</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>ADAT</td><td>7953</td><td>4952</td><td>8111</td><td>324</td><td>21340</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>AVANUR</td><td>6195</td><td>2674</td><td>5891</td><td>924</td><td>15684</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>KAIPARAMBA</td><td>8142</td><td>4637</td><td>8244</td><td>641</td><td>21664</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>KOLAZHY</td><td>8314</td><td>3933</td><td>8879</td><td>119</td><td>21245</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>MULAKUNNATHUKAVU</td><td>5593</td><td>1491</td><td>5937</td><td>94</td><td>13115</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>THOLUR</td><td>4778</td><td>1961</td><td>5876</td><td>307</td><td>12922</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>67104</td><td>30158</td><td>67278</td><td>3338</td><td>167878</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>%</td><td>39.97188434</td><td>17.96423593</td><td>40.07553104</td><td>1.988348682</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(M)</td><td>Xavier Chittilappilly</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>UDF</td><td>P. N. Vaisakh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Jithin Sadananthan</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 2,23,003 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>Xavier Chittilappilly</td><td>81,026</td><td>47.70</td><td>6.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Anil Akkara</td><td>65,858</td><td>38.77</td><td>2.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu</td><td>21,747</td><td>12.80</td><td>3.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Haji Aboobaker Kundukadan</td><td>388</td><td>0.23</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>842</td><td>0.5</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>15,168</td><td>8.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,69,861</td><td>76.17</td><td>4.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.71</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,97,483 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>INC</td><td>Anil Akkara</td><td>65,535</td><td>41.02</td><td>7.70</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Mary Thomas</td><td>65,492</td><td>40.99</td><td>3.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. T. S. Ullas Babu</td><td>26,652</td><td>16.68</td><td>11.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>969</td><td>0.6</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Gaddafi A. K.</td><td>477</td><td>0.30</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. K. Subramanian</td><td>419</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anil</td><td>237</td><td>0.15</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>43</td><td>0.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,59,781</td><td>80.91</td><td>1.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.70</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,76,069 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>C. N. Balakrishnan</td><td>67,911</td><td>48.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>N. R. Balan</td><td>61,226</td><td>44.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shajumon Vattakad</td><td>7,451</td><td>5.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Govindan Machad</td><td>1,419</td><td>1.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Balakrishnan</td><td>1,177</td><td>0.85</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,685</td><td>4.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,31,718</td><td>79.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>