Irinjalakuda Assembly constituency
Irinjalakuda | |
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Constituency No. 70 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 1,91,930 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Irinjalakuda State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is R. Bindu of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
[edit]Irinjalakuda Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[1]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Irinjalakuda | Municipality | Mukundapuram |
2 | Karalam | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
3 | Kattoor | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
4 | Muriyad | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
5 | Padiyur | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
6 | Poomangalam | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
7 | Vellookkara | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
8 | Aloor | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | C. Achutha Menon | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | C. K. Rajan | 1967 – 1970 | ||
1970 | 4th | C. S. Gangadharan | Kerala Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | Siddarthan Kattungal | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | Jose Thanickal | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | Lonappan Nambadan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | Thomas Unniyadan | Kerala Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | K. U. Arunan | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | R. Bindu | 2021 - incumbent |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | R. Bindu | 62,493 | 40.27 | 0.27 | |
KEC | Thomas Unniyadan | 56,544 | 36.44 | 1.74 | |
BJP | Jacob Thomas | 33,685 | 22.12 | 1.75 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 583 | 0.38 | 0.19 | |
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,55,179 |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
[edit]There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | K. U. Arunan | 59,380 | 40.00 | 2.33 | |
KC(M) | Thomas Unniyadan | 57,019 | 38.18 | 13.52 | |
BJP | Santhosh Cherkalam | 30,420 | 20.37 | 15.33 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 857 | 0.57 | − | |
BSP | V. C. Unnikrishnan | 639 | 0.43 | 0.09 | |
Independent | Davis Chatheli | 345 | 0.23 | − | |
CPI(M) | Ayyapan Manaykal | 314 | 0.21 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,711 | 1.82 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
Turnout | 1,49,324 | 77.80 | 1.81 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,74,214 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KC(M) | Thomas Unniyadan | 68,445 | 51.70 | ||
CPI(M) | K. R. Vijaya | 56,041 | 42.33 | ||
BJP | K. C. Venu | 6,669 | 5.04 | ||
Independent | T. V. Sivadasan | 772 | 0.58 | ||
BSP | Subramanian | 449 | 0.34 | ||
Margin of victory | 12,404 | 9.37 | |||
KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,32,379 | 75.99 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ a b "End of Poll - Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.