Chengannur (State Assembly constituency)

Chengannur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ചെങ്ങന്നൂര്‍ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the bypolls in the constituency in 2018, the current MLA is Saji Cheriyan of CPI(M).

110 Chengannur ചെങ്ങന്നൂര്‍
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Chengannur Mahadeva Temple.
Existence	1957 - present
Reservation	None
Electorate	2,00,137 (2018)
Current MLA	Saji Cheriyan
Party	CPI(M)
Political Front	LDF
Elected Year	2018
District	Alappuzha

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI (M)    INC    Independent    CPI    IC(S)  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	R. Sankaran Thampi	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	T. Kunjukrishna Pillai	INC		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. G. P. Pillai	CPI(M)		1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thankappan Pillai	IND		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. R. Saraswathi Amma			1980 – 1982
1982	7th	S. Ramachandran Pillai			1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mammen Iype	ICS(SCS)		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Sobhana George	INC		1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. C. Vishnunath			2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. K. Ramachandran Nair	CPI(M)		2016 – 2018
2018*	14th	Saji Cheriyan			Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2018 by-election

Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, Chengannur Niyamasahba constituency went to bypolls on March 28, 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the bye-election.[1][2]

2018 Kerala Assembly Bye-election : Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Saji Cheriyan	67,303	45.19	8.85
	INC	D Vijayakumar	46,347	31.12	0.27
	BJP	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	35,270	23.68%	5.65
	Independent	Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi	800	0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	728	0.07	0.18
	AAP	Rajeev Pallathu	368	0.24	-
	Independent	Mobran Achary	263	0.17
	RLD	Jiji Puntbala	248	0.16
	Independent	Aji. M. Chalakeri	137	0.09
	Independent	Madhu Chengannur	124	0.08
	Independent	Sreedharan Pillai	121	0.08
	Independent	Somnatha Warrier T. K.	98	0.06
	Independent	Unni Karthikeyan	57	0.04
	API	Subhash Naga	53	0.04
	Independent	Murali Naga	44	0.03
	Independent	A. K. Shaji	39	0.03
	Independent	Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M.	21	0.01
	Independent	M. C. Jayalal	20	0.01
Margin of victory			20,956	13.85
Turnout			1,58,756	79.32	5.59
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	8.85

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	K. K. Ramachandran Nair	52,880	36.34	5.67
	INC	P. C. Vishnunath	44,897	30.85	21.13
	BJP	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	42,682	29.33	24.49
	Independent	Sobhana George	3,966	2.73	-
	BSP	Alex	483	0.33	-
	NOTA	None of the above	363	0.25	-
	Independent	E. T. Sasi	247	0.17
Margin of victory			8,013	5.49
Turnout			1,45,518	73.73	2.86
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	P. C. Vishnunath	65,156	51.98
	CPI (M)	C. S. Sujatha	52,656	42.01
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	6,062	4.84
	Independent	Surendran Karippuzha	848	0.68	-
	SUCI(C)	V. Venugopal	623	0.50
Margin of victory			12,500	9.97
Turnout			1,25,345	70.87
	INC hold		Swing

References

1. "Chengannur Election Result Live: CPM's Saji Cherian Wins By Over 20,000 Votes".
2. https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/detailed-bye-election-results/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.