Changanassery (State Assembly constituency)
| 99 Changanassery | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 A street at Changanassery Market. | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 1,67,180 (2016) |
| Current MLA | Adv. Job Micheal |
| District | Kottayam |
Changanassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] C. F. Thomas[2] represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 Kerala legislative elections, Adv. [[Job Micheal l]] of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.
Local self governed segments[]
Changanassery Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Changanassery | Municipality | Changanassery |
| Kurichy | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Madappally | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Paippad | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Thrikkodithanam | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
| Vazhappally | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | A. M. Kalyanakrishnan Nair | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | N. Bhaskaran Nair | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. G. Neelakantan Nambudiripad | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | K. J. Chacko | KEC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | C. F. Thomas | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Independent | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | KC(M) | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2020 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Adv. Job Maichil | 2021 - | ||
Election results[]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021[]
C. F. Thomas who had represented the constituency for 40 years died in September 2020. Because of the pandemic and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, by- elections were not held. The Kerala Congress (M) had left the UDF and had joined the LDF. The Kerala Congress (Joseph) tied up with the Kerala Congress led by PC Thomas and contested the elections as Kerala Congress for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in 8 out of 10 seats they contested including Changanssery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat. A thing to note here is that CF Thomas supported the Kerala Congress lead by PJ Joseph following the fights which erupted within the party between Jose K Mani and P. J. Joseph over the leadership of the party following KM Mani's death.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | Adv. Job Maichil | 55,425 | 44.85 |  4.81
| |
| KEC | V. J. Laly | 49,366 | 39.94 | - | |
| BJP | Ad. G Raman Nair | 14491 | 11.73 |  5.33
| |
| Independent | Tijo Karikkanadam | 1094 | 0.89 | - | |
| BSP | Amruth Dev T | 1,079 | 0.87 | 0.33
| |
| SDPI | M. K. Nizamuddin | 1,075 | 0.87 | 0.56
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 434 | 0.35 | 0.1
| |
| SUCI(C) | Rejitha Jayaram | 328 | 0.27 | 0.02
| |
| Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 157 | 0.13 | - | |
| Independent | Babychen Mukkadan | 136 | 0.11 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 6,059 | 4.91 | 3.44
| ||
| Turnout | 1,23,585 | 70.23 | 5.02
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016[]
There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 50,371 | 40.04 | 7.09
| |
| JKC | K. C. Joseph | 48,522 | 38.57 | - | |
| BJP | Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan | 21,455 | 17.06 | 11.26
| |
| SDPI | Althaph Hassan | 1,797 | 1.43 | 0.59
| |
| Independent | Sojan Paviyanose | 1,050 | 0.83 | - | |
| BSP | Raji Rajan | 676 | 0.54 | 0.44
| |
| Independent | Suresh K. | 596 | 0.47 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 571 | 0.45 | - | |
| SUCI(C) | K .N. Rajan | 312 | 0.25 | 0.01
| |
| Kerala Congress (Secular) | Babu Varghese | 292 | 0.23 | - | |
| Independent | Kunjimon Abraham | 151 | 0.12 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 1,849 | 1.47 | 0.89
| ||
| Turnout | 1,25,793 | 75.24 | 2.68
| ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | 7.09
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2011[]
There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | C. F. Thomas | 51,019 | 47.13 | ||
| CPI (M) | B. Ekbal | 48,465 | 44.77 | - | |
| BJP | M. B. Rajagopal | 6,281 | 5.80 | ||
| BSP | Mathews John | 1,058 | 0.98 | - | |
| SDPI | Mansoor | 907 | 0.84 | 1.00
| |
| SUCI(C) | K. Sadanandan | 281 | 0.26 | - | |
| Independent | Naseer K. M. | 246 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,554 | 2.36 | |||
| Turnout | 1,08,257 | 72.56 | |||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | - | |||
See also[]
- Changanassery
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[]
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "CF Thomas, Kerala Congress (M) veteran and 9-time MLA, dies at 81". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "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.
- State assembly constituencies in Kottayam district