Changanassery Assembly constituency

Changanassery
Changanassery
Constituency No. 99 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	A street at Changanassery Market.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,67,180 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Adv. Job Michael

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 Michael 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

CPI KC(M) KEC Independent INC

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		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	K. J. Chacko		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.

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 Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
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]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
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]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
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	-

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.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "CF Thomas, Kerala Congress (M) veteran and 9-time MLA, dies at 81". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[3] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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