Kanjirappally_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Kanjirappally Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Kanjirappally 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. Jayaraj of KC(M).
Kanjirappally | |
---|---|
Constituency No. 100 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kottayam |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 1,78,950 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | KC(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kanjirappally Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chirakkadavu | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
2 | Kanjirappally | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
3 | Manimala | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
4 | Kangazha | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
5 | Karukachal | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
6 | Nedumkunnam | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
7 | Vazhoor | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
8 | Vellavoor | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
9 | Pallickathode | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | 1st | K. T. Thomas | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | M. Kamal | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | K. V. Kurian | Kerala Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
1980 | 6th | Thomas Kallampally | 1980 – 1982 | ||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | K. J. Thomas | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | George J. Mathew | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | Alphons Kannanthanam | Independent | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | N. Jayaraj | Kerala Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(M) | N. Jayaraj | 60,299 | 43.79 | 4.93 | |
INC | Joseph Vazhackan | 46,596 | 33.84 | - | |
BJP | Alphons Kannanthanam | 29,157 | 21.17 | 1.81 | |
BSP | Ashik M M | 727 | 0.53 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 624 | 0.45 | - | |
Independent | Sajan C. Madhavan | 90 | 0.07 | - | |
Margin of victory | 13,703 | 9.95 | 7.11 | ||
Turnout | 1,37,703 | 73.76 | 2.63 | ||
KC(M) hold | Swing | - | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,78,950 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(M) | N. Jayaraj | 53,126 | 38.86 | 11.54 | |
CPI | V. B. Binu | 49,236 | 36.02 | 3.59 | |
BJP | V. N. Manoj | 31,411 | 22.98 | 15.88 | |
BSP | Arun M. John | 1,113 | 0.81 | 2.08 | |
SDPI | Muhammed Siyad | 839 | 0.61 | - | |
NOTA | None of the above | 618 | 0.45 | - | |
Independent | Manoj Aruvikkuzhy | 138 | 0.10 | - | |
Independent | Achuthan K. P. | 137 | 0.10 | - | |
Independent | Sajan C. Madhavan | 90 | 0.07 | - | |
Margin of victory | 3,890 | 2.84 | 7.95 | ||
Turnout | 1,36,708 | 76.39 | 6.40 | ||
KC(M) hold | Swing | 11.54 | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,61,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(M) | N. Jayaraj | 57,021 | 50.40 | ||
CPI | Suresh T. Nair | 44,815 | 39.61 | - | |
BJP | Rajamohan | 8,037 | 7.10 | ||
BSP | P. K. Geetha Krishnan | 3,268 | 2.89 | 0.59 | |
Margin of victory | 12,206 | 10.79 | |||
Turnout | 1,13,141 | 69.99 | 2.68 | ||
KC(M) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.