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
Total electors	1,67,180 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vinu Job Kuzhimannil
Party	Kerala Congress

Changanassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] In the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Vinu Job of the Kerala Congress was elected from the constituency.

Changanassery is home to Nair Service Society and Syro Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry.

Local self-governed segments

Changanassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

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	Job Maichil		2021 - 2026
2026	16th	Vinu Job		2026-

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
Party		Candidate	Votes
	KEC	Vinu Job	55,991
	KC(M)	Job Maichil	47,623
	BJP	B. Radhakrishna Menon	14,803
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory			8368
Turnout
	KEC gain from KC(M)		Swing

2021

C. F. Thomas, who had represented the constituency for 40 years, died in September 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, a by-election was 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 P. C. Thomas and contested the elections as Kerala Congress for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in eight of the ten 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)	Job Maichil	55,425	44.85	4.81
	KEC	V. J. Laly	49,366	39.94	−
	BJP	Adv. G Raman Nair	14,491	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

2016

There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

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

2011

There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	C. F. Thomas	51,019	47.13	4.98
	CPI(M)	B. Ekbal	48,465	44.77	2.63
	BJP	M. B. Rajagopal	6,281	5.80	2.14
	BSP	Mathews John	1,058	0.98	0.12
	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	7.61
Turnout			1,08,257	72.56	4.78
	KC(M) hold		Swing	4.98

2006

There were 1,42,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	C. F. Thomas	50,435	52.11	0.08
	CPI(M)	A. V. Russel	40,782	42.14	2.60
	BJP	Sailamma Rajappan	3,544	3.66	3.17
	BSP	Rajeev	1,061	1.10
	Independent	K. Sadanandan	557	0.58
	Independent	Raghunathan	404	0.42
	Rejected	Rejected & Missing Votes	12
Margin of victory			9,653	9.97	2.68
Turnout			96,783	67.78	0.20
	KC(M) hold		Swing	0.08

2001

There were 1,51,747 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Changanassery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KC(M)	C. F. Thomas	53,824	52.19
	CPI(M)	James Manimala	40,783	39.54
	BJP	P. K. Balakrishna Kurup	7,041	6.83
	Independent	Mini K. Philip	1,474	1.43
	Rejected	Rejected & Missing Votes	28
Margin of victory			13,041	12.65
Turnout			1,03,160	67.98
	KC(M) hold		Swing

References

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

[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.

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