Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Kodungallur
Kodungallur
Constituency No. 73 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Cape of Kodungallur, where the River Periyar empties into Arabian Sea.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,86,847 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent O. J. Janeesh
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Kodungallur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is O. J. Janeesh of INC.

Local self-governed segments

With The Redrawing Of Constituencies,Present Kodungallur Consists Of Major Parts Of Previous Mala Assembly Constituency,Which was represented by congress veteran K. Karunakaran.

Kodungallur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kodungallur	Municipality	Kodungallur
2	Poyya	Grama panchayat	Kodungallur
3	Annamanada	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy
4	Kuzhur	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy
5	Mala	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy
6	Puthenchira	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
7	Vellangallur	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	E. Gopalakrishna Menon	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. K. Abdul Khadir	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. K. Gopalakrishnan	Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	E. Gopalakrishna Menon		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	V. K. Rajan		1977 – 1980
1980	6th			1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Meenakshi Thampan		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Meenakshi Thampan		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Umesh Challiyil	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. P. Rajendan	Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
Major boundary changes
2011	13th	T. N. Prathapan	Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. R. Sunil Kumar	Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	V. R. Sunil Kumar	Communist Party of India	2021-2026
2026	14th	O. J. Janeesh	Indian National Congress	2026-incumbt

Election results

Local body elections

2025

SEGMENTS	LDF	NDA	UDF	IND	T20		LEADING ALLIANCE
KODUNGALLUR	19058	18373	6984	450	0	44865	LDF
POYYA	5797	1788	5992	687	0	14264	UDF
ANNAMANADA	7859	1930	10058	92	746	20685	UDF
KUZHUR	3960	2386	5615	164	636	12761	UDF
MALA	7027	4673	8013	713	1098	21524	UDF
PUTHENCHIRA	6025	2431	4917	445	572	14390	LDF
VELLANGALUR	9678	4040	9279	686	0	23683	LDF
TOTAL	59404	35621	50858	3237	3052	152172
%	39.03740504	23.40837999	33.42139158	2.12719817	2.005625214

Assembly elections

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	O. J. Janeesh	65,162
	CPI	V. R. Sunil Kumar	56,854
	TTP	Dr. Varghese George	23,933
	AAP	Dr. K. M. Francis Roy	447
	BSP	Ravi A. K.	488
	Independent	Nandgopan Vellathadi	284
	NOTA	None of the above	744
Margin of victory			8308	5.66%
	INC gain from CPI		Swing
Turnout

2021

There were 1,92,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. R. Sunil Kumar	71,457	47.99	2.28
	INC	M. P. Jackson	47,564	30.37	1.57
	BJP	Santhosh Cherakkulam	28,204	18.94	−
	NOTA	None of the above	870	0.58	−
	BSP	Ramya Mohanan	366	0.25	−
	SUCI(C)	O. M. Sreeja	270	0.18	0.05
	Independent	Rajan Painat	171	0.11	−
Margin of victory			23,893	16.05
	CPI hold		Swing
Turnout			1,48,902	77.18	2.34

2016

There were 1,90,675 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	V. R. Sunil Kumar	67,909	45.71	2.93
	INC	K. P. Dhanapalan	45,118	30.37	19.74
	BDJS	Sangeetha	32,793	22.07	−
	NOTA	None of the above	886	0.60	−
	SDPI	Manaf A. K.	558	0.38	−
	Independent	Radhakrishnan C .K.	411	0.28	−
	BSP	Subramanian	367	0.25	0.23
	Independent	Rajan	210	0.14	−
	SUCI(C)	C. S. Krishnakumar	200	0.13	0.13
	Independent	Joshy Kumar K. V.	125	0.08	−
Margin of victory			22,791	15.04
	CPI gain from INC		Swing
Turnout			1,48,577	79.52	3.38

2011

There were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. N. Prathapan	64,495	50.11
	CPI	K. G. Shivaanandan	55,063	42.78
	BJP	I. R. Vijayan	6,732	5.23
	BSP	Ambily Unnikrishnan	624	0.48	−
	Independent	Haridas K. B.	461	0.36
	Independent	Rajesh Appat	377	0.29
	Independent	Ally Ravi	343	0.27
	SUCI(C)	Suja Anthony	330	0.26
	Independent	T. U. Radhakrishnan	289	0.22	−
Margin of victory			9,432	7.33
	INC gain from CPI		Swing
Turnout			1,28,714	76.14

References

1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.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.

[tsr-1] 1 2 "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[2] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.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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