Cherthala Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Cherthala 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is P. Prasad of CPI.
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| Constituency No. 103 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,04,830 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Cherthala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Cherthala | Municipality | Cherthala |
| Cherthala South | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Kadakkarappally | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Kanjikuzhy | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Muhamma | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Pattanakkad | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Thanneermukkom | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Vayalar | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Travancore Legislative Assembly 1948
Sherthalai I - P. V. Urumese Tharakan
Sherthalai II - P. K. Raman
Sherthalai III (General) - Krishnan Ayyappan
Sherthalai III ( Latin Catholic) - Joseph Mathen
Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly
- C. K. Kumara Panicker 1952
- K. R. Gouri 1954
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[1]
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. R. Gowri Amma | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1965 | - | C. V. Jacob[3] | Kerala Congress | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | N. P. Thandar | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | A. K. Antony | INC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Raghavan | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Vaylar Ravi | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | INC | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | C. K. Chandrappan | CPI | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | A. K. Antony | INC | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. Thilothaman | CPI | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. Prasad | 2021-2026 | ||
| 2026 | 16th | ||||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2026
2021
There were 2,13,276 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. Prasad | 83,702 | 47.00 |  1.30 | |
| INC | S. Sharath | 77,554 | 43.55 | 1.90 | |
| BDJS | Adv. P. S. Jyothis | 14,562 | 8.18 |  2.86 | |
| BSP | Vayalar Jayakumar | 613 | 0.34 | 0.14 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 602 | 0.34 | 0.05 | |
| Independent | Sarath S. Kannattuveli | 501 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | V. A. Shahjahan | 201 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Karthikeyan | 193 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Sonymon K. Mathew | 169 | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
| Margin of victory | 6,148 | 3.45 | 0.60 | ||
| Turnout | 1,78,097 | 83.51 | 3.22 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 1.30 |
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2016
There were 2,04,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. Thilothaman | 81,197 | 45.70 | 7.41 | |
| INC | S. Sarath | 74,001 | 41.65 | 0.18 | |
| BDJS | P. S. Rajeev | 19,614 | 11.04 | 7.38 | |
| BSP | C. P. Thilakan | 845 | 0.48 | 0.25 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 687 | 0.39 | − | |
| Independent | S. Sarath | 639 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Sonnymon K. Mathew | 348 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Vayalar Rajeevan | 174 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | K. V. Joseph | 150 | 0.08 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,196 | 4.05 | 7.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,77,655 | 86.73 | 1.68 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 7.41 |
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2011
There were 1,90,806 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. Thilothaman | 86,193 | 53.11 | 1.55 | |
| JSS | K. R. Gowri Amma | 67,878 | 41.83 | 1.82 | |
| BJP | Adv. P. K. Binoy | 5,933 | 3.66 | 0.11 | |
| BSP | K . R. Rajeevan | 1,185 | 0.73 | − | |
| Independent | Shajimon | 1,094 | 0.67 | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,315 | 11.28 | 3.37 | ||
| Turnout | 1,62,283 | 85.05 | 5.75 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 1.55 |
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2006
There were 1,35,676 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. Thilothaman | 55,626 | 51.56 | 5.73 | |
| INC | C. K. Shajimohan | 47,092 | 43.65 | 8.14 | |
| BJP | Sajeevlal | 3,833 | 3.55 | ||
| Independent | Shajimon | 804 | 0.75 | ||
| Independent | Chacko George | 194 | 0.18 | ||
| AIADMK | Raveendran | 178 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Uthaman | 169 | 0.16 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,534 | 7.91 | 1.95 | ||
| Turnout | 1,07,900 | 79.30 | 2.35 | ||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | 5.73 |
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2001
There were 1,41,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. K. Antony | 59,661 | 51.79 | 0.41 | |
| CPI | C. K. Chandrappan | 52,801 | 45.83 | 1.33 | |
| JD(U) | Adv. N. Hariharan | 1,415 | 1.23 | ||
| Independent | K. N. Sinimol | 715 | 0.62 | ||
| Independent | T. C. Antony | 421 | 0.37 | 0.03 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Prasad | 192 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,860 | 5.96 | 1.64 | ||
| Turnout | 1,15,220 | 81.65 | 4.35 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.41 |
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1996
There were 1,28,441 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. K. Antony | 56,691 | 52.2 | 4.1 | |
| CPI | C. K. Chandrappan | 48,306 | 44.5 | 4.5 | |
| BJP | S. Padmakumar | 2,163 | 2.0 | 0.6 | |
| Independent | T. C. Antony | 437 | 0.4 | ||
| PDP | M. A. Kareem | 420 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Ravi | 301 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | C. V. Muraleedharan Nair | 147 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Jayagopalan Om Pillai | 125 | 0.1 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,385 | 7.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,10,505 | 86.0 | 3.3 | ||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | 4.1 |
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1991
There were 1,26,734 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Chandrappan | 50,884 | 49.0 | ||
| INC | Vayalar Ravi | 49,853 | 48.1 | ||
| BJP | P. K. Induchoodan | 2,692 | 2.6 | ||
| Independent | Gopalakrishnan | 321 | 0.3 | ||
| Margin of victory | 991 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,04,754 | 82.7 | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||