Kalamassery Assembly constituency
Kerala Legislative Assembly constituency
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Kalamassery 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Rajeev.
| Kalamassery | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 77 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,93,343 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
The assembly has major PSU Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore two major industrial estates and more than 500 small and medium scale enterprises.[2]
Local self-governed segments
Kalamassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalamassery | Municipality | Kanayannur |
| 2 | Eloor | Municipality | Paravur |
| 3 | Alangad | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 4 | Kadungalloor | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 5 | Karumalloor | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 6 | Kunnukara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Kalamassery Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | V. K. Ebrahimkunju | Indian Union Muslim League | |
| 2016 | 14th | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. Rajeev | Communist Party of India | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021
There were 2,01,707 registered voters in Kalamassery Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Rajeev | 77,141 | 49.49% |  11.94 | |
| IUML | V. E. Abdul Gafoor | 61,805 | 39.65% |  4.72 | |
| BDJS | P. S. Jayaraj | 11,179 | 7.17% | 8.48 | |
| SDPI | V. M. Faizal | 2,385 | 1.53% | 0.43 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,518 | 0.97% | − | |
| BSP | P. S. Unnikrishnan | 857 | 0.55% | − | |
| Independent | P. M. K. Bava | 526 | 0.34% | − | |
| Independent | Nayana Unnikrishnan | 452 | 0.29% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 15,336 | 9.84% | 3.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,55,863 | 77.27% | 4.02 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from IUML | Swing | 11.94 |
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2016
There were 1,90,530 registered voters in Kalamassery Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | V. K. Ebrahimkunju | 68,726 | 44.37% | 3.37 | |
| CPI(M) | A. M. Yousaf | 56,608 | 37.55% | 4.26 | |
| BDJS | V. Gopakumar | 24,244 | 15.65% | ||
| SDPI | Safeer Muhammed | 1,706 | 1.10% | 0.50 | |
| WPOI | Prema G. Pisharady | 1,391 | 0.90% | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,081 | 0.70% | − | |
| PDP | V. M. Aliyar | 634 | 0.41% | − | |
| Independent | Unnikrishnan N. A. | 182 | 0.12 | − | |
| Independent | Yussuf Kodoppilly | 155 | 0.10 | − | |
| Independent | P. K .Yousli Pathalakkodath | 155 | 0.10 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 12,118 | 6.82% | 0.90 | ||
| Turnout | 1,54,882 | 81.29% | 1.54 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 3.37 |
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2011
There were 1,65,107 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | V. K. Ebrahimkunju | 62,843 | 47.73% | ||
| CPI(M) | K. Chandran Pillai | 55,054 | 41.81% | ||
| BJP | P. Krishnadas | 8,438 | 6.41% | ||
| SDPI | P. A. Muhammed Aslam | 2,104 | 1.60% | ||
| Independent | T. A. Mujeeb Rahman | 1,236 | 0.94% | ||
| Independent | Chandrasekhara Pillai | 657 | 0.50% | ||
| BSP | Gireesh Babu G. | 508 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | Shibu Thattampadi | 505 | 0.38% | ||
| AIADMK | D. Sundara Moorthy | 186 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 145 | 0.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,789 | 5.92% | |||
| Turnout | 1,31,676 | 79.75% | |||
| IUML win (new seat) | |||||