Kodungallur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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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.
| Kodungallur | |
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| Constituency No. 73 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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 | Party | 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 | 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 | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | O. J. Janeesh | 65,162 | |||
| CPI | V. R. Sunil Kumar | 56,854 | |||
| Twenty 20 Party | 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]
| 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]
| 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]
| 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 | |||