Changanassery Assembly constituency


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. C. F. Thomas represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 [Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Kerala legislative elections], Adv. Job Michael of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Changanassery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
NameStatus Taluk
ChanganasseryMunicipalityChanganassery
KurichyGrama panchayatChanganassery
MadappallyGrama panchayatChanganassery
PaippadGrama panchayatChanganassery
ThrikkodithanamGrama panchayatChanganassery
VazhappallyGrama panchayatChanganassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Percentage change denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.

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 won the seat.

2016

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

2011

There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.