Irinjalakuda (State Assembly constituency)

Irinjalakuda Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Kerala, Thrissur district.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. U. Arunan of CPI(M).

70 Irinjalakuda ഇരിങ്ങാലക്കുട
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence	1957 - present
Reservation	None
Electorate	1,91,930 (2016)
Current MLA	K. U. Arunan
Party	CPI(M)
Political Front	LDF
Elected Year	2016
District	Thrissur
Local Self Governed Segments	Irinjalakuda Municipality and Alur, Karalam, Kattur, Muriyad, Padiyur, Poomangalam, Porathissery and Velookkara Panchayats in Mukundapuram Taluk.

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI     INC     CPI (M)     Independent    INC(U)    KC(M)  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	C. Achutha Menon	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	C. K. Rajan			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	C. S. Gangadharan	KSP		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Siddarthan Kattungal	INC		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Jose Thanickal	INC(U)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Lonappan Nambadan	Independent		1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Thomas Unniyadan	KC(M)		2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. U. Arunan	CPI(M)		Incumbent

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,91,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irinjalakuda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. U. Arunan	59,380	40.00	2.33
	KC(M)	Thomas Unniyadan	57,019	38.18	13.52
	BJP	Santhosh Cherkalam	30,420	20.37	15.33
	NOTA	None of the above	857	0.57	-
	BSP	V. C. Unnikrishnan	639	0.43	0.09
	Independent	Davis Chatheli	345	0.23	-
	CPI (M)	Ayyapan Manaykal	314	0.21
Margin of victory			2,711	1.82
	CPI (M) gain from KC(M)		Swing	2.33
Turnout			1,49,324	77.80	1.81

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,214 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irinjalakuda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Thomas Unniyadan	68,445	51.70
	CPI (M)	K. R. Vijaya	56,041	42.33
	BJP	K. C. Venu	6,669	5.04
	Independent	T. V. Sivadasan	772	0.58
	BSP	Subramanian	449	0.34
Margin of victory			12,404	9.37
	KC(M) hold		Swing
Turnout			1,32,379	75.99

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.