Kodungallur (Kerala) Assembly Constituency Election

About Kodungallur Assembly Constituency

Kodungallur is constituency No.73 of Kerala legislative assembly. This unreserved assembly seat is situated in Thrissur district. It is part of the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. The Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency was formed in conformity with the delimitation order of 2008.

According to the Election Commission of India, the constituency of Kodungallur has 1,69,056 registered voters. It comprises 80,962 male and 88,094 female registered voters.

The Indian National Congress won this seat in the 2011 assembly elections. T.N. Prathapan was the party's winning candidate. K.G.Sivanandhan of CPI, who got 55,063 votes, was the nearest contender. With 64,495 votes, Prathapan won by a margin of 9,432 votes. The voter turnout was 76.15 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kodungallur Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kodungallur assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
1977	67	Kodungallur	GEN	V. K. Rajan	M	CPI	32159	P. V. Abdul Kader	M	IND	24048
1980	67	Kodungallur	GEN	V. K. Rajan	M	CPI	35567	Kollickatharan Ravi	M	IND	33047
1982	67	Kodungallur	GEN	V. K. Raja	M	CPI	36404	Kollikkathara Ravi	M	IND	32970
1987	67	Kodungallur	GEN	V. K. Rajan	M	CPI	45251	K. P. Dhanapalan	M	INC	41755
1991	67	Kodungallur	GEN	Meenakshy Thampan	F	CPI	53542	T.A. Ahammed Kabeer	M	MUL	42353
1996	67	Kodungallur	GEN	Meenakshy Thamban	F	CPI	51343	K.Venu	M	IND	37234
2001	67	Kodungallur	GEN	Umesh Challiyil	M	JPSS	59369	Prof. Meenakshi Thampan	F	CPI	47428
2006	67	Kodungallur	GEN	Adv.K.P.Rajendran	M	CPI	53197	Umesh Challiyil	M	JPSS	50675
2011	73	Kodungallur	GEN	T.N.Prathapan	M	INC	64495	K.G.Sivanandhan	M	CPI	55063