Wadakkanchery (Kerala) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Wadakkanchery Assembly Constituency

Wadakkanchery is constituency No. 65 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Thrissur district. While Wadakkanchery is an open assembly constituency, the corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Alathur is reserved for scheduled castes (SC). According to the Election Commission of India, this assembly constituency has 1,76,069 registered voters. It comprises 83,270 male and 92,799 female registered voters. In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Congress won this seat by a margin of 6,685 votes. C.N. Balakrishnan, the winning Congress candidate, got 67,911 votes. CPI(M) nominee N.R. Balan was the runner-up with 61,226 votes. The voter turnout was 79.08 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Wadakkanchery Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
1957	70	Wadakkanchery	(SC)	Ayyappan C. C.	M	CPI	33161	Kochukuttan K	M	INC	28895
1960	70	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. Balakrishna Menon	M	PSP	46052	Kochukuttan	M	INC	45726
1965	50	Wadakkanchery	GEN	N. K. Seshan	M	SSP	22352	V. K. Achutha Menon	M	INC	19045
1967	50	Wadakkanchery	GEN	N.K.Seshan	M	SSP	23857	K.S.N.Namboodiri	M	INC	22173
1970	50	Wadakkanchery	GEN	A. S. N. Nambisan	M	CPM	27066	N. K. Seshan	M	PSP	25067
1977	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri	M	INC	37783	A. S. N. Nambisan	M	CPM	25725
1980	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. S. Narayanan Namboodri	M	INC(I)	34658	A. Padmanabhan	M	CPM	32391
1982	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri	M	INC	33645	Puzhankara Balanarayanan	M	JNP	32007
1987	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K. S. Narayanan Namboodiry	M	INC	45389	C. K. Nanu	M	JNP	37206
1991	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	K.S. Narayanan Namboodiri	M	INC	51414	K. Mohandas	M	KEC	43773
1996	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	V.Balaram	M	INC	51050	K.Mohandas	M	KEC	41372
2001	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	Adv.V.Balaram	M	INC	59415	M.P.Pauly	M	KEC	50384
2004	By Polls	Wadakkanchery	GEN	A.C.Moideen	M	CPM	56731	K. Muraleedharan	M	INC	53016
2006	55	Wadakkanchery	GEN	A.C.Moideen	M	CPI(M)	66928	T.V.Chandra Mohan	M	DIC	46107
2011	65	Wadakkanchery	GEN	C.N.Balakrishnan	M	INC	67911	N.R.Balan	M	CPM	61226
2016	65	Wadakkanchery	GEN	Anil Akkara	M	INC	65535	Mary Thomas	F	CPM	65492
2021	65	Wadakkanchery	GEN	Xavier Chittilappilly	M	CPM	81026	Anil Akkara	M	INC	65858

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

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