Changanassery (State Assembly Constituency)
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Changanassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the
Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, മാവേലിക്കര ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Assembly segments Mavelikkara Lok Sa ...
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C. F. Thomas Chennikkara Francis Thomas (30 July 1939 – 27 September 2020) was an Indian politician from Changanassery and member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was Minister for Rural Development in the third A. K. Antony ministry and the subseque ...
represented the constituency for 40 consecutive years from 1980. In the 2021 Kerala legislative elections, Adv. Job Michael of the Kerala Congress (M) was elected from the constituency.


Local self governed segments

Changanassery Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:


Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of
Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...
who have represented the constituency: Key


Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.


2021

C. F. Thomas Chennikkara Francis Thomas (30 July 1939 – 27 September 2020) was an Indian politician from Changanassery and member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was Minister for Rural Development in the third A. K. Antony ministry and the subseque ...
who had represented the constituency for 40 years died in September 2020. Because of the
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and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, by- elections were not held. The Kerala Congress (M) had left the UDF and had joined the LDF. The
Kerala Congress (Joseph) Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of Kerala Congress Party By election commission (1964-201 ...
tied up with the Kerala Congress led by PC Thomas and contested the elections as
Kerala Congress Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded at Kottayam, Kerala in October, 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala. The establishment of Kerala ...
for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in 8 out of 10 seats they contested including Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.


Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.


Niyamasabha Election 2011

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


See also

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Changanassery Changanassery or Changanacherry is a municipal town in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. History The first recorded history on the origin of Changanacherry is obtained from Sangam period literature. According to Sangam era d ...
* Kottayam district *
List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Niyamasabha (literally ''Hall of laws''), is the law-making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member repr ...
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2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election. The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left ...


References

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections Assembly constituencies of Kerala State assembly constituencies in Kottayam district