# Chengannur Assembly constituency

Chengannur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2018 Chengannur Assembly Bypoll, the current MLA is Saji Cherian of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Chengannur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Chengannur | Municipality | Chengannur |
| Ala | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Budhanoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Cheriyanad | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Mannar | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Mulakuzha | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Pandanad | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Puliyoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Thiruvanvandoor | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Venmony | Grama panchayat | Chengannur |
| Chennithala-Thriperumthura | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI(M) INC Independent CPI IC(S)
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | R. Sankaran Thampi | CPI | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. R. Saraswathi Amma | INC | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. G. P. Pillai | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. G. P. Pillai | CPI(M) | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | Thankappan Pillai | Independent | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | K. R. Saraswathi Amma | Independent | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | S. Ramachandran Pillai | Independent | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | Mammen Iype | IC(S) | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Shobhana George | INC | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Shobhana George | INC | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Shobhana George | INC | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | P. C. Vishnunath | INC | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | P. C. Vishnunath | INC | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Ramachandran Nair | CPI(M) | 2016 – 2018 |
| 2018* | 14th | Saji Cherian | CPI(M) | 2018-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Saji Cherian | CPI(M) | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2018 by-election

Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, Chengannur Niyamasahba constituency went to bypoll on 28 March 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the by-election.
2018 Kerala Assembly By-election: Chengannur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Saji Cherian | 67,303 | 45.19 | 8.85 |
| | INC | D Vijayakumar | 46,347 | 31.12 | 0.27 |
| | BJP | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 35,270 | 23.68 | 5.65 |
| | Independent | Swami Sukbaksh Saraswathi | 800 | 0.53 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 728 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
| | AAP | Rajeev Pallathu | 368 | 0.24 | − |
| | Independent | Mobran Achary | 263 | 0.17 | |
| | RLD | Jiji Puntbala | 248 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Aji. M. Chalakeri | 137 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Madhu Chengannur | 124 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Sreedharan Pillai | 121 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Somnatha Warrier T. K. | 98 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Unni Karthikeyan | 57 | 0.04 | |
| | API | Subhash Naga | 53 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Murali Naga | 44 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | A. K. Shaji | 39 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Sivaprasad Gandhi K. M. | 21 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | M. C. Jayalal | 20 | 0.01 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,956 | 13.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,756 | 79.32 | 5.59 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 8.85 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. K. Ramachandran Nair | 52,880 | 36.34 | 5.67 |
| | INC | P. C. Vishnunath | 44,897 | 30.85 | 21.13 |
| | BJP | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 42,682 | 29.33 | 24.49 |
| | Independent | Sobhana George | 3,966 | 2.73 | − |
| | BSP | Alex | 483 | 0.33 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 363 | 0.25 | − |
| | Independent | E. T. Sasi | 247 | 0.17 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,013 | 5.49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,518 | 73.73 | 2.86 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chengannur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P. C. Vishnunath | 65,156 | 51.98 | |
| | CPI(M) | C. S. Sujatha | 52,656 | 42.01 | |
| | BJP | B. Radhakrishna Menon | 6,062 | 4.84 | |
| | Independent | Surendran Karippuzha | 848 | 0.68 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | V. Venugopal | 623 | 0.50 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,500 | 9.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,345 | 70.87 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |