# Wadakkanchery Assembly constituency

Wadakkanchery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Xavier Chittilappilly of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Wadakkanchery Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk | Panchayat President |
| 1 | Wadakkanchery | Municipality | Thalapilly | |
| 2 | Thekkumkara | Grama panchayat | Thalapilly | Sunil Kumar |
| 3 | Adat | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |
| 4 | Avanur | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |
| 5 | Kaiparamba | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |
| 6 | Kolazhy | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |
| 7 | Mulakunnathukavu | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |
| 8 | Tholur | Grama panchayat | Thrissur | |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC INC(I) CPI(M) CPI PSP SSP
* indicates by-polls

## Election results
### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,23,003 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wadakkanchery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Xavier Chittilappilly | 81,026 | 47.70 | 6.71 |
| | INC | Anil Akkara | 65,858 | 38.77 | 2.25 |
| | BJP | T. S. Ullas Babu | 21,747 | 12.80 | 3.88 |
| | Independent | Haji Aboobaker Kundukadan | 388 | 0.23 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 842 | 0.5 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,168 | 8.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,69,861 | 76.17 | 4.74 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 6.71 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,483 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wadakkanchery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Anil Akkara | 65,535 | 41.02 | 7.70 |
| | CPI(M) | Mary Thomas | 65,492 | 40.99 | 3.48 |
| | BJP | T. S. Ullas Babu | 26,652 | 16.68 | 11.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 969 | 0.6 | − |
| | SDPI | Gaddafi A. K. | 477 | 0.30 | − |
| | BSP | P. K. Subramanian | 419 | 0.26 | 0.76 |
| | Independent | Anil | 237 | 0.15 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 43 | 0.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,59,781 | 80.91 | 1.41 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 7.70 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,069 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wadakkanchery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | C. N. Balakrishnan | 67,911 | 48.79 |
| | CPI(M) | N. R. Balan | 61,226 | 44.47 |
| | BJP | Shajumon Vattakad | 7,451 | 5.35 |
| | BSP | Govindan Machad | 1,419 | 1.02 |
| | Independent | Balakrishnan | 1,177 | 0.85 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,685 | 4.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,718 | 79.05 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |