# Karunagappally Assembly constituency

Karunagappally 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. R. Mahesh of Indian National Congress.

## Structure

Karunagappally assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the assembly constituency consists of Karunagappally municipality and 6 panchayaths from Karunagappally Taluk including Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor.

## Major institutions in the constituency

* Municipality: 1 Karunagappally
* Panchayaths: 6 (Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor)
* Railway Stations: 2 (Karunagappalli, Oachira)
* Government Hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital(TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Ochira)

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. Kunjukrishnan | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | Baby John | Independent | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | Baby John | Independent | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | B. M. Sheriff | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | B. M. Sheriff | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | T. V. Vijayarajan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | P. S. Sreenivasan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | P. S. Sreenivasan | Communist Party of India | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | A. N. Rajan Babu | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | C. Divakaran | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | C. Divakaran | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | R. Ramachandran | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | C. R. Mahesh | Indian National Congress | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Karunagappally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | C. R .Mahesh | 94,225 | 54.38 | 12.41 |
| | CPI | R. Ramachandran | 65,017 | 37.52 | 5.54 |
| | BJP | Bitty Sudheer | 12,144 | 7.01 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 450 | 0.26 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,208 | 16.68 | 15.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,284 | 80.97 | 1.60 |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Karunagappally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | R. Ramachandran | 69,902 | 43.06 | 7.07 |
| | INC | C. R. Mahesh | 68,143 | 41.97 | 2.38 |
| | BDJS | V. Sadasivan | 19,115 | 11.77 | |
| | SDPI | A. K. Salahudeen | 1,737 | 1.07 | 4.48 |
| | PDP | Mylakkadu Shah | 1,620 | 1.00 | − |
| | BSP | Gopalakrishnan | 649 | 0.40 | |
| | Independent | Ramachandran | 594 | 0.37 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 590 | 0.36 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,759 | 1.09 | 9.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,62,351 | 79.37 | 3.86 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 7.07 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Karunagappally :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | C. Divakaran | 69,086 | 50.13 | |
| | JSS | A. N. Rajanbabu | 54,564 | 39.59 | |
| | SDPI | Nazarudeen Elamaram | 7,645 | 5.55 | |
| | BJP | Malumel Sumesh | 5,097 | 3.70 | |
| | Independent | P. D. Sudheer | 868 | 0.63 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Twinkle Prabhakaran | 547 | 0.40 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,522 | 10.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,807 | 75.51 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |