# Kodungallur Assembly constituency

Kodungallur 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 Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. R. Sunil Kumar of CPI.

## Local self governed segments

Methala Gram panchayat was merged into Kodungallur Municipality on 11 November 2009.
Kodungallur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Kodungallur | Municipality | Kodungallur |
| 2 | Poyya | Grama panchayat | Kodungallur |
| 3 | Annamanada | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
| 4 | Kuzhur | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
| 5 | Mala | Grama panchayat | Chalakudy |
| 6 | Puthenchira | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |
| 7 | Vellangallur | Grama panchayat | Mukundapuram |

## Members of 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 | E. Gopalakrishna Menon | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. K. Abdul Khadir | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Gopalakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | E. Gopalakrishna Menon | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | V. K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | V. K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | V. K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | V. K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Meenakshi Thampan | Communist Party of India | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Meenakshi Thampan | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Umesh Challiyil | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | K. P. Rajendan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
| Major boundary changes ||||||
| 2011 | 13th | T. N. Prathapan | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | V. R. Sunil Kumar | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | V. R. Sunil Kumar | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results
### 2021

There were 1,92,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | V. R. Sunil Kumar | 71,457 | 47.99 | 2.28 |
| | INC | M. P. Jackson | 47,564 | 30.37 | 1.57 |
| | BJP | Santhosh Cherakkulam | 28,204 | 18.94 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 870 | 0.58 | − |
| | BSP | Ramya Mohanan | 366 | 0.25 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | O. M. Sreeja | 270 | 0.18 | 0.05 |
| | Independent | Rajan Painat | 171 | 0.11 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,893 | 16.05 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,902 | 77.18 | 2.34 |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,90,675 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | V. R. Sunil Kumar | 67,909 | 45.71 | 2.93 |
| | INC | K. P. Dhanapalan | 45,118 | 30.37 | 19.74 |
| | BDJS | Sangeetha | 32,793 | 22.07 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 886 | 0.60 | − |
| | SDPI | Manaf A. K. | 558 | 0.38 | − |
| | Independent | Radhakrishnan C .K. | 411 | 0.28 | − |
| | BSP | Subramanian | 367 | 0.25 | 0.23 |
| | Independent | Rajan | 210 | 0.14 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | C. S. Krishnakumar | 200 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| | Independent | Joshy Kumar K. V. | 125 | 0.08 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,791 | 15.04 | |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,577 | 79.52 | 3.38 |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kodungallur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | T. N. Prathapan | 64,495 | 50.11 | |
| | CPI | K. G. Sivadasan | 55,063 | 42.78 | |
| | BJP | I. R. Vijayan | 6,732 | 5.23 | |
| | BSP | Ambily Unnikrishnan | 624 | 0.48 | − |
| | Independent | Haridas K. B. | 461 | 0.36 | |
| | Independent | Rajesh Appat | 377 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Ally Ravi | 343 | 0.27 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Suja Anthony | 330 | 0.26 | |
| | Independent | T. U. Radhakrishnan | 289 | 0.22 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,432 | 7.33 | |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,714 | 76.14 | |