Chengannur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2021, it has been represented by Saji Cherian of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Local self-governed segments Chengannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) TalukRuling alliance Chengannur Municipality ChengannurUDF Ala Grama panchayat ChengannurNDA Budhanoor Grama panchayat ChengannurNDA Cheriyanad Grama panchayat ChengannurUDF Mannar Grama panchayat ChengannurLDF Mulakuzha Grama panchayat ChengannurLDF Pandanad Grama panchayat ChengannurNDA Puliyoor Grama panchayat ChengannurUDF Thiruvanvandoor Grama panchayat ChengannurNDA Venmony Grama panchayat ChengannurLDF Chennithala-Thriperumthura Grama panchayat MavelikkaraNDA

Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure19571stR. Sankaran Thampi 1957 – 196019602ndK. R. Saraswathi Amma 1960 – 19651965K. R. Saraswathi Amma 1965-6719673rdP. G. P. Pillai 1967 – 197019704th1970 – 197719775thThankappan Pillai 1977 – 198019806thK. R. Saraswathi Amma1980 – 198219827thS. Ramachandran Pillai1982 – 198719878thMammen Iype 1987 – 199119919thShobhana George 1991 – 1996199610th1996 – 2001200111th2001 – 2006200612thP. C. Vishnunath2006 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614thK. K. Ramachandran Nair 2016 – 20182018*14thSaji Cherian2018-2021202115thIncumbent

Electorate As of 2026, the constituency has 189,490 voters. As per estimates 32% of the electorate is Nair, 24% Ezhava and 30% Christians predominantly from Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Mar Thoma Syrian Church.

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

2026

+ By Local body SegmentsNo.Status (Local body)VotesLead Saji Cherian Abi Kuriakose M. V. Gopakumar1Mannar6,4575,2333,8041,2242Pandanad2,4432,3661,517773Thiruvanvandoor3,1133,0272,749864Chengannur Municipality5,8496,4093,1985605Mulakkuzha6,6454,6202,4922,0256Ala7,0155,1032,8531,9127Puliyoor2,4612,1131,4763488Budhanoor5,8683,8503,1872,0189Chennithala-Thriperumthura6,5335,4883,5041,04510Cheriyanad5,0284,1353,07589311Venmony5,4304,2572,5521,173Postal Votes1,01796653551

2021 There were 2,08,498 registered voters in the Chengannur constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2018 by-election Following the death of the sitting MLA K. K. Ramachandran Nair, a by-election was held in the Chengannur constituency on 28 March 2018. There were 2,00,137 registered voters in the constituency for the by-election.

2016 There were 1,97,372 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2011 There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2006 There were 1,21,105 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2001 There were 1,31,196 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

See also Chengannur Alappuzha district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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