Karunagappally State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 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 six 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 Oachira)
Members of the Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure19571stP. Kunjukrishnan1957 – 196019602ndBaby John 1960 – 196519673rd1967 – 197019704th1970 – 197719775thB. M. Sheriff1977 – 198019806th1980 – 198219827thT. V. Vijayarajan1982 – 198719878thP. S. Sreenivasan 1987 – 199119919th1991 – 1996199610thE. Chandrasekharan Nair1996 – 2001200111thA. N. Rajan Babu2001 – 2006200612thC. Divakaran 2006 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614thR. Ramachandran2016 - 2021202115thC. R. Mahesh2021-2026202616thIncumbent
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026 There were 2,15,785 registered electors in Karunagappally assembly constituency in the 2026 legislative assembly election.
2021 There were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006 There were 1,39,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.
2001 There were 1,46,933 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.
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