Changanassery 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Vinu Job of the Kerala Congress was elected from the constituency.

Changanassery is home to Nair Service Society and Syro Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry.

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

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Changanassery Municipality Changanassery Kurichy Grama panchayat Changanassery Madappally Grama panchayat Changanassery Paippad Grama panchayat Changanassery Thrikkodithanam Grama panchayat Changanassery Vazhappally Grama panchayat Changanassery

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

Key

ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure 1957 1st A. M. Kalyanakrishnan Nair 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd N. Bhaskaran Nair 1960 – 1965 1967 3rd K. G. Neelakantan Nambudiripad 1967 – 1970 1970 4th K. J. Chacko 1970 – 1977 1977 5th 1977 – 1980 1980 6thC. F. Thomas 1980 – 1982 1982 7th 1982 – 1987 1987 8th 1987 – 1991 1991 9th 1991 – 1996 1996 10th 1996 – 2001 2001 11th 2001 – 2006 2006 12th 2006 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614th2016 – 2020202115thJob Maichil2021 - 2026202616thVinu Job2026 -

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

2026

+ Local body-wise votes in the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election Local body No. of polling stations UDF LDF BJP/NDA Leading alliance Lead Kurichy 38 9,070 9,909 2,688 LDF 839 Vazhappally 40 11,678 9,275 2,814 UDF 2,403 Madappally 30 9,231 6,106 2,016 UDF 3,125 Thrikkodithanam 35 8,885 8,205 2,617 UDF 680 Changanassery Municipality 40 9,823 8,144 3,112 UDF 1,679 Paippad 22 6,307 5,319 1,292 UDF 988 Total EVM votes 54,994 46,958 14,539 UDF 8,036 Postal ballot votes 997 665 264 UDF 332 Final constituency total 55,991 47,623 14,803 UDF 8,368

2021 C. F. Thomas, who had represented the constituency for 40 years, died in September 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and also the nearby legislative assembly elections, a by-election was not held. The Kerala Congress (M) had left the UDF and had joined the LDF. The Kerala Congress (Joseph) tied up with the Kerala Congress led by P. C. Thomas and contested the elections as Kerala Congress for the UDF. Kerala Congress lost in eight of the ten seats they contested, including Changanassery. The incumbent seat holding Kerala Congress (M) won the seat.

2016 There were 1,67,180 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2011 There were 1,49,193 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2006 There were 1,42,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2001 There were 1,51,747 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

See also Changanassery Kottayam district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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