About Wadakkanchery Assembly Constituency
Wadakkanchery is constituency No. 65 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Thrissur district. While Wadakkanchery is an open assembly constituency, the corresponding Lok Sabha constituency Alathur is reserved for scheduled castes (SC).
According to the Election Commission of India, this assembly constituency has 1,76,069 registered voters. It comprises 83,270 male and 92,799 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Congress won this seat by a margin of 6,685 votes. C.N. Balakrishnan, the winning Congress candidate, got 67,911 votes. CPI(M) nominee N.R. Balan was the runner-up with 61,226 votes. The voter turnout was 79.08 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Wadakkanchery Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Wadakkanchery assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1957 | 70 | Wadakkanchery | (SC) | Ayyappan C. C. | M | CPI | 33161 | Kochukuttan K | M | INC | 28895 |
| 1960 | 70 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K. Balakrishna Menon | M | PSP | 46052 | Kochukuttan | M | INC | 45726 |
| 1965 | 50 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | N. K. Seshan | M | SSP | 22352 | V. K. Achutha Menon | M | INC | 19045 |
| 1967 | 50 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | N.K.Seshan | M | SSP | 23857 | K.S.N.Namboodiri | M | INC | 22173 |
| 1970 | 50 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | A. S. N. Nambisan | M | CPM | 27066 | N. K. Seshan | M | PSP | 25067 |
| 1977 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri | M | INC | 37783 | A. S. N. Nambisan | M | CPM | 25725 |
| 1980 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K. S. Narayanan Namboodri | M | INC(I) | 34658 | A. Padmanabhan | M | CPM | 32391 |
| 1982 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K. S. Narayanan Namboodiri | M | INC | 33645 | Puzhankara Balanarayanan | M | JNP | 32007 |
| 1987 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K. S. Narayanan Namboodiry | M | INC | 45389 | C. K. Nanu | M | JNP | 37206 |
| 1991 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | K.S. Narayanan Namboodiri | M | INC | 51414 | K. Mohandas | M | KEC | 43773 |
| 1996 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | V.Balaram | M | INC | 51050 | K.Mohandas | M | KEC | 41372 |
| 2001 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | Adv.V.Balaram | M | INC | 59415 | M.P.Pauly | M | KEC | 50384 |
| 2004 | By Polls | Wadakkanchery | GEN | A.C.Moideen | M | CPM | 56731 | K. Muraleedharan | M | INC | 53016 |
| 2006 | 55 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | A.C.Moideen | M | CPI(M) | 66928 | T.V.Chandra Mohan | M | DIC | 46107 |
| 2011 | 65 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | C.N.Balakrishnan | M | INC | 67911 | N.R.Balan | M | CPM | 61226 |
| 2016 | 65 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | Anil Akkara | M | INC | 65535 | Mary Thomas | F | CPM | 65492 |
| 2021 | 65 | Wadakkanchery | GEN | Xavier Chittilappilly | M | CPM | 81026 | Anil Akkara | M | INC | 65858 |
Last Updated on July 30, 2021