In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Following the Delimitation Commission’s Order of 2008 to delimit parliamentary constituencies, a new parliamentary constituency of Chalakudy came into existence in the year 2008. Chalakudy is one of the 20 Lok Sabha seats that belong to the state of Kerala.According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Chalakudy Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 11) were 1,075,390 of which 545,491 are females and 529,899 are males. This Lok Sabha constituency covers portions of the Thrissur and Ernakulam district, as out of the seven assembly segments in this constituency, three assembly segments fall under the Thrissur district while the remaining four are in the Ernakulam district.
The Vidhan Sabha seat of Kunnathunad belongs to candidates of the scheduled caste category. The Kaipamangalam assembly segment came into existence as recently as 2008, as per the delimitation of the assembly constituencies. Chalakudy has a population of 1,14,901, according to the 2011 Census of India.
Known as the ‘Commercial Capital of Kerala’, the Ernakulam district is the third most populous district in the state. Along with the educational hub that the district of Thrissur is, this parliamentary constituency of Chalakudy is one of the economically affluent zones in the coastal state of Kerala. Ernakulam is the highest revenue-yielding district in the state, owing to the presence of large scale industries. Thrissur is known for the presence of entrepreneurs from the state, who heavily invest in the region.
Chalakudy Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
| Benny Behanan | Indian National Congress | 473444 | 47.81 | Winner |
| Innocent | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 341170 | 34.45 | 1st Runner-up |
| A N Radhakrishnan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 154159 | 15.57 | 2nd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 7578 | 0.77 | 3rd Runner-up |
| P P Moideen Kunju | Social Democratic Party Of India | 4687 | 0.47 | 4th Runner-up |
| Johnson N | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2131 | 0.22 | 5th Runner-up |
| Mujeeb Rahman T A | Peoples Democratic Party | 1467 | 0.15 | 6th Runner-up |
| M R Sathyadevan | Independent | 1432 | 0.14 | 7th Runner-up |
| Subramanian | Independent | 1000 | 0.1 | 8th Runner-up |
| Adv Suja Antony | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 930 | 0.09 | 9th Runner-up |
| Jose Thomas | Marxist Communist Party Of India (United) | 871 | 0.09 | 10th Runner-up |
| Fredy Jackson Pereira | Independent | 682 | 0.07 | 11th Runner-up |
| Johnson K C | Independent | 355 | 0.04 | 12th Runner-up |
| Noby Augustine | Independent | 318 | 0.03 | 13th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Chalakudy Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Chalakudy parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Chalakudy constituency is Innocent of IND.
| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote | | 2019 | 11 | Chalakudy | GEN | Benny Behanan | M | INC | 673444 | Innocent | M | CPI(M) | 141170 |
| 2014 | 11 | Chalakudy | GEN | Innocent | M | IND | 358440 | P C Chacko | M | INC | 344556 |
| 2009 | 11 | Chalakudy | GEN | Dhanapalan,Shri K. P. | M | INC | 399035 | Adv. U.P Joseph | M | CPM | 327356 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Chalakudy Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Chalakudy parliamentary constituency.
Last Updated on August 01, 2021