Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency

Chalakudy is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the South Indian state of Kerala. It came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India. The constituency comprises seven assembly segments spread over two districts—Thrissur (3) and Ernakulam (4).

Chalakudy KL-11
Lok Sabha constituency
Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Kaipamangalam Chalakudy Kodungallur Perumbavoor Angamaly Aluva Kunnathunad
Established	2009
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Benny Behanan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven legislative assembly segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
69	Kaipamangalam	Thrissur	E. T. Tyson		CPI		CPI(M)
72	Chalakudy		T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph		INC		INC
73	Kodungallur		V. R. Sunil Kumar		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
74	Perumbavoor	Ernakulam	Eldhose Kunnappilly		INC		INC
75	Angamaly		Roji M. John		INC		INC
76	Aluva		Anwar Sadath		INC		INC
84	Kunnathunad (SC)		P. V. Srinijin		CPI(M)		INC

Kaipamangalam assembly segment came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Chalakudy, Kodungallur, Perumbavoor, and Angamaly were part of the erstwhile Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

As Crangannur in Thiru–Kochi

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1952	1st	K.T. Achuthan		Indian National Congress	1952-1957

As Mukundapuram

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	2nd	Narayankutty Menon		Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	Panampilly Govinda Menon		Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th				1967-1971
1971	5th	A. C. George			1971-1977
1977	6th				1977-1980
1980	7th	E. Balanandan		Communist Party of India	1980-1984
1984	7th	K. Mohandas		Kerala Congress	1984-1989
1989	8th	Savithri Lakshmanan		Indian National Congress	1989-1991
1991	9th				1991-1996
1996	10th	P. C. Chacko			1996-1998
1989	11th	A. C. Jose			1998-1999
1999	12th	K. Karunakaran			1999-2004
2004	13th	Lonappan Nambadan		Communist Party of India	2004-2009

As Chalakudy

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2009	15th	K. P. Dhanapalan		Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th	Innocent Vareed Thekkethala		Independent politician (supported by LDF)	2014-2019
2019	17th	Benny Behanan		Indian National Congress	2019 - incumbent
2024	18th

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chalakudy^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Benny Behanan	394,171	41.44	6.37
	CPI(M)	C. Raveendranath	3,30,417	34.73	0.28
	BDJS	K.M. Unnikrishnan	1,06,400	11.18
	Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam	Adv Charley Paul	1,05,642	11.11
	NOTA	None of the above	8,063	0.85
	BSP	Rosilin Chacko	2,410	0.25
Majority
Turnout			9,53,520	72.72
	INC hold		Swing

2019

According to Election Commission, there are 11,85,268 registered voters in Chalakudy Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.^[3]

2019 Indian general election: Chalakudy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Benny Behanan	473,444	47.81	8.87
	CPI(M)	Innocent	3,41,170	34.45	6.05
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	1,28,996	15.6	5.11
	SDPI	P. P. Moidheen Kunju	4,687	0.5	1.13
	NOTA	None of the above	7,578	0.8	0.39
Margin of victory			1,32,274	13.36
Turnout			9,90,433	80.51
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election, 2014

2014 Indian general election: Chalakudy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	Innocent[a]	3,58,440	40.50	N/A
	INC	P. C. Chacko	3,44,556	38.93	−11.40
	BJP	B. Gopalakrishnan	92,848	10.49	+4.77
	AAP	K.M. Noordeen	35,189	3.98	N/A
	SDPI	Shafeer Muhammed	14,386	1.63	N/A
	WPOI	K. Ambujakshan	12,942	1.46	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	10,552	1.19	−−−
Margin of victory			13,884	1.57	−7.47
Turnout			8,84,033	76.94
	LDF gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Thrissur district
• Ernakulam district
• Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Notes

1. Left Democratic Front supported candidate