Cherthala Assembly constituency

Cherthala 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.^[1] The current MLA is P. Prasad of CPI.

Cherthala
Constituency No. 103 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Infopark, Cherthala
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Established	2008
Total electors	2,04,830 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Prasad
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Cherthala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Cherthala	Municipality	Cherthala
Cherthala South	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Kadakkarappally	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Kanjikuzhy	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Muhamma	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Pattanakkad	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Thanneermukkom	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Vayalar	Grama panchayat	Cherthala

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  CPI(M)  INC  Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. R. Gowri Amma		CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	N. P. Thandar		CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	A. K. Antony		INC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. K. Raghavan			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. S. Sreenivasan		CPI	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Vaylar Ravi		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			INC	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	C. K. Chandrappan		CPI	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	A. K. Antony		INC	1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. Thilothaman		CPI	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	P. Prasad			Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 2,04,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Thilothomman	81,197	45.70	7.41
	INC	S. Sarath	74,001	41.65	−
	BDJS	P. S. Rajeev	19,614	11.04	−
	BSP	C. P. Thilakan	845	0.48	0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	687	0.39	−
	Independent	S. Sarath	639	0.36
	Independent	Sonnymon K. Mathew	348	0.20
	Independent	Vayalar Rajeevan	174	0.10
	Independent	K. V. Joseph	150	0.08
Margin of victory			7,196	4.05	7.23
Turnout			1,77,655	86.73	1.68
	CPI hold		Swing	7.41

2011

There were 1,90,806 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. Thilothomman	86,193	53.11
	JSS	K. R. Gowriamma	67,878	41.83
	BJP	P. K. Binoy	5,933	3.66	−
	BSP	K . R. Rajeevan	1,185	0.73	−
	Independent	Shajimon	1,094	0.67
Margin of victory			18,315	11.28
Turnout			1,62,283	85.05
	CPI hold		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P Thilothaman	55,626	51.55
	INC	C K Shajimohan	47,092	44.39
Margin of victory			8534	7.90
Turnout			107896
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

2001

There were 1,41,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A.K. Antony	59,661	51.79
	CPI	C K Chandrappan	52,801	45.83
Margin of victory			6860	5.96
Turnout			115208	81.65
	INC hold		Swing

1996 There were 1,28,441 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A.K. Antony	56,691	52.21
	CPI	C K Chandrappan	48,306	44.48
Margin of victory			8385	7.73
Turnout			108590	85.53
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1991

There were 1,26,734 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C.K. Chandrappan	50,844	49.03
	INC	Vayalar Ravi	49,853	48.07
Margin of victory			991	0.96
Turnout			103710	82.66
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1987 There were 1,00,207 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vayalar Ravi	43,812	49.01
	CPI	C.K. Chandrappan	41,528	46.46
Margin of victory			2284	2.55
Turnout			89391	89.75
	INC hold		Swing

1982

There were 84,974 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vayalar Ravi	36,940	50.97
	CPI	P S Sreenivasan	35,067	48.38
Margin of victory			1873	2.59
Turnout			72478	85.82
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1980

There were 82,654 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P S Sreenivasan	38,613	57.11
	JP	Joseph Mathan	27,200	40.23
Margin of victory			11413	16.88
Turnout			67617	82.32
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1977

There were 76,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. Raghavan	37,767	58.7
	CPI(M)	N P Thandar	26,007	40.4
Margin of victory			11,760	18.3
Turnout			65,197	85.2
	INC hold		Swing

1970

There were 68,755 registered voters in the constituency for the 1970 election.

1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Cherthala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A.K. Antony	28,419	48.77
	CPI(M)	N P Thandar	28,059	48.15
Margin of victory			360	0.62
Turnout			58274	85.51
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Cherthala
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election