Kanjirappally Assembly constituency

Kanjirappally State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. Jayaraj of KC(M).

Local self governed segments

Kanjirappally Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	60,299	43.79	4.93
	INC	Joseph Vazhackan	46,596	33.84	-
	BJP	Alphons Kannanthanam	29,157	21.17	1.81
	BSP	Ashik M M	727	0.53
	NOTA	None of the above	624	0.45	-
	Independent	Sajan C. Madhavan	90	0.07	-
Margin of victory			13,703	9.95	7.11
Turnout			1,37,703	73.76	2.63
	KC(M) hold		Swing	-

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,78,950 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	53,126	38.86	11.54
	CPI	V. B. Binu	49,236	36.02	3.59
	BJP	V. N. Manoj	31,411	22.98	15.88
	BSP	Arun M. John	1,113	0.81	2.08
	SDPI	Muhammed Siyad	839	0.61	-
	NOTA	None of the above	618	0.45	-
	Independent	Manoj Aruvikkuzhy	138	0.10	-
	Independent	Achuthan K. P.	137	0.10	-
	Independent	Sajan C. Madhavan	90	0.07	-
Margin of victory			3,890	2.84	7.95
Turnout			1,36,708	76.39	6.40
	KC(M) hold		Swing	11.54

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,61,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanjirappally

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	N. Jayaraj	57,021	50.40
	CPI	Suresh T. Nair	44,815	39.61	-
	BJP	Rajamohan	8,037	7.10
	BSP	P. K. Geetha Krishnan	3,268	2.89	0.59
Margin of victory			12,206	10.79
Turnout			1,13,141	69.99	2.68
	KC(M) gain from Independent		Swing

See also

• Kanjirappally
• Kottayam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References