Administration of Thrissur district

Thrissur District has four types of administrative hierarchies:

• RDO, Taluk and village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
• Panchayath administration managed by the local bodies
• Parliament constituencies for the federal government of India
• Assembly constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala

Taluks in Thrissur District

Revenue Divisions in Thrissur district

(1) Thrissur

Comprises Thrissur, Thalapilly, Chavakkad and Kunnamkulam taluks

(2) Irinjalakuda

Comprises Mukundapuram, Kodungallur and Chalakudy taluks

Taluks in Thrissur district

Taluks & its Headquarters Thrissur Thrissur Mukundapuram taluk Irinjalakuda Kodungallur Kodungallur Chavakad Chavakad Thalapilly Wadakkanchery Chalakudy Chalakudy

Municipalities Kunnamkulam Chalakudy Kodungallur Chavakad Guruvayur Irinjalakuda wadakkanchery

The main legislative constituency in the district is Thrissur Assembly Constituency. Apart from the city constituency, there are 13 other constituencies from the district of Thrissur: Thrissur Assembly Constituency, Ollur Assembly Constituency, Guruvayoor, Chalakkudy, Kaipamangalam, Nattika, Kodungallur, Irinjalakuda, Puthukad, Manaloor, Kunnamkulam, Wadakkancheri and Chelakkara. There are two parliament constituencies: Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency and Chalakudy. C. N. Jayadevan is the Thrissur MP and Innocent (actor) is the Chalakudy MP. Thrissur municipal corporation is the only municipal corporation in the district. For administrative purposes, the district of Thrissur is divided into six talukas. These six taluk centres are administrative hubs for 151 villages in Thrissur.

Thrissur Municipality

Main article: Administration of Thrissur

Municipal Corporation Officials
Mayor	M.K Varghese
Police Commissioner	R. Aditya IPS
Deputy mayor	Rajasree Gopan
Members of Legislative Assembly
Thrissur Assembly Constituency	V. S. Sunil Kumar
Ollur Assembly Constituency	K. Rajan
Member of Parliament
Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency	T. N. Prathapan

Main article: Thrissur Municipal Corporation

Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur seen from M.O. Road

Thrissur city functioned as a municipality since 1921 under the Cochin Municipal Regulations.^[1][2] In 1932, the new corporation building was constructed, and in 1972 new areas from other Panchayats were added to the municipality.^[1] On 1 October 2000, the municipal town was upgraded to the level of a Municipal Corporation with the Panchayats of Ayyanthole, Koorkkenchery, Nadathara, Vilvattom (part), Ollur and Ollukkara. The Corporation comprises three legislative assemblies Thrissur, Ollur and Cherpu.^[3] The city is administered by the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, headed by a mayor. The corporation is the second-largest city corporation in the state of Kerala in India. The city is the only local body in Kerala which directly controls power, water supply and solid waste management system in the city.

For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 52 wards, from which the members of the corporation council are elected for five years. The corporation has its headquarters in Thrissur city.^[1][4] The Thrissur Urban Development Authority and Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) are the agencies that prepare development plan for the city.^[5][6][7][8]

Law and order

The city is the headquarters of Thrissur City Police and Thrissur Rural Police. The Thrissur City Police is headed by a Police Commissioner, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The city is divided into three sub divisions, Thrissur, Kunnamkulam and Guruvayur. It also operates 24 police stations, including a woman police station and a traffic police station.^[9][10][11]

The Thrissur City Police Commissionerate is situated in Pattalam Road near East Police Station. The Thrissur Rural Police has its headquarters at the District Collectorate complex at Ayyanthole. The city is also the headquarters of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Thrissur Range, which looks after the law and order of Thrissur District, Palakkad District and Malappuram district. All the Superintendent of Police of these three districts come under his jurisdiction. The city also contains the Kerala Police Academy,^[12] Central Prison, Viyyur,^[13] Police Dog Training Centre and Excise Academy and Research Centre. India Reserve Battalion, new commando unit of Kerala Police is headquartered in Ramavarmapuram.^[14] Border Security Force (148 battalion) have its first centre in Kerala in Thrissur only.^[15][16]

Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency

Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency

Thrissur is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[17]

1. Thrissur Assembly Constituency
2. Ollur Assembly Constituency
3. Pudukad Assembly Constituency
4. Manalur Assembly Constituency
5. Guruvayoor Assembly Constituency
6. Nattika Assembly Constituency
7. Irinjalakuda Assembly Constituency

Members of Parliament from Thrissur

Term	Member	Party
1951 - 1957	Iyyunni Chalakka (Travancore-Cochin)	Indian National Congress
1957 - 1962	K.Krishnan Warrier	CPI
1962 - 1967	K.Krishnan Warrier	CPI
1967 - 1970	C. Janardhanan	CPI
1971 - 1977	C. Janardhanan	CPI
1977 - 1979	K.A. Rajan	CPI
1980 - 1984	K.A. Rajan	CPI
1984 - 1989	P.A. Antony	Indian National Congress
1989 - 1991	P.A. Antony	Indian National Congress
1991 - 1996	P. C. Chacko	Indian National Congress
1996 - 1997	V.V. Raghavan	CPI
1998 - 1999	V.V. Raghavan	CPI
1999 - 2004	A.C. Jose	Indian National Congress
2004 - 2009	C.K. Chandrappan	CPI
2009 - 2014	P. C. Chacko	Indian National Congress
2014-Incumbent	C. N. Jayadevan	CPI

Indian general election results

2014 Indian general election Thrissur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. N. Jayadevan	3,89,209	42.28	255
	INC	K P Dhanapalan	3,50,982	38.13	−9.10
	BJP	K P Sreesan	1,02,681	11.15	+4.45
	AAP	Sarah Joseph	44,638	4.48	−−−
	NOTA	None of the above	10,050	1.09	−−−
Margin of victory			38,227	4.15	+1.06
Turnout			920,505	72.15
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	7.24%

Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency

Chalakudy Lok sabha constituency (Malayalam: ചാലക്കുടി ലോക്‌സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state (South India). This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India which were constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments

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

1. Kaipamangalam Assembly Constituency
2. Chalakudy Assembly Constituency
3. Kodungallur Assembly Constituency
4. Perumbavoor
5. Angamaly
6. Aluva
7. Kunnathunad

Three legislative assembly segments: Kaipamangalam, Chalakudy and Kodungallur are in Thrissur district and four legislative assembly segments: Perumbavoor, Angamaly, Aluva and Kunnathunad are in Ernakulam district. Kaipamangalam assembly segment also came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies. Chalakudy, Kodungallur, Perumbavoor and Angamally were earlier part of the erstwhile Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[18]

Members of Parliament

• 2009: K.P. Dhanapalan, Indian National Congress
• 2014: Innocent, Independent (politician) supported by Left Democratic Front

Indian general election Results

2014 Indian general election : Chalakudy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Innocent [note 1]	3,58,440	40.55
	INC	P. C. Chacko	3,44,556	38.98	−11.35
	BJP	B Gopalakrishnan	92,848	10.50	+4.78
	AAP	K M Noordeen	35,189
	SDPI	Shafeer Muhammed	14,386
	NOTA	None of the above	10,552	1.19	−−−
Margin of victory			13,884	1.57	−7.47
Turnout			8,84,033	76.94
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)

Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: മുകുന്ദപുരം ലോക്‌സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) was a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala state in southern India. It was dissolved in 2008.

Assembly segments

Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following legislative assembly segments:^[19]

1. Chalakudy
2. Mala
3. Irinjalakuda
4. Kodungallur
5. Angamali
6. Vadakkekara
7. Perumbavoor

Members of Parliament

• 1957: Narayankutty Menon, Communist Party of India
• 1962: Panampilly Govinda Menon, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Panampilly Govinda Menon, Indian National Congress
• 1971: A. C. George, Indian National Congress
• 1977: A. C. George, Indian National Congress
• 1980: E. Balanandan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1984: K. Mohandas, Kerala Congress
• 1989: Savithri Lakshmanan, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Savithri Lakshmanan, Indian National Congress
• 1996: P. C. Chacko, Indian National Congress
• 1998: A. C. Jose, Indian National Congress
• 1999: K. Karunakaran, Indian National Congress
• 2004: Lonappan Nambadan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Notes

1. LDF supported candidate

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