Chelakkara Assembly constituency

Chelakkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly election, the MLA is K. Radhakrishnan of Communist Party of India (Marxist); however, Radhakrishnan resigned after winning Alathur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 general election.^[2]

Chelakkara
Constituency No. 61 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
A hill at Thiruvilwamala in Chelakkara Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Established	1965
Total electors	1,98,086 (2021)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent U. R. Pradeep
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF

Local self-governed segments

Local Bodies in Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)

Chelakkara Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Chelakkara	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Desamangalam	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Kondazhy	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Mullurkara	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Panjal	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Pazhayannur	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Thiruvilwamala	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Vallathol Nagar	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly
Varavoor	Grama panchayat	Thalapilly

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party
1967	3rd	P. Kunhan		Indian National Congress
1970	4th	K. K. Balakrishnan
1977	5th
1980	6th			Indian National Congress
1982	7th	C. K. Chakrapani		Communist Party of India
1987	8th	M. A. Kuttappan		Indian National Congress
1991	9th	M. P. Thami
1996	10th	K. Radhakrishnan		Communist Party of India
2001	11th
2006	12th
2011	13th
2016	14th	U. R. Pradeep
2021	15th	K. Radhakrishnan
2024 ^		U. R. Pradeep

^by-election

Election results

2024 by-election

There were 2,13,103 eligible voters in the 2024 Chelakkara Assembly constituency by-election.^[4]

2024 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-election: Chelakkara^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	U. R. Pradeep	64,827	41.44	9.97
	INC	Ramya Haridas	52,626	33.64	4.93
	BJP	K. Balakrishnan	33,609	21.49	5.81
	Independent	N. K. Sudheer	3,920	2.50	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,034	0.66	0.19
Majority			12,201	7.79	17.91
Turnout			1,56,426	73.40	4.00
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.97

2021

There were 1,98,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[8]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chelakkara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Radhakrishnan	83,415	54.41%	9.60
	INC	C. C. Sreekumar	44,015	28.71%	9.36
	BJP	Shajumon Vattekkad	24,045	15.68%	0.09
	SDPI	Chandran Thiyyath	1,120	0.73%	0.01
	NOTA	None of the above	720	0.47%	−
Margin of victory			39,400	25.70%
Turnout			1,53,315	77.40%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.60

2016

There were 1,90,919 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[9]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chelakkara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	U. R. Pradeep	67,771	44.81%	10.61
	INC	Thulasi	57,571	38.07%	1.21
	BJP	Shajumon P. P.	23,845	15.77%	10.46
	SDPI	A. Subramanian	1,116	0.74%	0.93
	NOTA	None of the above	922	0.61%	−
Margin of victory			10,200	6.74%
Turnout			1,51,225	79.21%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	10.61

2011

There were 1,73,746 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[10]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chelakkara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Radhakrishnan	73,683	55.42%
	INC	K. B. Sasikumar	49,007	36.86%
	BJP	V. A. Krishnakmaran	7,056	5.31%
	SDPI	A. Subramanian	2,224	1.67%
	BSP	Suresh Babu	972	0.73%
Margin of victory			24,676	18.56%
Turnout			1,32,942	76.52%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Chelakkara
• Thrissur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly