Puthukkad Assembly constituency

Puthukkad
Puthukkad
Constituency No. 71 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Paliyekkara Toll Plaza in Chittissery
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	2011 - present
Total electors	1,95,265 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. K. Ramachandran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Puthukkad is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the [.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. K. Ramachandran of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	AlagappaNagar	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
2	Nenmanikkara	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
3	Parappukkara	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
4	Puthukkad	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
5	Trikkur	Grama panchayat	Mukundapuram
6	Mattathur	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy
7	Varandarappilly	Grama panchayat	Chalakudy
8	Vallachira	Grama panchayat	Thrissur

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
2011	13th	C. Raveendranath	CPI(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	C. Raveendranath		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. K. Ramachandran		Incumbent

There were 2,01,035 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Puthukkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Ramachandran	73,365	46.94	3.07
	INC	Sunil Anthikad	46,012	29.44	3.62
	BJP	A. Nagesh	34,893	22.33	0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	1,069	0.68	−
	CPI(M-L)	Rajesh Appat	489	0.31	0.16
	BSP	P. C. Pushpakaran	455	0.29	−
Margin of victory			27,353	17.50	6.75
Turnout			1,56,283	77.74	3.50
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.07

There were 1,95,265 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Puthukkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Raveendranath	79,464	50.07	2.77
	INC	Sundaran Kunnathully	40,986	25.82	7.86
	BJP	A. Nagesh	35,833	22.58	12.15
	NOTA	None of the above	779	0.49	−
	PDP	Asif Niyas	519	0.33	−
	Independent	C. V. Vijayan	431	0.27	−
	SS	Santhosh Polakulath	239	0.15	−
	CPI(M-L)	Jayan Konikkara	237	0.15	−
	Independent	Santhosh Iythadan	233	0,15	−
Margin of victory			38,478	24.25	5.29
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.77
Turnout			1,58,721	81.28	2.75

There were 1,76,055 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Puthukkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	C. Raveendranath	73,047	52.84
	INC	K. P. Vishwanathan	46,565	33.68
	BJP	Sobha Surendran	14,425	10.43
	Independent	P. J. Monsy	2,084	1.51
	BSP	P. C. Pushpakaran	1,013	0.73
	Independent	Paulson Kalloor	622	0.45
	Independent	K. V. Purushottaman	495	0.36
Margin of victory			26,482	19.16
	CPI(M) win (new seat)
Turnout			1,38,251	78.53