Kongad Assembly constituency

Kongad
Kongad
Constituency No. 53 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	A school in Kongad Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Established	2008
Total electors	1,81,172 (2021)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Shantakumari
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF

Kongad 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] K. Shanthakumari of Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been the current MLA since the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Keralassery	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
2	Kongad	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
3	Mankara	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
4	Mannur	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
5	Parali	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
6	Kanjirappuzha	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
7	Karimba	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
8	Karakurissi	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
9	Tachampara	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
2011	13th	K. V. Vijayadas	CPI(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. V. Vijayadas		2016 – 2021
2021	15th	K. Shanthakumari		Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,81,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kongad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Santhakumari	67,881	49.01	3.66
	IUML	U. C. Raman	40,662	29.36	−
	BJP	M. Suresh Babu	27,661	17.75	2.22
	BSP	P. E. Guruvayoorappan	1,351	0.59	0.39
	NOTA	None of the above	953	0.69
Margin of victory			27,219	19.65	9.75
Turnout			1,38,508	76.45	0.69
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.66

2016

There were 1,73,779 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kongad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Vijayadas	60,790	45.35	1.28
	INC	Pandalam Sudhakaran	47,519	35.45	8.04
	BJP	Renu Suresh	23,800	17.75	10.29
	NOTA	None of the above	1,163	0.87
	BSP	Ramesh P. V. Kannampariyam	789	0.59	0.47
Margin of victory			13,271	9.90	6.76
Turnout			1,34,061	77.14	4.30
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.28

2011

There were 1,55,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kongad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Vijayadas	52,920	46.49
	INC	P. Swaminathan	49,355	43.49
	BJP	V. Devayani	8,467	7.46
	Independent	Vijayadasan	1,543	1.36	−
	BSP	K. Velayudhan	1,198	1.06
Margin of victory			3,565	3.14
Turnout			1,13,483	72.84
	CPI(M) win (new seat)