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.
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 |
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 | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | K. V. Vijayadas | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. Shanthakumari | Incumbent | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,81,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[4]
| 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
|
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There were 1,73,779 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| 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
|
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There were 1,55,799 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| 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) | |||||
