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
Lok Sabha constituency	Palakkad
Established	2008
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. A Thulasi
Party	INC
Elected year	2026

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.A Thulasi of INC has been the current MLA since the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.

Local self-governed segments

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

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 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	19.97	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

See also

• Kongad
• Palakkad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References