Kanhangad Assembly constituency

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Kanhangad
Constituency No. 4 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kanhangad Combined places 2018.png
Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram.
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kasaragod
Established2011 - present
Total electors2,14,209 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Kanhangad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly] [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. Chandrasekharan of CPI.

Contents

Kanhangad constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as Hosdurg constituency from 1957 to 2011.

Local self governed segments

Kanhangad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kanhangad Municipality Hosdurg
2 Ajanur Grama panchayat Hosdurg
3 Madikai Grama panchayat Hosdurg
4 Balal Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
5KallarGrama panchayat Vellarikundu
6 Kinanoor-Karindalam Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
7 Kodom-Bellur Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
8 Panathady Grama panchayat Vellarikundu

Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
1957 1st K. Chandrasekharan Praja Socialist Party 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdN. K. Balakrishnan Samyukta Socialist Party 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5th K. T. Kumaran Communist Party of India 1977 – 1980
1980 6th1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8thN. Manoharan Master Indian National Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9th M. Narayanan Communist Party of India 1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11th M. Kumaran 2001 – 2006
2006 12th Pallipram Balan 2006 – 2011

As Kanhangad

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
2011 13th E. Chandrasekharan Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

    Election results

    Niyamasabha Election 2021

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI E CHANDRASHEKARAN 84,61550.72
    INC P V SURESH 57,47634.45
    BJP BALRAJ 21,57012.93
    SDPI ABDUL SAMAD.T 7750.46
    NOTA None of the Above 6370.38
    Majority27,139
    Turnout 1,66,83576.24
    Registered electors 2,18,836
    CPI hold Swing

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Kanhangad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI E. Chandrasekharan80,55849.98Increase2.svg2.33
    INC Dhanya Suresh54,54733.84Decrease2.svg 5.11
    BDJS M. P. Raghavan21,10413.09−
    BSP Chandran Parappa9650.60Increase2.svg0.31
    PDP Assainar Muttumthala9590.59Decrease2.svg 0.29
    NOTA None of the above8560.53−
    Independent Sajeevan R.6630.41
    Independent Muhammed Ali V. V.4200.26
    Independent Kookal Balakrishnan2940.18−
    API Raghavan B. Poodamkallu2720.17−
    SHS Balachandran Karimbil2600.16−
    Independent K. U. Krishnakumar1860.12
    Independent M. Damodaran1050.07
    Margin of victory26,01116.14Increase2.svg 7.44
    Turnout 1,61,18978.66Increase2.svg 0.16
    CPI hold Swing Increase2.svg2.33

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Kanhangad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI E. Chandrasekharan66,64047.65−
    INC M. C. Jose54,46238.95−
    BJP Madikai Kammaran15,54311.11−
    Independent P. M. Joseph1,9191.37−
    BSP Gopalan K.1,2770.91−
    Margin of victory12,1788.70−
    Turnout 1,39,84178.50−
    CPI win (new seat)

    Niyamasabha Election 1952

    1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election  : Hosdrug [5]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    KMPP Narayanan Nambiar 32,671 46.77%
    INC Kunnikannan Nambiar17,91725.65%25.65%
    Socialist Padmanabha Nair10,05514.39%
    Independent Hamid Hussain Sehammad9,21113.19%
    Margin of victory14,75421.12%
    Turnout 69,85487.06%
    Registered electors 80,235
    KMPP win (new seat)

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    References

    1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
    2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
    3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
    5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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