Kunnamangalam Assembly constituency

Kunnamangalam
Constituency No. 30 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) located in Kunnamangalam Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1957
Total electors	2,31,284 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. T. A. Rahim
Party	CPIM Independent
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Kunnamangalam State assembly constituency 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. T. A Rahim of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Chathamangalam	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
2	Kunnamangalam	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
3	Mavoor	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
4	Olavanna	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
5	Perumanna	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
6	Peruvayal	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	Leela Damodaran Menon		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	V. Kuttikrishnan Nair		Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. V. S. M. Pookoya Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. P. Raman		Muslim League	1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	C. P. Balan Vaidyar		Communist Party of India	1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	U. C. Raman		Indian Union Muslim League	2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th	P. T. A. Rahim		Left Democratic Front	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,31,284 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. ^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPIM Independent	P. T. A Rahim	85,138	43.93	1.01%
	INC	Dinesh Perumanna	74,862	38.62	1.91%
	BJP	V. K. Sajeevan	27,672	14.28	3.85%
	SDPI	Abdul Vahid	1,299	0.67	0.02
	WPOI	E.P Anwar Sadath	1,057	1.56%
	Independent	Dineshan Pakkath	1,021	0.53	−
	NOTA	None of the above	864	0.45	0.19%
	Independent	Abdul Raheem	738	0.38	−
	Independent	Babu K.G	724	0.37	−
	Independent	Dineshan Mundakkal	225	0.12	−
	Independent	Abdul Raheem	222	0.11	−
Margin of victory			10,276	5.30%	0.91%
Turnout			1,93,822	83.80	2.05%
	CPIM Independent (politician) hold		Swing	1.01%

2016

There were 2,10,071 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. T. A. Rahim	77,410	42.92	1.16
	INC	T. Siddique	66,205	36.71	−
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	32,702	18.13	6.73
	SDPI	Latheef Anora	1,252	0.69	0.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,148	0.64	−
	Independent	K. P. Raheem Melechettukuzhiyil	726	0.40	−
	BSP	P. P. Rajan	304	0.17	0.01
	Independent	P. Sidheeq Panniyookkil	212	0.12	−
	Independent	T. P. Sidheeque Thalappoyil	206	0.11	−
	Independent	Aboobacker Sidhique	176	0.10	−
Margin of victory			11,205	6.21	4.03
Turnout			1,80,341	85.85	1.52
	Independent hold		Swing	1.16

2011

There were 1,78,089 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. T. A. Rahim	66,169	44.06
	IUML	U. C. Raman	62,900	41.88
	BJP	C. K . Padmanabhan	17,123	11.40
	SDPI	C. Muhammed	1,178	0.78
	Independent	Raman C. K.	701	0.47	−
	Independent	K .K. Kunhiraman	427	0.28	−
	Independent	E. P. Abdul Raheem	421	0.28
	Independent	Raman P. C.	404	0.27	−
	Independent	Abdul Raheem M. T.	325	0.22	−
	SS	M. P. Baburaj	303	0.20	−
	BSP	O. P. Sundaran	236	0.16	−
Margin of victory			3,269	2.18
Turnout			1,50,187	84.33
	Independent hold		Swing

See also

• Kunnamangalam
• Kozhikode district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.