Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

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Kuthuparamba
Constituency No. 14 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kannur
Established1957
Total electors1,94,124 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Rashtriya Janata Dal
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Mohanan of RJD.

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Local self-governed segments

Seven out of the nine local bodies included by the 2008 delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam Assembly constituency before the delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality. [2]

Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [3]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kuthuparamba Municipality Thalassery
2 Panoor Municipality Thalassery
3 Kottayam-Malabar Grama panchayat Thalassery
4 Kunnothuparamba Grama panchayat Thalassery
5 Mokeri Grama panchayat Thalassery
6 Pattiom Grama panchayat Thalassery
7 Thrippangottur Grama panchayat Thalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
1957 1st P. R. Kurup Praja Socialist Party 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdK. K. Abu Samyukta Socialist Party 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Pinarayi Vijayan Communist Party of India 1970 – 1977
1977 5th1977 – 1980
1980 6th M. V. Raghavan 1980 – 1982
1982 7thP. V. Kunhikannan1982 – 1987
1987 8thK. P. Mamoo Master1987 – 1991
1991 9thPinarayi Vijayan1991 – 1996
1996 10th K. K. Shailaja 1996 – 2001
2001 11th P. Jayarajan 2001 – 2005
2005*2005 – 2006
2006 12th2006 – 2011
2011 13th K. P. Mohanan Socialist Janata 2011 – 2016
2016 14thK. K. Shailaja Communist Party of India 2016 - 2021
2021 15thK. P. Mohanan Loktantrik Janata Dal Incumbent

*by-election

    Election results

    2021

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    RJD K.P. Mohanan 70,626 45.36% Decrease2.svg 0.28
    IUML Pottankandi Abdulla61,08539.23%Increase2.svg 1.96
    BJP C. Sadanandan Master 21,21213.62%Decrease2.svg 3.06
    Independent Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal1,3600.87%
    Independent Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath5430.35
    Majority 9,5417.5−0.87
    Turnout 154,82679.76%0.33
    Registered electors 1,94,124
    LDF hold Swing

    2016

    There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) K. K. Shailaja67,01345.64
    JD(U) K. P. Mohanan54,72237.27
    BJP C. Sadanandan Master 20,78716.68Increase2.svg7.43
    SDPI Muhammad Shabeer K. C.1,6811.14
    Independent K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil1,0410.71
    NOTA None of the above5010.34
    Independent K. P. Mohanan Hridayam3550.24
    Independent K. Raghunathan2960.20
    Independent Shylaja Prashanth2650.18
    Independent Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath1630.11
    Margin of victory12,2918.37
    Turnout 1,46,82479.43Decrease2.svg0.36
    CPI(M) gain from SJ(D) Swing

    2011

    There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    SJ(D) K. P. Mohanan57,16444.68
    Independent S. A. Puthiya Valappil53,86142.10
    BJP O. K .Vasu11,8359.25
    Independent K. P. Mohanan1,9821.55
    Independent S. Poovalappil1,1990.94
    Independent K. P. Mohanan1,1300.88
    Independent Sulaim T. B.7580.59
    Margin of victory3,3032.58
    Turnout 1,27,92979.79
    SJ(D) gain from CPI(M) Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
    2. "Panoor Municipality Wards, 2015". Department of Local Self Governance, Government of Kerala.
    3. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
    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.