Nadapuram Assembly constituency

Nadapuram
Constituency No. 22 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Nadapuram Junction in Nadapuram Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1951
Total electors	2,16,141 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. K. Vijayan
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Nadapuram 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 E. K. Vijayan of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Chekkiad	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
2	Edacheri	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
3	Kavilumpara	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
4	Kayakkodi	Grama Panchayat	Vatakara
5	Maruthonkara	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
6	Nadapuram	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
7	Narippatta	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
8	Thuneri	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
9	Valayam	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
10	Vanimal	Grama panchayat	Vatakara

Members of the 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	C. H. Kanaran		Communist Party of India	1957–1960
1960	2nd	Hameed Ali Shemnad		Indian Union Muslim League	1960–1965
1967	3rd	E. V. Kumaran		Communist Party of India	1967–1970
1970	4th	Kumaran Madathil		Communist Party of India	1970–1977
1977	5th	Kandalottu Kunhambu			1977–1980
1980	6th	K. T. Kanaran			1980–1982
1982	7th				1982–1987
1987	8th	Sathyan Mokeri			1987–1991
1991	9th				1991–1996
1996	10th				1996–2001
2001	11th	Binoy Viswam			2001–2006
2006	12th				2006–2011
2011	13th	E. K. Vijayan			2011–2016
2016	14th				2016–2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

2021

There were 201,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	83,293	47.46	2.00
	INC	Praveenkumar	79,258	45.16	2.00
	BJP	M. P. Rajan	10,537	6.00	2.80
	SDPI	K. K. Nasar Master	1,676	0.95	0.39
	NOTA	None of the above	316	0.18	−0.09
	Independent	T.praveen Kumar	258	0.15	–
	Independent	Sreedharan K K	165	0.10	–
Margin of victory			4,035	2.12	0.60
Turnout			162,950	80.5	0.27

2016

There were 2,01,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	74,742	45.87	3.35
	INC	Praveenkumar	69,983	42.95	1.12
	BJP	M. P. Rajan	14,493	8.90	4.76
	SDPI	C. K. Abdul Rahim	2,183	1.34	0.07
	NOTA	None of the above	446	0.27	–
	BSP	K. K. Vasu	377	0.23	–
	Independent	E. K. Vijayan Komath	220	0.14	–
	Independent	Praveenkumar Thayyullathil	163	0.10	–
	Independent	Aluva Aneesh	151	0.09	–
Margin of victory			4,759	2.92	3.35
Turnout			1,62,929	80.77	1.50
	CPI hold		Swing	3.35

2011

There were 1,77,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	72,078	49.22
	INC	V. M .Chandran	64,532	44.07
	BJP	Prakash Babu	6,058	4.14
	SDPI	Ismail Kammana	1,865	1.27	–
	Independent	Chandran	745	0.51
	Independent	C. K. Vijayan	708	0.48
	Independent	K. P. Vijayan	444	0.30
Margin of victory			7,546	5.15
Turnout			1,46,430	82.27
	CPI hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. K. Sankara Varma Raja	18,173	40.86%	40.86%
	CPI	K. Thacharakandy	16,572	37.26%
	Socialist	Sreedhara Arangil	9,736	21.89%
Margin of victory			1,601	3.60%
Turnout			44,481	70.96%
Registered electors			62,684
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Nadapuram
• 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.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
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.