Nilambur Assembly constituency

Nilambur
Constituency No. 35 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Teak Museum, Nilambur
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1965
Total electors	2,25,356 (2021) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant

Nilambur 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 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2] In the 2021 assembly elections, LDF candidate P.V. Anvar was elected MLA. He withdrew his support to LDF and resigned from his seat on January 13, 2025, causing a by-election to be held in this constituency in the middle of 2025 to elect its new MLA.

Local self governed segments

Nilambur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: ^[3]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Nilambur	Municipality	Nilambur
2	Vazhikadavu	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
3	Moothedam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
4	Edakkara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
5	Pothukal	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
6	Chungathara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
7	Karulayi	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
8	Amarambalam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur

Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Nilambur Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[4]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	K. Kunhali		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. P. Gangadharan		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Aryadan Muhammed			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	C. Haridas		Indian National Congress	1980
1980*		Aryadan Muhammed			1980 - 1982
1982	7th	T. K. Hamza		Left Democratic Front	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Aryadan Muhammed		Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	P. V. Anvar		Left Democratic Front	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				2021-2025

* Bypoll

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	P. V. Anvar	81,227	46.9
	INC	V. V. Prakash	78,527	45.34
	BJP	T. K. Ashokkumar	8,595	4.96
	SDPI	K. Babu Mani	3,281	1.89
	Independent	Sajadurahman.C.P	559	0.32
	ICSP	Anila Mathew	509	0.29
	NOTA	None of the above	507	0.29
Margin of victory			2,700	1.54
Turnout			173,205	76.6
	LDF hold		Swing

2016

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	P. V. Anvar	77,858	47.91%	−
	INC	Aryadan Shoukath	66,354	40.83%	7.81
	BDJS	Girish Mekkatt	12,284	7.56%	−
	SDPI	K. Babu Mani	4,751	2.92%	1.04
	NOTA	None of the above	1,256	0.77%	−
Margin of victory			11,504	7.08%	2.98
Turnout			162,503	78.83%	0.89
Registered electors			206,132
	LDF gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aryadan Muhammed	66,331	48.64%
	LDF	M. Thomas Mathew	60,733	44.54%
	BJP	K. C. Velayudhan	4,425	3.25%
	SDPI	C. G. Unni	2,566	1.88%
	BSP	Thariyan Kiliyan	1,291	0.95%
	Independent	Thomas Mathew	1,012	0.74%	−
Margin of victory			5,598	4.10%
Turnout			136,358	77.94%
Registered electors			174,945
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Nilambur
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
2. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
3. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
4. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Nilambur".

External links

• Remaining Date for Nilambur Municipality Election 2020