Payyanur Assembly constituency

Payyanur
Constituency No. 6 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kottathalachi Mount, Cherupuzha
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,83,223 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent TI. Madhusoodanan
Party	CPI (M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Payyanur 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is T. I. Madusoodhanan of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Payyanur	Municipality	Payyanur
2	Cherupuzha	Grama panchayat	Payyanur
3	Eramam-Kuttur	Grama panchayat	Payyanur
4	Kankole-Alapadamba	Grama panchayat	Payyanur
5	Karivellur-Peralam	Grama panchayat	Payyanur
6	Peringome-Vayakkara	Grama panchayat	Payyanur
7	Ramanthali	Grama panchayat	Payyanur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	A.V. Kunjambu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	N. Subrammaniya Shenoy			1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. V. Raghavan			1982 – 1987
1987	8th	C. P. Narayanan			1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Pinarayi Vijayan			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	P. K. Sreemathi			2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. Krishnan			2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	T. I. Madusoodhanan			Incumbent

Election results

2021

There were 1,80,460 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Payyanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	T. I. Madhusoodanan	93,695	62.49	4.47
	INC	M Pradeep Kumar	43,915	29.29	0.66
	BJP	Adv K K Sreedharan	11,308	7.54	3.15
	NOTA	None of the above	686	0.46	0.27
	Independent	Abhilash KV	341	0.23
Margin of victory			49,780	33.2	5.13
Turnout			1,49,945	83.09	1.33
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.47

2016

There were 1,75,438 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Payyanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Krishnan	83,226	58.02	1.73
	INC	Sajid Mavval	42,963	29.95	5.25
	BJP	Aniamma	15,341	10.69	6.85
	NOTA	None of the above	1,042	0.73	−
	CPI(M)	Vinod Kumar Ramanthali	870	0.61	−
Margin of victory			40,263	28.07	4.44
Turnout			1,43,442	81.76	2.43
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.73

2011

There were 1,58,613 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Payyanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. Krishnan	78,116	59.78
	INC	K. Brijesh Kumar	45,992	35.20
	BJP	C. K. Ramesan	5,019	3.84
	BSP	Geetha	625	0.48
	Independent	T. Padmanabhan	636	0.41
	SS	Kottayodi Vishwanathan	378	0.29
Margin of victory			32,124	23.98
Turnout			1,24,854	79.33
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Payyanur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. P. Gopalan	32,360	67.66
	INC	Vivekananda Devappa Sernoy	10,126	21.17	21.17
	Socialist	C. M. Kesavan	4,095	8.56
	Independent	Uma Maheswaran	1,245	2.60
Margin of victory			22,234	46.49
Turnout			47,826	66.37
Registered electors			72,055
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• Payyanur
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur 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.