Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency

Perinthalmanna
Constituency No. 38 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Perinthalmanna LAC Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Malappuram
Established	1957
Total electors	2,17,959 (2021) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Najeeb Kanthapuram
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Perinthalmanna 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Najeeb Kanthapuram of IUML.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Perinthalmanna	Municipality	Perinthalmanna
2	Melattur	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
3	Vettathur	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
4	Thazhekode	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
5	Aliparamba	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
6	Pulamanthole	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
7	Elamkulam	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna

Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[4]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. Govindan Nambiar		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	E. P. Gopalan			1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	Paloli Mohammed Kutty		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. K. S. Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Nalakath Soopy			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1984
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	V. Sasikumar		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Manjalamkuzhi Ali		Indian Union Muslim League	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Najeeb Kanthapuram			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,17,959 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Perinthalmanna ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Najeeb Kanthapuram	76,530	46.21%	0.68
	LDF	K. P. M. Musthafa	76,492	46.19%	0.31
	BJP	Suchitra Mattada	8,021	4.84%	0.93
	Independent	Adv. Abdul Afsal. P. T	906	0.55%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	867	0.52%	0.19
	Independent	Najeeb Kutteeri	828	0.50%	N/A
	Independent	Muhammad Musthafa. K. P	751	0.45%	N/A
	Independent	Musthafa. P. K	750	0.45%	N/A
	Independent	Musthafa S/O Muhammad	471	0.28%	N/A
Margin of victory			38	0.02%	0.37
Turnout			1,65,616 [5] [1]	75.98% [1]	1.68
	IUML hold		Swing	0.68

2016

There were 1,94,976 registered voters in Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Perinthalmanna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	70,990	46.89%	5.25
	CPI(M)	V. Sasikumar	70,411	46.50%	1.53
	BJP	Adv. M. K. Sunil	5,917	3.91%	2.42
	WPOI	Saleem Mampad	1,757	1.16%	N/A
	SDPI	Suniya Siraj	698	0.46%	0.34
	Independent	Palathingal Aboobacker	671	0.44%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	507	0.33%	N/A
	PDP	Sayyid Musthafa Pookoya Thangal	335	0.22%	N/A
	Independent	Anwar Shakeel Omar	125	0.08%	N/A
Margin of victory			579	0.39%	6.78
Turnout			1,51,411	77.66%	3.37
	IUML hold		Swing	5.25

2011

There were 1,65,042 registered voters in Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election. ^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Perinthalmanna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	69,730	52.14%
	CPI(M)	V. Sasikumar	60,141	44.97%
	BJP	C. K. Kunhimuhammed	1,989	1.49%
	SDPI	Saidalikkutty	1,067	0.80%
	Independent	Mohammed Ali	808	0.60%
Margin of victory			9,589	7.17%
Turnout			1,33,735	81.03%
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

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

External links

• Remaining Date for Perinthalmanna Municipality Election 2020

References

1. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
2. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala". malappuram.nic.in.
3. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
4. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Perinthalmanna". www.mapsofindia.com.
5. "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (38-PERINTHALMANNA)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.