Ponnani Assembly constituency

This article is about the Assembly constituency in Kerala. For other uses, see Ponnani (disambiguation).

Ponnani
Constituency No. 48 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Ponnani Lighthouse
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,05,291 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Nandakumar
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Ponnani State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] Ponnani Assembly constituency is located right in the middle of the Kerala coast. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Nandakumar of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Ponnani	Municipality	Ponnani
2	Marancheri	Grama panchayat	Ponnani
3	Alamkode	Grama panchayat	Ponnani
4	Nannamukku	Grama panchayat	Ponnani
5	Perumbadappu	Grama panchayat	Ponnani
6	Veliyankode	Grama panchayat	Ponnani

Ponnani Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Ponnani Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Kunhambu		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
		Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil		Communist Party of India
1960	2nd	V. P. C Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1960 – 1965
		K. Kunhambu		Indian National Congress
1967	3rd	V. P. C Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Haji M. V. Hydros		Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. P. Gangadharan		Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. Sreedharan		Communist Party of India	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. P. Gangadharan		Indian National Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	P. T. Mohana Krishnan			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	E. K. Imbichi Bava		Communist Party of India	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Paloli Mohammed Kutty			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. P. Gangadharan		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Paloli Mohammed Kutty		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	P. Sreeramakrishnan			2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th	P. Nandakumar			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,05,291 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ponnani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Nandakumar	74,668	51.35	2.44
	INC	A.M Rohith	57,625	39.63	1.76
	BDJS	Subramannian Chunkappallii	7,419	5.10	−
	SDPI	Anvar Pazhanji	3,065	2.11	0.94
	WPOI	Ganesh Vaderi	1,863	1.28	0.16
	NOTA	None of the above	467	0.32	0.11
	Independent	Roshith M.P	168	0.12	−
	Independent	K.Sadanandan	147	0.1	−
Margin of victory			17,043	11.72	0.68
Turnout			1,45,422	70.83	3.48
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.44

2016

There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ponnani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Sreeramakrishnan	69,332	48.91	1.36
	INC	P. T. Ajay Mohan	53,692	37.87	6.30
	BJP	K. K. Surendran	11,662	8.23	3.54
	WPOI	M. M. Shakkir	2,048	1.44	−
	PDP	M. Moidunni Haji	1,857	1.31	−
	SDPI	Abdul Fathah	1,659	1.17	1.51
	NOTA	None of the above	604	0.43	−
	Independent	Sindhukumari P. S.	386	0.27	−
Margin of victory			15,640	11.04	7.66
Turnout			1,41,763	74.31	2.04
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.36

2011

There were 1,58,680 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ponnani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Sreeramakrishnan	57,615	47.55
	INC	P. T. Ajay Mohan	53,514	44.17
	BJP	V. T. Jayaprakash	5,680	4.69
	SDPI	Yahiya Koya Thangal	3,250	2.68
	Independent	Ajayan	1,099	0.91
Margin of victory			4,101	3.38
Turnout			1,21,158	76.35
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ponnani ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Gopala Menon	32,619	21.05	21.05
	CPI	E. T. Kunhan	28,665	18.50
	INC	K. C. Sankaran	25,519	16.47	16.47
	KMPP	A. C. Raman	20,599	13.29
		T. Mustafa	19,457	12.56
	Socialist	K. P. Koppan	11,924	7.70
	Socialist	Mohamad	9,668	6.24
	Independent	C. Uani	6,494	4.19
Margin of victory			3,954	2.55
Turnout			1,54,945	93.12
Registered electors			1,66,384
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Ponnani".
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
7. "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.