Vallikunnu Assembly constituency

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Vallikunnu
Constituency No. 42 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Malappuram
Established2008
Total electors1,98,814 (2021) [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party IUML
Alliance   UDF
Elected year 2021

Vallikunnu 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 P. Abdul Hameed of IUML.

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Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Vallikunnu Grama panchayatTirurangadi
2 Peruvallur Grama panchayatTirurangadi
3 Tenhipalam Grama panchayatTirurangadi
4 Moonniyur Grama panchayatTirurangadi
5 Chelembra Grama panchayat Kondotty
6 Pallikkal Grama panchayat Kondotty
Vallikunnu Assembly constituency
Vallikunnu Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  IUML

ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure
2011 13th K. N. A. Khader IUML 2011 – 2016
2016 14th P. Abdul Hameed 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    2021

    There were 1,98,814 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. [1]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikkunnu [5]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    IUML P. Abdul Hameed 71,823 47.43% Increase2.svg3.99
    INL A. P. Abdul Wahab57,70738.11%Increase2.svg3.84
    BJP Peethambaran Palat19,85313.11%Decrease2.svg3.54
    NOTA None of the above1,1500.76%Increase2.svg0.21
    BSP Sasi Kizhakkan8810.58%Increase2.svg0.07
    Margin of victory14,1169.32%Increase2.svg0.15
    Turnout 1,51,414 [5] [1] 76.16% [1] Increase2.svg1.30
    IUML hold Swing Increase2.svg3.99

    2016

    There were 1,83,645 registered voters in Vallikunnu Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [6]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    IUML P. Abdul Hameed 59,72043.44%Decrease2.svg7.09
    INL Adv. O. K. Thangal47,11034.27%Decrease2.svg0.26
    BJP K. Janachandran Master22,88716.65%Increase2.svg6.85
    PDP Nissar Methar2,9752.16%Decrease2.svg0.19
    SDPI Haneefa Haji2,4991.82%Decrease2.svg0.45
    NOTA None of the above7520.55%
    BSP Praveen Kumar7050.51%Decrease2.svg0.01
    Margin of victory12,6109.17%Decrease2.svg6.83%
    Turnout 1,37,48474.86%Increase2.svg2.47%
    IUML hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.09%

    2011

    There were 1,56,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [7]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    IUML K. N. A. Khader57,25050.53%
    Independent K .V. Sankaranarayanan39,12834.53%
    BJP Preman11,0999.80%
    PDP Salam Mooonniyur2,6662.35%
    SDPI Abdul Latheef2,5712.27%
    BSP Neelakantan Chelari5900.52%
    Margin of victory18,12216.00%
    Turnout 1,13,30472.49%
    IUML win (new seat)

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "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: Vallikunnu".
    5. 1 2 "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (42-VALLIKUNNU)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
    6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
    7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.