Vallikunnu Assembly constituency

Vallikunnu
Constituency No. 42 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	2008
Total electors	1,98,814 (2021) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Abdul Hameed
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.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Vallikunnu	Grama panchayat	Tirurangadi
2	Peruvallur	Grama panchayat	Tirurangadi
3	Tenhipalam	Grama panchayat	Tirurangadi
4	Moonniyur	Grama panchayat	Tirurangadi
5	Chelembra	Grama panchayat	Kondotty
6	Pallikkal	Grama panchayat	Kondotty

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. Abdul Hameed	71,823	47.43%	3.99
	INL	A. P. Abdul Wahab	57,707	38.11%	3.84
	BJP	Peethambaran Palat	19,853	13.11%	3.54
	NOTA	None of the above	1,150	0.76%	0.21
	BSP	Sasi Kizhakkan	881	0.58%	0.07
Margin of victory			14,116	9.32%	0.15
Turnout			1,51,414 [5] [1]	76.16% [1]	1.30
	IUML hold		Swing	3.99

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. Abdul Hameed	59,720	43.44%	7.09
	INL	Adv. O. K. Thangal	47,110	34.27%	0.26
	BJP	K. Janachandran Master	22,887	16.65%	6.85
	PDP	Nissar Methar	2,975	2.16%	0.19
	SDPI	Haneefa Haji	2,499	1.82%	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	752	0.55%	−
	BSP	Praveen Kumar	705	0.51%	0.01
Margin of victory			12,610	9.17%	6.83%
Turnout			1,37,484	74.86%	2.47%
	IUML hold		Swing	7.09%

2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. N. A. Khader	57,250	50.53%
	Independent	K .V. Sankaranarayanan	39,128	34.53%
	BJP	Preman	11,099	9.80%
	PDP	Salam Mooonniyur	2,666	2.35%
	SDPI	Abdul Latheef	2,571	2.27%
	BSP	Neelakantan Chelari	590	0.52%
Margin of victory			18,122	16.00%
Turnout			1,13,304	72.49%
	IUML win (new seat)

See also

• Vallikunnu
• 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: Vallikunnu".
5. "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.