Kuthuparamba_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Kuthuparamba State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P Mohanan of Loktantrik Janata Dal.
| Kuthuparamba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 14 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 1,94,124 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Loktantrik Janata Dal |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
7 out of the 9 local bodies included as a part of 2008 Delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam constituency before 2008 delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.[2]
Kuthuparamba Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuthuparamba | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 2 | Panoor | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 3 | Kottayam-Malabar | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 4 | Kunnothuparamba | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 5 | Mokeri | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 6 | Pattiom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 7 | Thrippangottur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyamasabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | Ramunny Kurup | PSP | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K.K. Abu | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Pinarayi Vijayan | CPI(M) | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | N. V. Raghavan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | P. V. Kunhikannan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. P. Mamoo Master | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | K. K. Shailaja | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | P. Jayarajan | 2001 – 2005 | ||
| 2005* | 2005 – 2006 | ||||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | K. P. Mohanan | SJ(D) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Shailaja | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | K. P. Mohanan | LJD | Incumbent | |
* indicates by-polls
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LJD | K.P. Mohanan | 70,626 | 45.36% |  0.28 | |
| IUML | Pottankandi Abdulla | 61,085 | 39.23% |  1.96 | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan Master | 21,212 | 13.62% | 3.06 | |
| Independent | Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal | 1,360 | 0.87% | - | |
| Independent | Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath | 543 | 0.35 | - | |
| Majority | 9,541 | 7.5 | -0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 154,826 | 79.76% | 0.33 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,94,124 | ||||
| LDF hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Shailaja | 67,013 | 45.64 | - | |
| JD(U) | K. P. Mohanan | 54,722 | 37.27 | - | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan | 20,787 | 16.68 | 7.43 | |
| SDPI | Muhammad Shabeer K. C. | 1,681 | 1.14 | - | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil | 1,041 | 0.71 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 501 | 0.34 | - | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Hridayam | 355 | 0.24 | - | |
| Independent | K. Raghunathan | 296 | 0.20 | - | |
| Independent | Shylaja Prashanth | 265 | 0.18 | - | |
| Independent | Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath | 163 | 0.11 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 12,291 | 8.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,824 | 79.43 | 0.36 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from SJ(D) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ(D) | K. P. Mohanan | 57,164 | 44.68 | ||
| Independent | S. A. Puthiya Valappil | 53,861 | 42.10 | ||
| BJP | O. K .Vasu | 11,835 | 9.25 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,982 | 1.55 | ||
| Independent | S. Poovalappil | 1,199 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,130 | 0.88 | ||
| Independent | Sulaim T. B. | 758 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,303 | 2.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,929 | 79.79 | |||
| SJ(D) gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
- "Panoor Municipality Wards, 2015". Department of Local Self Governance, Government of Kerala.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.