Vengara_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Vengara Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Vengara 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Kunhalikutty of IUML.
| Vengara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 41 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kooriyad field in Vengara | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Established | 2011 - present |
| Total electors | 1,85,356 (2021)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian Union Muslim League |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 2 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 3 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 4 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2017 | |||
| 2017* | K. N. A. Khader | 2017 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | Incumbent | ||
*indicates bypolls
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
There were 1,85,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 70,381 | 53.50% |  0.31 | |
| CPI(M) | P. Jiji | 39,785 | 30.24% |  3.94 | |
| Independent | Sabah Kundupuzhakkal | 11,255 | 8.56% | 8.56 | |
| BJP | Preman Master | 5,968 | 4.54% | 0.13 | |
| WPOI | E. K. Kunhahammed Kutty Master | 2,051 | 1.56% | 1.56 | |
| BSP | Keeran | 1,060 | 0.81% | 0.81 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 787 | 0.60% | 0.19 | |
| DSJP | Ananyakumari Alex | 135 | 0.10% | 0.10 | |
| Independent | Adil Abdurahman Thangal | 129 | 0.10% | 0.10 | |
| Margin of victory | 30,596 | 23.26% | 4.25 | ||
| Turnout | 1,31,551[5][1] | 70.97%[1] | 1.16 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 0.31 |
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Niyama Sabha By-election 2017
Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[6] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent by election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | K. N. A. Khader | 65,227 | 53.19% | 6.82% | |
| CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 41,917 | 34.18% | 5.81% | |
| SDPI | Adv. K. C. Naseer | 8,648 | 7.05% | 4.51% | |
| BJP | K. Janachandran Master | 5,728 | 4.67% | 1.20% | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 502 | 0.41% | 0.03% | |
| Independent | Adv. Hamza Karumannil | 442 | 0.36% | N/A | |
| Independent | Sreenivas | 159 | 0.13% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 23,310 | 19.01% | 12.63% | ||
| Turnout | 1,22,623 | 72.13% | 1.23 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 6.82% |
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Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 72,181 | 60.01% | 3.43 | |
| CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 34,124 | 28.37% | 3.35 | |
| BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 7,055 | 5.87% | 2.44 | |
| SDPI | Kallen Aboobacker Master | 3,049 | 2.54% | 2.17 | |
| WPOI | Surendran Karippuzha | 1,864 | 1.55% | - | |
| PDP | Subair Swabahi | 1,472 | 1.22% | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 531 | 0.44% | - | |
| Margin of victory | 38,057 | 31.64% | 6.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,20,276 | 70.90% | 1.93 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 3.43 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 63,138 | 63.44% | ||
| INL | K. P. Ismayil | 24,901 | 25.02% | ||
| SDPI | Abduil Majeed Faizi | 4,683 | 4.71% | ||
| BJP | Subrahmanian | 3,417 | 3.43% | ||
| Independent | K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) | 1,615 | 1.62% | ||
| Independent | Kunhalikutty K. P. | 1,079 | 1.08% | ||
| BSP | Safarudeen | 405 | 0.41% | ||
| Independent | Ismayil K. T. | 292 | 0.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,237 | 38.42% | |||
| Turnout | 99,530 | 68.97% | |||
| IUML win (new seat) | |||||
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (41-VENGARA)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.