Kozhikode North Assembly constituency

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Kozhikode North
Constituency No. 27 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
File:Calicut medical college view from inside.jpg
Government Medical College, Kozhikode is located in Kozhikode North Assembly constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKozhikode
Established2008
Total electors1,80,909 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Kozhikode North 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency. It is a Thiyyar dominated constituency. Electoral history indicates that the constituency has predominantly elected Thiyyar candidates, reflecting its Thiyyar majority demographic, with political parties often fielding candidates from the community in consideration of electoral dynamics.[1][2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Thottathil Ravindran of CPI(M).

Kozhikode North Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Calicut-I from 1957 to 2008.

Local self-governed segments

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Kozhikode North Assembly constituency is composed of the following wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation:[3]

Ward no. Name Ward no. Name
6 Kunduparamba 7 Karuvissery
8 Malaparamba 9 Thadambattuthazham
10 Vengery 11 Maalikadavu
12 Paropady 13 Civil Station
14 Chevarambalam 15 Vellimadukunnu
(Silver Hills)
16 Moozhikkal 17 Chelavoor
18 Mayanad 19 Medical College South
20 Medical College 21 Chevayur
24 Kudilthode 25 Kottooli
26 Parayanchery 62 Moonnalingal
63 Thiruthiyad 64 Eranhipalam
65 Nadakkavu 66 Vellayil
67 Thoppayil 68 Chakkorathkulam
69 Karaparamba 70 East Hill
71 Athanikkal 72 West Hill
73 Edakkad 74 Puthiyangadi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Calicut-I

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Election Niyama
Sabha 		Member Party Tenure
1957 1st O. T. Sharada Krishnan Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd P. C. R. Nair Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4th P. V. Sankaranarayanan Indian National Congress 1970 – 1977
1977 5th K. Chandrasekhara Kurup Communist Party of India 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th M. Dasan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th A. Sujanapal Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th M. Dasan Communist Party of India 1996 – 2001
2001 11th A. Sujanapal Indian National Congress 2001 – 2006
2006 12th A. Pradeepkumar Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011

Kozhikode North

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Election Niyama
Sabha 		Member Party Tenure
2011 13th A. Pradeepkumar Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 – 2021
2021 15th Thottathil Ravindran Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

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There were 1,80,909 registered voters in Kozhikode North Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kozhikode North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Thottathil Ravindran 59,124 42.98% Decrease5.42
INC K. M. Abhijith 46,196 33.58% Increase6.19
BJP M. T Ramesh 30,952 22.5% Decrease0.02
NOTA None of the above 516 0.38% Decrease0.2
Independent N. Abhijith 328 0.34% −
SUCI(C) K. Rahim 152 0.11% Decrease 0.05
Independent A Ramesh 104 0.08% −
Independent V. P Ramesh 96 0.07% −
Independent Urandiyil Raveendran 90 0.07% −
Margin of victory 12,928 9.39% Decrease 11.62
Turnout 1,37,562 76.03% Decrease 2.09
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease 5.42

2016

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There were 1,69,752 registered voters in Kozhikode North Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kozhikode North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) A. Pradeepkumar 64,192 48.40% Decrease 0.72
INC P. M. Suresh Babu 36,319 27.39% Decrease 13.91
BJP K. P. Sreesan 29,860 22.52% Increase 14.01
NOTA None of the above 770 0.58% −
BSP K. P. Velayudhan 457 0.34% Increase 0.14
SDPI Abdul Vahid 351 0.26% −
SUCI(C) S. Jennifer 208 0.16% Increase 0.04
Independent E. Pradeep Kumar Peedikathodi 187 0.14% −
Independent T. Suresh Babu Kamaladhalam 151 0.11% −
Independent Abdu Samad 122 0.09% −
Margin of victory 27,873 21.01% Increase 13.27
Turnout 1,32,617 78.12% Increase 0.81
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease 0.72

2011

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There were 1,50,4325 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kozhikode North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) A. Pradeepkumar 57,123 49.12% −
INC P. V. Gangadharan 48,125 41.38% −
BJP P. Reghunathan 9,894 8.51%
Independent Pradeep Kumar 420 0.36% −
Independent Gangadharan 367 0.32% −
BSP Looka Joseph 229 0.20% −
SUCI(C) P. M. Sreekumar 142 0.16%
Margin of victory 8,998 7.74%
Turnout 1,16,300 77.31%
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

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