Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency
| 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 |
| Total electors | 1,94,124 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara 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 and ensuring their representation in politics.[1][2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Mohanan of RJD.
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Seven out of the nine local bodies included by the 2008 delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam Assembly constituency before the delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.[3]
Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[4]
| 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 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K. K. Abu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Pinarayi Vijayan | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | M. 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 | Socialist Janata | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Shailaja | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | K. P. Mohanan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Incumbent | |
*by-election
Election results
[edit | edit source]2021
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | 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 | ||||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Shailaja | 67,013 | 45.64 | − | |
| JD(U) | K. P. Mohanan | 54,722 | 37.27 | − | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan Master | 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 | ||||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| 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 | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Kuthuparamba
- Peringalam Assembly constituency
- Kannur district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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