Vengara Assembly constituency
| Vengara വേങ്ങര | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
.png) Kooriyad field in Vengara | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Malappuram |
| Party | IUML |
Vengara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: വേങ്ങര നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. A. Khader of IUML.
Local self governed segments
Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 2 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 3 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 4 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color"| | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2017 | |||
| 2017* | K. N. A. Khader | Incumbent | |||
*indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyama Sabha Bye-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.[4] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent byelection.
| 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%
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| 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. [5]
| 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
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| 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.[6]
| 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) | |||||
See also
- Vengara
- Malappuram district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vengara".
- ^ "Vengara Niyamasabha Re-election Results 2017, Election commission of India".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.