Kanhangad Assembly constituency
Appearance
Kanhangad കാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട് | |
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Indian electoral constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
District | Kasaragod |
Party | CPI |
Kanhangad State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട് 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [1]As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. Chandrasekharan of CPI.
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Kanhangad Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [2]
Key:
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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2011 | 13th | E. Chandrasekharan | CPI | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 2011 – 2016 |
2016 | 14th | Incumbent |
Election results
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | E. Chandrasekharan | 80,558 | 49.98 | 2.33 | |
INC | Dhanya Suresh | 54,547 | 33.84 | 5.11 | |
BDJS | M. P. Raghavan | 21,104 | 13.09 | − | |
BSP | Chandran Parappa | 965 | 0.60 | 0.31 | |
PDP | Assainar Muttumthala | 959 | 0.59 | 0.29 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 856 | 0.53 | − | |
Independent | Sajeevan R. | 663 | 0.41 | ||
Independent | Muhammed Ali V. V. | 420 | 0.26 | ||
Independent | Kookal Balakrishnan | 294 | 0.18 | − | |
API | Raghavan B. Poodamkallu | 272 | 0.17 | − | |
SHS | Balachandran Karimbil | 260 | 0.16 | − | |
Independent | K. U. Krishnakumar | 186 | 0.12 | ||
Independent | M. Damodaran | 105 | 0.07 | ||
Margin of victory | 26,011 | 16.14 | 7.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,61,189 | 78.66 | 0.16 | ||
CPI hold | Swing | 2.33 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | E. Chandrasekharan | 66,640 | 47.65 | − | |
INC | M. C. Jose | 54,462 | 38.95 | − | |
BJP | Madikai Kammaran | 15,543 | 11.11 | − | |
Independent | P. M. Joseph | 1,919 | 1.37 | − | |
BSP | Gopalan K. | 1,277 | 0.91 | − | |
Margin of victory | 12,178 | 8.70 | − | ||
Turnout | 1,39,841 | 78.50 | − | ||
CPI win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Kozhikode North". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.