Ponnani Assembly constituency
| Ponnani പൊന്നാനി | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 Pallapram bridge at Ponnani | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Malappuram |
| Party | CPI(M) |
Ponnani State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പൊന്നാനി നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Sreeramakrishnan of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Ponnani Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ponnani | Municipality | Ponnani |
| 2 | Marancheri | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 3 | Alamkode | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 4 | Nannamukku | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 5 | Perumbadappu | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 6 | Veliyankode | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Ponnani Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies::[3]
Key
CPI(M) INC IUML Independent CPI
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Kunhambu | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1957 – 1960 |
| Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | |||
| 1960 | 2nd | Cherukoya Thangal | IUML | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color" | | 1960 – 1965 |
| K. Kunhambu | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | V. P. C Thangal | IUML | style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Haji M. V. Hydros | Independent | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | M. P. Gangadharan | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | K. Sreedharan | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | M. P. Gangadharan | INC | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | P. T. Mohana Krishnan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | E. K. Imbichi Bava | CPI(M) | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | M. P. Gangadharan | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | CPI (M) | rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 69,332 | 48.91% |  1.36
| |
| INC | P. T. Ajay Mohan | 53,692 | 37.87% |  6.30
| |
| BJP | K. K. Surendran | 11,662 | 8.23% | 3.54
| |
| WPOI | M. M. Shakkir | 2,048 | 1.44% | - | |
| PDP | M. Moidunni Haji | 1,857 | 1.31% | - | |
| SDPI | Abdul Fathah | 1,659 | 1.17% | 1.51
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 604 | 0.43% | - | |
| Independent | Sindhukumari P. S. | 386 | 0.27% | - | |
| Margin of victory | 15,640 | 11.04% | 7.66
| ||
| Turnout | 1,41,763 | 74.31% | 2.04
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.36
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,58,680 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 57,615 | 47.55% | ||
| INC | P. T. Ajay Mohan | 53,514 | 44.17% | ||
| BJP | V. T. Jayaprakash | 5,680 | 4.69% | ||
| SDPI | Yahiya Koya Thangal | 3,250 | 2.68% | ||
| Independent | Ajayan | 1,099 | 0.91% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,101 | 3.38% | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,158 | 76.35% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Ponnani
- 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". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Ponnani".
- ^ "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.