Vadakara Assembly constituency
| Vadakara വടകര | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 The Vadakara Sand Banks in the Vadakara (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Party | JD(S) |
Vadakara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: വടകര 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.[1]As of the 2016 assembly election, the current MLA is C. K .Nanu of JD(S).
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | Kelu Mandoti Kuniyil | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | M. Krishnan | SSP | style="background-color: Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/color" | | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | PSP | style="background-color: Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | SP | style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party/meta/color" | | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | K. Chandrasekharan | BLD | style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/color" | | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | JNP | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Janata Party/meta/color" | | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | JND | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | C. K. Nanu | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | JD(S) | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" | | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | M. K Premnath | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | C. K. Nanu | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2018 | |||
Election results
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,58,907 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | C. K. Nanu | 49,211 | 37.98 |  3.07
| |
| JD(U) | Manayath Chandran | 39,700 | 30.64 | − | |
| Independent | K. K Rema | 20,504 | 15.82 | − | |
| BJP | M. Rajeshkumar | 13,937 | 10.76 |  4.71
| |
| SDPI | P. Abdul Hameed | 2,673 | 2.06 | 0.99
| |
| Independent | Madaparambath Chandran | 1,648 | 1.27 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 506 | 0.39 | − | |
| Independent | K. K. Rema Kuniyil | 352 | 0.27 | − | |
| CPI(M) | Stalin P. P. | 284 | 0.22 | − | |
| Independent | T. K. Nanu | 279 | 0.22 | − | |
| Independent | Mathath Chandran | 240 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | T. P. Rama Vadakke Eroth | 238 | 0.18 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 9.511 | 7.34 | 6.60
| ||
| Turnout | 1,29,572 | 81.54 | 0.82
| ||
| JD(S) hold | Swing | 3.07
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,41,564 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | C. K. Nanu | 46,912 | 41.05 | ||
| SJ(D) | M. K. Premnath | 46,065 | 40.31 | ||
| Independent | N. Venu | 10,098 | 8.84 | ||
| BJP | M. P. Rajan | 6,909 | 6.05 | ||
| SDPI | Saalim Azhiyur | 3,488 | 3.05 | ||
| Independent | V. K. Premnathan | 795 | 0.70 | ||
| Margin of victory | 847 | 0.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,14,267 | 80.72 | |||
| JD(S) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Vatakara
- Kozhikode district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "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.