Azhikode Assembly constituency

Azhikode അഴീക്കോട്
Indian electoral constituency
The Chaalil beach in Azhikode (State Assembly constituency).
Constituency details
Country	India
District	Kannur
Party	IUML

Azhikode State assembly constituency (Malayalam: അഴീക്കോട് 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.

Local self governed segments

Azhikode Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal corporation)	Taluk
1	Azhikode	Grama panchayat	Kannur
2	Chirakkal	Grama panchayat	Kannur
3	Narath	Grama panchayat	Kannur
4	Pappinisseri	Grama panchayat	Kannur
5	Valapattanam	Grama panchayat	Kannur
6	Parts of Kannur	Municipal corporation	Kannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Azhikode Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:

Key

  CPI(M)   CMP   IUML

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	Chadayan Govindan	CPI(M)	rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"|	1977–1980
1980	6th	P. Devootty		1980–1982
1982	7th			1982–1987
1987	8th	M. V. Raghavan	CMP	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Marxist Party/meta/color"|	1987–1991
1991	9th	E. P. Jayarajan	CPI(M)	rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"|	1991–1996
1996	10th	T. K. Balan		1996–2001
2001	11th			2001–2005
2005*		M. Prakashan Master		2005–2006
2006	12th			2006–2011
2011	13th	K. M. Shaji	IUML	rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color"|	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 1,72,757 registered voters in Azhikode Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Azhikode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. M. Shaji	63,082	44.58%	0.63
	CPI(M)	M. V. Nikesh Kumar	60,795	42.97%	1.83
	BJP	A. V. Kesavan	12,580	8.89%	2.70
	SDPI	K. K. Abdul Jabbar	1,705	1.20%	N/A
	Independent	P. K. Ragesh	1,518	1.07%	N/A
	WPOI	M. Joseph John	687	0.49%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	453	0.32%	N/A
	SUCI(C)	P. C. Vivek	235	0.17%	0.17
	Independent	Shaji K. M. Tholambra	196	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	K. M. Shaji, Mamba	160	0.11%	N/A
	Independent	Prasad V. P.	87	0.06%	N/A
Margin of victory			2,287	1.61%	1.20
Turnout			1,41,498	81.91%	0.53
	IUML hold		Swing	0.63

Niyama Sabha Election 2011

There were 1,47,782 registered voters in Azhikode Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Azhikode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. M. Shaji	55,077	45.21%
	CPI(M)	M. Prakashan Master	54,584	44.80%
	BJP	M. K. Saseendran Master	7,540	6.19%
	Independent	Noushad Punnakkal	2,935	2.41%
	Independent	Shaji K. M.	602	0.49%
	BSP	C. Balakrishnan	458	0.38%
	SUCI(C)	Paul T. Samuel	414	0.34%
	Independent	Prakashan Kuzhiparambil	222	0.18%
Margin of victory			493	0.41%
Turnout			1,21,832	82.44%
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Azhikode
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election