Kanhangad Assembly constituency
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| Kanhangad | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 4 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 2011 - present |
| Total electors | 2,14,209 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kanhangad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly] [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. Chandrasekharan of CPI.
Kanhangad constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as Hosdurg constituency from 1957 to 2011.
Local self governed segments
[edit]Kanhangad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanhangad | Municipality | Hosdurg |
| 2 | Ajanur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 3 | Madikai | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 4 | Balal | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 5 | Kallar | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 6 | Kinanoor-Karindalam | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 7 | Kodom-Bellur | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 8 | Panathady | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Chandrasekharan | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | N. K. Balakrishnan | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | K. T. Kumaran | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | N. Manoharan Master | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | M. Narayanan | Communist Party of India | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | M. Kumaran | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | Pallipram Balan | 2006 – 2011 | ||
As Kanhangad
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | E. Chandrasekharan | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit]Niyamasabha Election 2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | E CHANDRASHEKARAN | 84,615 | 50.72 | ||
| INC | P V SURESH | 57,476 | 34.45 | ||
| BJP | BALRAJ | 21,570 | 12.93 | ||
| SDPI | ABDUL SAMAD.T | 775 | 0.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 637 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 27,139 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,66,835 | 76.24 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,18,836 | ||||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
[edit]There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
Niyamasabha Election 1952
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | Narayanan Nambiar | 32,671 | 46.77% | ||
| INC | Kunnikannan Nambiar | 17,917 | 25.65% | 25.65% | |
| Socialist | Padmanabha Nair | 10,055 | 14.39% | ||
| Independent | Hamid Hussain Sehammad | 9,211 | 13.19% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,754 | 21.12% | |||
| Turnout | 69,854 | 87.06% | |||
| Registered electors | 80,235 | ||||
| KMPP win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.