Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)
| Kanhangad | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram. | |
| Constituency details | |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 2011 - present |
| Total electors | 2,14,209 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | E. Chandrasekharan |
| 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 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [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[]
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[]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Kanhangad Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]
Key:
CPI PSP SSP INC
As Hosdurg
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Chandrasekharan | PSP | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | N. K. Balakrishnan | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | K. T. Kumaran | CPI | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | N. Manoharan Master | INC | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | M. Narayanan | CPI | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | M. Kumaran | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | Pallipram Balan | 2006 – 2011 | ||
As Kanhangad
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | E. Chandrasekharan | CPI | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
Election results[]
Niyamasabha Election 2021[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016[]
There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| 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[]
There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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) | |||||
References[]
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
- ^ "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.
- Assembly constituencies of Kerala
- State assembly constituencies in Kasaragod district