Kannur (State Assembly constituency)

Kannur
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
South Bazar, the central commercial area of Kannur city.
Constituency details
District	Kannur
Established	1965 - present
Total electors	1,73,961 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Kadannappalli Ramachandran
Party	Cong(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Kannur 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Cong(S).

History[]

For the first election conducted to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, the Kannur city had two Assembly Constituencies - Cannanore-I and Cannanore - II. Following the 1965 delimitation, Cannanore - I Constituency was renamed as Kannur while Cannanore - II was replaced by newly formed Edakkad constituency.

In the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, a major portion of the erstwhile Kannur Assembly Constituency was replaced in Azhikode constituency. Edakkad constituency became defunct in 2011. A major portion of the erstwhile Edakkad constituency is now a part of the Kannur constituency. Currently, the Kannur Municipal Corporation has two assembly constituencies - Kannur and Azhikode.

Local Self Governed Segments[]

Kannur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Kannur (40 wards out of the 55 wards) Wards List Wards 14 - 53	Municipal corporation	Kannur
2	Munderi	Grama panchayat	Kannur

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI    INC     IUML     Cong(S)     BLD     JP     Independent  

As Cannanore I[]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1rd	Kannan Chaliyoth	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2rd	R. Shankar	INC		1960 – 1965

As Kannur[]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	E. Ahamed	IUML		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	N. K. Kumaram	Ind.		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. Bhaskaran	BLD		1977 – 1980
1980	6th		JNP		1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Ind.		1982 – 1987
1987	8th		INC		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	N. Ramakrishnan			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. Sudhakaran			1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2009
2009*	12th	A. P. Abdullakutty			2009 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	Cong(S)		2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Election results[]

Niyamasabha Election 2021[]

There were 1,73,961 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cong(S)	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	60,313	44.98	1.82
	INC	Satheeshan Pacheni	58,568	43.68	1.57
	BJP	Archana Vandichal	11,581	8.64	1.83
	SDPI	B Shamsudheen Moulavi	2,069	1.54	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	504	0.38	0.48
	Independent	Satheesan P	147	0.11	-
	Independent	Ramachandran P V	107	0.08	-
	Independent	N K Surendran	84	0.06	-
Margin of victory			1,745	1.3
Turnout			1,34,089	74.87	2.51
	Cong(S) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016[]

There were 1,63,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cong(S)	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	54,347	43.06	0.15
	INC	Satheeshan Pacheni	53,151	42.11	6.78
	BJP	K. G. Babu	13,215	10.47	6.44
	SDPI	Sufira K. P.	2,551	2.02	0.22
	WPOI	N. P. Sathar	755	0.60	-
	NOTA	None of the above	517	0.41	-
	Independent	K. Sudhakaran	223	0.18	0.79
	Independent	Satheesan Pazhayadath	97	0.08	-
	Independent	Satheesan Edathil Veedu	79	0.06	-
	Independent	Ramachndran Thayale Purayil	77	0.06	-
	Independent	Ramachandran Potheravalappil	73	0.06	-
Margin of victory			1,196	0.95
Turnout			1,26,219	77.34	1.48
	Cong(S) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011[]

There were 1,43,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. P. Abdullakutty	55,427	48.89
	Independent	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	48,894	43.21
	BJP	U. T. Jayandan	4,568	4.03
	SDPI	P. C. Noushad	2,538	2.24
	Independent	M. P. Abdullakutty	1,100	0.97
	Independent	K. Sudhakaran	517	0.46
	Independent	S. Noorudeen	226	0.20
Margin of victory			6,443	5.68
Turnout			1,13,360	78.82
	INC hold		Swing

See also[]

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

References[]