Kasaragod Assembly constituency explained

Kasargod
State:	Kerala
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	2
Established:	1957 - present
Reservation:	None
Electors:	2,01,812 (2021)
Mla:	N. A. Nellikkunnu
Party:	IUML
Latest Election Year:	2021
District:	Kasaragod

Kasaragod 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 N. A. Nellikkunnu of IUML.

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kasaragod	Municipality	Kasaragod
2	Badiyadka	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
3	Bellur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
4	Chengala	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
5	Karadka	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
6	Kumbadaje	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
7	Madhur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
8	Mogral Puthur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	M. S. Mogral	^[3]
1957	Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady^[4]
1960	M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar^[5]
1965	E. Abdul Khader	^[6]
1967	U. P. Kunikullaya^[7]
1970	B. M. Abdurahman^[8]
1977	T. A. Ibrahim	^[9]
1980	C. T. Ahamedali^[10]
1982	C. T. Ahamedali^[11]
1987	C. T. Ahamedali^[12]
1991	C. T. Ahamedali^[13]
1996	C. T. Ahamedali^[14]
2001	C. T. Ahamedali^[15]
2006	C. T. Ahamedali^[16]
2011	N. A. Nellikkunnu^[17]
2016	N. A. Nellikkunnu^[18]
2021	N. A. Nellikkunnu

Election Results

2021 Niyamasabha Election

There were 2,01,812 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election^[19]

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,88,906 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,289 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Rest of the elections

Election	Votes polled	Winner				Runner-up 1				Runner-up 2				Margin of victory
Year		Name	Party	Votes		Name	Party	Votes		Name	Party	Votes		Votes	Percent
2006	100179 (65.19%)	C. T. Ahamedali		38774	38.70%	V. Ravindran		28432	28.38%	N. A. Nellikkunnu		27790	27.74%	10342	10.32%^[20]
2001	109438 (68.90%)	C. T. Ahamedali		51890	47.41%	P. K. Krishnadas		33895	30.97%	A. G. Nair		21948	20.06%	17995	16.44%^[21]
1996	91629 (67.38%)	C. T. Ahamedali		33932	37.03%	K. Madhava Herala		30149	32.90%	N. A. Nellikkunnu		24254	26.47%	3783	4.13%^[22]
1991	85436 (66.61%)	C. T. Ahamedali		39143	45.82%	Sri Krishna Bhat		24269	28.41%	T. V. Gangadharan		21190	24.80%	14874	17.41%^[23]
1987	86600 (81.19%)	C. T. Ahamedali		41407	47.81%	Sri Krishna Bhat		27350	31.58%	M. Ramanna Rai		17049	19.69%	14057	16.23%^[24]
1982	59692 (74.40%)	C. T. Ahamedali		25676	43.01%	N. Narayana Bhat		17657	29.58%	B. M. Abdurahman		15643	26.21%	8019	13.43%^[25]
1980	51401 (64.11%)	C. T. Ahamedali		30793	59.91%	Gorvacis Areeckal		14113	27.46%	Kayyar Kinhanna Rai		5742	11.17%	16680	32.45%^[26]
1977	53964 (79.04%)	T. A. Ibrahim		29402	54.48%	B. M. Abdurahman		22619	41.91%	M. A. Abdulla Mallath		1201	2.23%	6783	12.57%^[27]
Major delimitation of constituency
1970	59911 (80.02%)	B. M. Abdurahman		27113	45.26%	K. P. Ballakuraya		18736	31.27%	N. Ramanna Rai		14062	23.47%	8377	13.99%^[28]
1967	45904 (78.21%)	U. P. Kunikullaya		20635	44.95%	H. A. Schemnad		20540	44.75%	V. K. S. Nair		4729	10.30%	95	0.20%^[29]
1965	46262 (75.89%)	E. Abdul Khader		21923	47.39%	K. A. Shetty		19784	42.77%	B. V. Kunhambu		2335	5.05%	2139	4.62%^[30]
Major delimitation of constituency
1960	48809 (79.24%)	M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar		19399	39.74%	Anantharama Chetty		15747	32.26%	Ambu Nair		13663	27.99%	3652	7.48%^[31]
1957	26865 (41.56%)	Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady		10290	38.30%	Narayanan Nambiar		10096	37.58%	Ganspathy Kamath N.		6479	24.12%	194	0.72%^[32]
Madras State

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala. kasargod.gov.in.
2. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District.
3. Web site: Madras State election 1952 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
4. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1957 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
5. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1960 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
6. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1965 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
7. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1967 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
8. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1970 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
9. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1977 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
10. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1980 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
11. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1982 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
12. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1987 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
13. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1991 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
14. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1996 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
15. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2001 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
16. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2006 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
17. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2011 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
18. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2016 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
19. Web site: ceo.kerala.gov.in.
20. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2006 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
21. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2001 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
22. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1996 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
23. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1991 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
24. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1987 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
25. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1982 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
26. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1980 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
27. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1977 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
28. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1970 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
29. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1967 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
30. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1965 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
31. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1960 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.
32. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1957 . eci.gov.in . 14 March 2020.