Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency explained

Kuthuparamba
Type:SLA
State:Kerala
Constituency No:14
Established:1957 - present
Reservation:None
Electors:1,94,124 (2021)
Mla:K. P Mohanan
Party:Loktantrik Janata Dal
Latest Election Year:2021
District:Kannur

Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P Mohanan of Loktantrik Janata Dal.

Local self-governed segments

7 out of the 9 local bodies included as a part of 2008 Delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam constituency before 2008 delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.[2]

Kuthuparamba Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1KuthuparambaMunicipalityThalassery
2PanoorMunicipalityThalassery
3Kottayam-MalabarGrama panchayatThalassery
4KunnothuparambaGrama panchayatThalassery
5MokeriGrama panchayatThalassery
6PattiomGrama panchayatThalassery
7ThrippangotturGrama panchayatThalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyamaSabhaNamePartyTenure
19571st P. R. Kurup1957 – 1960
19602nd1960 – 1965
19673rdK.K. Abu1967 – 1970
19704thPinarayi Vijayan1970 – 1977
19775th1977 – 1980
19806thM. V. Raghavan1980 – 1982
19827thP. V. Kunhikannan1982 – 1987
19878thK. P. Mamoo Master1987 – 1991
19919thPinarayi Vijayan1991 – 1996
199610thK. K. Shailaja1996 – 2001
200111thP. Jayarajan2001 – 2005
2005*2005 – 2006
200612th2006 – 2011
201113thK. P. Mohanan2011 – 2016
201614thK. K. Shailaja2016 - 2021
202115thK. P. MohananIncumbent
* indicates by-polls

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala. kannur.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Panoor Municipality Wards, 2015. Department of Local Self Governance, Government of Kerala.
  3. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District. www.ceo.kerala.gov.in .
  4. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
  5. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.