| Meppayur | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Kerala |
| Established: | 1965 - 2011 (now defunct) |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 1,61,852 (2006) |
| District: | Kozhikode |
Meppayur State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation.[1] The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was K. K. Lathika of CPI(M).
After the delimitation in 2008, Kunnummal, Kuttiady, Purameri, Ayancheri, Thiruvallur, Maniyur, and Velom Gram Panchayats became a part of the newly formed Kuttiady (State Assembly constituency), whereas Cheruvannur and Meppayur was added to the Perambra (State Assembly constituency).[2]
Meppayur Niyamasabha constituency was composed of the following local self governed segments:[1] [2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk | Now part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunnummal | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 2 | Kuttiady | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 3 | Purameri | Grama Panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 4 | Ayancheri | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 5 | Thiruvallur | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 6 | Maniyur | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 7 | Velom | Grama panchayat | Vatakara | Kuttiady constituency | |
| 8 | Cheruvannur | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy | Perambra constituency | |
| 9 | Meppayur | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy | Perambra constituency |
| 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 | |||||
| Constituency defunct as a result of delimitation (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 133702 (82.6%) | K. K. Lathika | 70369 | 52.63% | T. T. Ismail | 54482 | 40.75% | T. T. Prabhakaran Master | 5370 | 4.02% | 15887 | 11.89%[3] | ||||
| 2001 | 130884 (82.8%) | Mathai Chacko | 63709 | 48.97% | P. Ammed Master | 58953 | 45.31% | M. M. Radhakrishnan Master | 5156 | 3.96% | 4756 | 3.66%[4] | ||||
| 1996 | 123247 (78.6%) | A. Kanaran | 65932 | 53.94% | P. V. Muhammad Areekode | 49388 | 40.40% | M. Mohanan | 5832 | 4.77% | 16544 | 13.54%[5] | ||||
| 1991 | 117174 (80.2%) | A. Kanaran | 58362 | 50.61% | Kadameri Balakrishnan | 49038 | 42.53% | K. P. Achuthan | 4176 | 3.62% | 9324 | 8.08%[6] | ||||
| 1987 | 97788 (85.0%) | A. Kanaran | 48337 | 49.68% | A. V. Abdurahman Haji | 44663 | 45.90% | P. K. Sreedharan | 3595 | 3.69% | 3674 | 3.78%[7] | ||||
| 1982 | 80576 (78.8%) | A. V. Abdurahman Haji | 42022 | 52.62% | A. C. Abdulla | 34835 | 43.62% | Chulliyil Narayanan | 2386 | 2.99% | 7187 | 9.00%[8] | ||||
| 1980 | 81651 (81.0%) | A. V. Abdurahman Haji | 43851 | 54.01% | P. K. K. Bava | 36044 | 44.39% | I. T. Narayanan | 1301 | 1.60% | 7807 | 9.62%[9] | ||||
| 1977 | 77430 (85.8%) | Panarath Kunhimuhammad | 40642 | 53.87% | A. V. Abdurahman Haji | 34808 | 46.13% | Only two candidates contested | 5834 | 7.74%[10] | ||||||
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 63675 (85.4%) | A. V. Abdurahman | 30759 | 48.99% | M. K. Kelu | 28408 | 45.25% | C. H. Kunhikrishnakurup | 3618 | 5.76% | 2351 | 3.74%[11] | ||||
| 1967 | 50992 (79.6%) | M. K. Kelu | 33365 | 68.09% | C. K. Kurup | 15639 | 31.91% | Only two candidates contested | 17726 | 36.18%[12] | ||||||
| 1965 | 54445 (84.4%) | M. K. Kelu | 23998 | 45.04% | K. Gopalan | 15555 | 29.19% | M. Hakkimji Saheb | 13727 | 25.76% | 8443 | 15.85%[13] | ||||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
There were 1,61,852 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
There were 1,58,091 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]