Peringalam Assembly constituency explained

Peringalam
Established:	1965 - 2011 (now defunct)
Reservation:	None
Electors:	1,48,842 (2006)
District:	Kannur
Type:	SLA
State:	Kerala

Peringalam 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. P. Mohanan of JD(S).

After the delimitation in 2008, Kariyad, Kunnothuparamba, Mokeri, Panoor, Pattiom, Peringalam, and Thrippangottur Gram Panchayats became a part of the Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency), whereas Chokli and Panniyannur was added to the Thalassery (State Assembly constituency).^[2]

Local self governed segments

Peringalam 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	Kariyad	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
2	Kunnothuparamba	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
3	Mokeri	Grama Panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
4	Panoor	Grama panchayat (Now municipality)	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
5	Pattiom	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
6	Peringalam	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
7	Thrippangottur	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Kuthuparamba constituency
8	Chokli	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Thalassery constituency
9	Panniyannur	Grama panchayat	Thalassery	Thalassery constituency

Election history

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	111366 (74.8%)	K. P. Mohanan		57840	51.94%	Abdul Khader		38604	34.66%	A. Ashokan		9381	8.42%	19236	17.27%^[3]
2001	111728 (77.3%)	K. P. Mohanan		52657	47.14%	K. K. Muhammad		45679	40.89%	K. Satyaprakasan Master		9702	8.69%	6978	6.25%^[4]
1996	108621 (71.1%)	P. R. Kurup		51921	50.02%	K. M. Soopy		37841	36.45%	Panniannur Chandran		10306	9.93%	14080	13.57%^[5]
1991	103745 (73.4%)	K. M. Soopy		49183	48.81%	P. R. Kurup		47534	47.17%	O. K. Vasu Master		2186	2.17%	1649	1.64%^[6]
1987	91676 (79.4%)	P. R. Kurup		41694	45.77%	E. T. Mohammed Basheer		41338	45.38%	Gopalan Parambath		7658	8.41%	356	0.39%^[7]
1985*	91676 (79.4%)	E. T. Mohammed Basheer		42410		P. K. Muhammad		30668		C. K. Sreenivasan		4865		11742	^[8]
1982	68444 (72.7%)	N. A. Mammoo Haji		38825	57.25%	K. Janardhanan		19973	29.45%	Gopalan Parambath		7914	11.67%	18852	27.80%^[9]
1980	71349 (76.9%)	A. K. Saseendran		33863	68.32%	K. C. Marar		32159	45.26%	Pattiom Sathyan		840	1.18%	1704	23.06%^[10]
1977	66790 (78.3%)	P. R. Kurup		33916	51.49%	B. K. Achuthan		31958	48.51%	Only two candidates contested				1958	2.98%^[11]
Major delimitation of constituency
1970	60685 (76.3%)	K. M. Soopy		34003	57.09%	V. Ashokan		25559	42.91%	Only two candidates contested				8444	14.18%^[12]
1967	53360 (78.2%)	P. R. Kurup		38701	74.81%	N. M. Nambiar		13034	25.19%	Only two candidates contested				25667	49.62%^[13]
1965	55341 (80.8%)	P. R. Kurup		34580	63.59%	N. Madhusoodhanan Nambiar		19797	36.41%	Only two candidates contested				14783	27.18%^[14]

• Bypoll

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2006

There were 1,48,842 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

Niyama Sabha Election 2001

There were 1,44,564 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

See also

• Peringalam
• Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

External links

• Web site: Statistical reports of assembly elections . 8 July 2010 . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 5 October 2010 .

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Constituencies (1976-2008). eci.gov.in .
2. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District. www.ceo.kerala.gov.in .
3. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2006 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
4. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 2001 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
5. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1996 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
6. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1991 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
7. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1987 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
8. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha byelection 1985 . ceo.kerala.gov.in . 5 March 2021.
9. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1982 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
10. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1980 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
11. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1977 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
12. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1970 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
13. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1967 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.
14. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha election 1965 . eci.gov.in . 11 January 2021.