Kanhangad Assembly constituency

Kanhangad
Constituency No. 4 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
Established2011 - present
Total electors2,14,209 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Kanhangad 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.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. Chandrasekharan of CPI.

Kanhangad constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as Hosdurg constituency from 1957 to 2011.

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kanhangad Municipality Hosdurg
2 Ajanur Grama panchayat Hosdurg
3 Madikai Grama panchayat Hosdurg
4 Balal Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
5 Kallar Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
6 Kinanoor-Karindalam Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
7 Kodom-Bellur Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
8 Panathady Grama panchayat Vellarikundu

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Niyama
Sabha 		Name Party Tenure
1957 1st K. Chandrasekharan Praja Socialist Party 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd N. K. Balakrishnan Samyukta Socialist Party 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th K. T. Kumaran Communist Party of India 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th N. Manoharan Master Indian National Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9th M. Narayanan Communist Party of India 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th M. Kumaran 2001 – 2006
2006 12th Pallipram Balan 2006 – 2011

As Kanhangad

Election Niyama
Sabha 		Name Party Tenure
2011 13th E. Chandrasekharan Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI E CHANDRASHEKARAN 84,615 50.72
INC P V SURESH 57,476 34.45
BJP BALRAJ 21,570 12.93
SDPI ABDUL SAMAD.T 775 0.46
NOTA None of the Above 637 0.38
Majority 27,139
Turnout 1,66,835 76.24
Registered electors 2,18,836
CPI hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI E. Chandrasekharan 80,558 49.98 Increase2.33
INC Dhanya Suresh 54,547 33.84 Decrease 5.11
BDJS M. P. Raghavan 21,104 13.09 −
BSP Chandran Parappa 965 0.60 Increase0.31
PDP Assainar Muttumthala 959 0.59 Decrease 0.29
NOTA None of the above 856 0.53 −
Independent Sajeevan R. 663 0.41
Independent Muhammed Ali V. V. 420 0.26
Independent Kookal Balakrishnan 294 0.18 −
API Raghavan B. Poodamkallu 272 0.17 −
SS Balachandran Karimbil 260 0.16 −
Independent K. U. Krishnakumar 186 0.12
Independent M. Damodaran 105 0.07
Margin of victory 26,011 16.14 Increase 7.44
Turnout 1,61,189 78.66 Increase 0.16
CPI hold Swing Increase2.33

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI E. Chandrasekharan 66,640 47.65 −
INC M. C. Jose 54,462 38.95 −
BJP Madikai Kammaran 15,543 11.11 −
Independent P. M. Joseph 1,919 1.37 −
BSP Gopalan K. 1,277 0.91 −
Margin of victory 12,178 8.70 −
Turnout 1,39,841 78.50 −
CPI win (new seat)

Niyamasabha Election 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosdrug[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP Narayanan Nambiar 32,671 46.77%
INC Kunnikannan Nambiar 17,917 25.65% 25.65%
Socialist Padmanabha Nair 10,055 14.39%
Independent Hamid Hussain Sehammad 9,211 13.19%
Margin of victory 14,754 21.12%
Turnout 69,854 87.06%
Registered electors 80,235
KMPP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.