| Kuthuparamba | |
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| Constituency No. 14 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 1,94,124 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Loktantrik Janata Dal |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 MohananofLoktantrik Janata Dal.
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. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuthuparamba | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 2 | Panoor | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 3 | Kottayam-Malabar | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 4 | Kunnothuparamba | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 5 | Mokeri | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 6 | Pattiom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 7 | Thrippangottur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | Ramunny Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K.K. Abu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Pinarayi Vijayan | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | N. V. Raghavan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | P. V. Kunhikannan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. P. Mamoo Master | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | K. K. Shailaja | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | P. Jayarajan | 2001 – 2005 | ||
| 2005* | 2005 – 2006 | ||||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | K. P. Mohanan | Socialist Janata | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Shailaja | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | K. P. Mohanan | Loktantrik Janata Dal | Incumbent | |
* indicates by-polls
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LJD | K.P. Mohanan | 70,626 | 45.36% |  0.28
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| IUML | Pottankandi Abdulla | 61,085 | 39.23% |  1.96
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| BJP | C. Sadanandan Master | 21,212 | 13.62% | 3.06
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| Independent | Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal | 1,360 | 0.87% | - | |
| Independent | Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath | 543 | 0.35 | - | |
| Majority | 9,541 | 7.5 | -0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 154,826 | 79.76% | 0.33 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,94,124 | ||||
| LDF hold | Swing | ||||
There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Shailaja | 67,013 | 45.64 | - | |
| JD(U) | K. P. Mohanan | 54,722 | 37.27 | - | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan | 20,787 | 16.68 | 7.43
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| SDPI | Muhammad Shabeer K. C. | 1,681 | 1.14 | - | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil | 1,041 | 0.71 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 501 | 0.34 | - | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Hridayam | 355 | 0.24 | - | |
| Independent | K. Raghunathan | 296 | 0.20 | - | |
| Independent | Shylaja Prashanth | 265 | 0.18 | - | |
| Independent | Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath | 163 | 0.11 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 12,291 | 8.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,824 | 79.43 | 0.36
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| CPI(M) gain from SJ(D) | Swing | ||||
There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ(D) | K. P. Mohanan | 57,164 | 44.68 | ||
| Independent | S. A. Puthiya Valappil | 53,861 | 42.10 | ||
| BJP | O. K .Vasu | 11,835 | 9.25 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,982 | 1.55 | ||
| Independent | S. Poovalappil | 1,199 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,130 | 0.88 | ||
| Independent | Sulaim T. B. | 758 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,303 | 2.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,929 | 79.79 | |||
| SJ(D) gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
