| Vengara | |
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| Constituency No. 41 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kooriyad field in Vengara
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Established | 2011 - present |
| Total electors | 1,85,356 (2021)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian Union Muslim League |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Vengara 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. KunhalikuttyofIUML.
Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 2 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 3 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 4 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2017 | |||
| 2017* | K. N. A. Khader | 2017 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | Incumbent | ||
*indicates bypolls
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,85,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 70,381 | 53.50% |  0.31
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| CPI(M) | P. Jiji | 39,785 | 30.24% |  3.94
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| Independent | Sabah Kundupuzhakkal | 11,255 | 8.56% | 8.56
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| BJP | Preman Master | 5,968 | 4.54% | 0.13
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| WPOI | E. K. Kunhahammed Kutty Master | 2,051 | 1.56% | 1.56
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| BSP | Keeran | 1,060 | 0.81% | 0.81
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| NOTA | None of the above | 787 | 0.60% | 0.19
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| DSJP | Ananyakumari Alex | 135 | 0.10% | 0.10
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| Independent | Adil Abdurahman Thangal | 129 | 0.10% | 0.10
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| Margin of victory | 30,596 | 23.26% | 4.25
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| Turnout | 1,31,551[5][1] | 70.97%[1] | 1.16
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| IUML hold | Swing | 0.31
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Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[6] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent by election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | K. N. A. Khader | 65,227 | 53.19% | 6.82%
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| CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 41,917 | 34.18% | 5.81%
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| SDPI | Adv. K. C. Naseer | 8,648 | 7.05% | 4.51%
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| BJP | K. Janachandran Master | 5,728 | 4.67% | 1.20%
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| NOTA | None of the above | 502 | 0.41% | 0.03%
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| Independent | Adv. Hamza Karumannil | 442 | 0.36% | N/A | |
| Independent | Sreenivas | 159 | 0.13% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 23,310 | 19.01% | 12.63%
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| Turnout | 1,22,623 | 72.13% | 1.23
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| IUML hold | Swing | 6.82%
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There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 72,181 | 60.01% | 3.43
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| CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 34,124 | 28.37% | 3.35
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| BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 7,055 | 5.87% | 2.44
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| SDPI | Kallen Aboobacker Master | 3,049 | 2.54% | 2.17
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| WPOI | Surendran Karippuzha | 1,864 | 1.55% | − | |
| PDP | Subair Swabahi | 1,472 | 1.22% | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 531 | 0.44% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 38,057 | 31.64% | 6.78
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| Turnout | 1,20,276 | 70.90% | 1.93
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| IUML hold | Swing | 3.43
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There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 63,138 | 63.44% | ||
| INL | K. P. Ismayil | 24,901 | 25.02% | ||
| SDPI | Abduil Majeed Faizi | 4,683 | 4.71% | ||
| BJP | Subrahmanian | 3,417 | 3.43% | ||
| Independent | K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) | 1,615 | 1.62% | ||
| Independent | Kunhalikutty K. P. | 1,079 | 1.08% | ||
| BSP | Safarudeen | 405 | 0.41% | ||
| Independent | Ismayil K. T. | 292 | 0.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,237 | 38.42% | |||
| Turnout | 99,530 | 68.97% | |||
| IUML win (new seat) | |||||
