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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Nadapuram<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala <br />
| constituency_no = 22<br />
| map_image = File:Nadapuram Town New Pic.png<br />
| map_caption = Nadapuram Junction in Nadapuram Assembly constituency<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,16,141 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[K. M. Abhijith]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| district = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Nadapuram State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 6 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 8 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908212832/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is K.M Abhijith of [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
<br />
== Local self-governed segments==<br />
Nadapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District<br />
|access-date = 6 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 8 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908212832/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!width="20px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="50px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Chekkiad]]<br />
|rowspan=10| Grama panchayat<br />
|rowspan=10| [[Vatakara]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Edacheri]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Kavilumpara]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Kayakkodi]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Maruthonkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Nadapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Narippatta]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Thuneri]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Valayam]]<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Vanimal]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
| [[C. H. Kanaran]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1957–1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
| Hameed Ali Shemnad<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
|1960–1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
|E. V. Kumaran<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|1967–1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[Kumaran Madathil]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=12|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1970–1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
|[[Kandalottu Kunhambu]]<br />
|1977–1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[K. T. Kanaran]]<br />
|1980–1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|1982–1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Sathyan Mokeri]]<br />
|1987–1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
|1991–1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|10th<br />
|1996–2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Binoy Viswam]]<br />
|2001–2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
|2006–2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[E. K. Vijayan]]<br />
|2011–2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
| 2016–2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|[[Incumbent]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
<br />
=== LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS ===<br />
<br />
==== <big>2025</big> ====<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|SEGMENT<br />
|LDF<br />
|NDA<br />
|UDF<br />
|IND<br />
|SDPI<br />
|WPI<br />
|<br />
|LEADING ALLIANCE<br />
lMAJORITY VOTE<br />
|-<br />
|CHEKKIAD<br />
|4907<br />
|399<br />
|10154<br />
|183<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|15643<br />
|UDF<br />
|-5247<br />
|EDACHERI<br />
|9973<br />
|1463<br />
|7766<br />
|161<br />
|125<br />
|0<br />
|19488<br />
|LDF<br />
|-2207<br />
|KAVILUMPARA<br />
|7150<br />
|999<br />
|7503<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|15652<br />
|UDF<br />
|-353<br />
|KAYAKKODI<br />
|8153<br />
|1357<br />
|7717<br />
|0<br />
|61<br />
|0<br />
|17288<br />
|LDF<br />
|-436<br />
|MARUTHONKARA<br />
|7143<br />
|806<br />
|5361<br />
|734<br />
|335<br />
|285<br />
|14664<br />
|LDF<br />
|-1782<br />
|NADAPURAM<br />
|10365<br />
|1766<br />
|16020<br />
|0<br />
|161<br />
|0<br />
|28312<br />
|UDF<br />
|-5655<br />
|NARIPATTA<br />
|9047<br />
|2242<br />
|6306<br />
|478<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|18073<br />
|LDF<br />
|-2741<br />
|THUNERI<br />
|7213<br />
|901<br />
|9113<br />
|14<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|17241<br />
|UDF<br />
|-1900<br />
|VALAYAM<br />
|6881<br />
|1585<br />
|4603<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|13069<br />
|LDF<br />
|-2278<br />
|VANIMAL <br />
|7228<br />
|943<br />
|8235<br />
|0<br />
|425<br />
|0<br />
|16831<br />
|UDF<br />
|-1007<br />
|TOTAL<br />
|78060<br />
|12461<br />
|82778<br />
|1570<br />
|1107<br />
|285<br />
|176261<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|%<br />
|44.28659772<br />
|7.069629697<br />
|46.96331009<br />
|0.8907245505<br />
|0.6280459092<br />
|0.1616920362<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ===<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Nadapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = P. Vasantham<br />
|votes = 76163<br />
|percentage = 40.36<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = K. M. Abhijith<br />
|votes = 99763<br />
|percentage = 52.87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = BJP<br />
|candidate = C. P. Vipin Chandran<br />
|votes = 11506<br />
|percentage = 6.1<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 272<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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==== <big>2021</big> ====<br />
There were 201,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Nadapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=E. K. Vijayan|votes=83,293|percentage=47.46|change={{increase}}2.00|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Praveenkumar|votes=79,258|percentage=45.16|change={{increase}}2.00|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. P. Rajan|votes=10,537|percentage=6.00|change={{decrease}}2.80}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=K. K. Nasar Master|votes=1,676|percentage=0.95|change={{decrease}}0.39}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=316|percentage=0.18|change=−0.09}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T.praveen Kumar|votes=258|percentage=0.15|change=–}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sreedharan K K|votes=165|percentage=0.10|change=–}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,035|percentage=2.12|change={{decrease}}0.60}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=162,950|percentage=80.5|change={{decrease}}0.27}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,01,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Nadapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=E. K. Vijayan|votes=74,742|percentage=45.87|change={{decrease}}3.35|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Praveenkumar|votes=69,983|percentage=42.95|change={{decrease}}1.12|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. P. Rajan|votes=14,493|percentage=8.90|change={{increase}}4.76}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=C. K. Abdul Rahim|votes=2,183|percentage=1.34|change={{increase}}0.07}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=446|percentage=0.27|change=–}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. K. Vasu|votes=377|percentage=0.23|change=–}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=E. K. Vijayan Komath|votes=220|percentage=0.14|change=–}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Praveenkumar Thayyullathil|votes=163|percentage=0.10|change=–}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aluva Aneesh|votes=151|percentage=0.09|change=–}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,759|percentage=2.92|change={{decrease}}3.35}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,62,929|percentage=80.77|change={{decrease}}1.50}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}3.35}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,77,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Nadapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=E. K. Vijayan|votes=72,078|percentage=49.22|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. M. Chandran|votes=64,532|percentage=44.07|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. P. Prakash Babu|votes=6,058|percentage=4.14|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Ismail Kammana|votes=1,865|percentage=1.27|change=–}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Chandran|votes=745|percentage=0.51|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=C. K. Vijayan|votes=708|percentage=0.48|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. P. Vijayan|votes=444|percentage=0.30|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,546|percentage=5.15|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,46,430|percentage=82.27|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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===1952=== <br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Nadapuram]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}</ref>}} <br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=E. K. Sankara Varma Raja |party=Indian National Congress |votes=18,173 |percentage=40.86% |change=40.86% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Thacharakandy |party=Communist Party of India |votes=16,572 |percentage=37.26% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sreedhara Arangil |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=9,736 |percentage=21.89% |change= }}<br />
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{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,601 |percentage=3.60% |change= }} <br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=44,481 |percentage=70.96% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 62,684 |change = }} <br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Nadapuram]]<br />
* [[Kozhikode district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]</div>
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