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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Payyanur
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 6
| map_image = Kottathalachi Mount.JPG
| map_caption = Kottathalachi Mount, [[Cherupuzha (Kannur)|Cherupuzha]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,83,223 (2021)
| mla = [[V. Kunhikrishnan]]
| party = [[Independent Politician]]
| alliance = '''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
}}
'''Payyanur 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 [[Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency]].
<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://kannur.nic.in/constituencies
|website = kannur.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[V. Kunhikrishnan]], an independent candidate contested for [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] party.

==Local self-governed segments==
Payyanur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District
|access-date = 7 March 2021
|archive-date = 23 April 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210423160037/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Payyanur]]
|Municipality
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|2
|[[Cherupuzha (Kannur)|Cherupuzha]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|3
|[[Eramam]]-[[Kuttur (Payyanur)|Kuttur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|4
|[[Kankole]]-[[Alapadamba]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|5
|[[Karivellur|Karivellur-Peralam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|6
|[[Peringome]]-[[Vayakkara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|-
|7
|[[Ramanthali]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Payyanur Taluk|Payyanur]]
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama
Sabha
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
!Tenure
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| rowspan="2" |[[A.V. Kunjambu]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=13|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |N. Subrammaniya Shenoy
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|[[M. V. Raghavan]]
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
| rowspan="2" |C. P. Narayanan
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Sreemathy|P. K. Sreemathi]]
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
| rowspan="2" |[[C. Krishnan (CPI-M)|C. Krishnan]]
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016-2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[T. I. Madusoodhanan]]
|2021 - 2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|[[V. Kunhikrishnan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|2026 – present
|}

== Election results ==

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Payyanur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=UDF|candidate=V. Kunhikrishnan|votes=76,640|percentage=49.14|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[T. I. Madhusoodanan]]|votes=69,153|percentage=44.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=A. P. Gangadharan|votes=8,432|percentage=5.41|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1193|percentage=0.76|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Sandeep V.K.|votes=552|percentage=0.35|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 7487
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===

There were 1,80,460 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Payyanur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate= [[T. I. Madhusoodanan]]|votes=93,695 |percentage=62.49| change={{increase}}4.47|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate= M Pradeep Kumar|votes=43,915|percentage=29.29| change={{decrease}}0.66|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv K K Sreedharan |votes=11,308|percentage=7.54| change={{decrease}}3.15|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=686|percentage=0.46| change={{decrease}}0.27|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Abhilash KV|votes=341|percentage=0.23|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=49,780|percentage=33.2|change={{increase}} 5.13}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,49,945| percentage=83.09|change={{increase}} 1.33}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase }}4.47}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,75,438 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 />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Payyanur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[C. Krishnan (CPI-M)|C. Krishnan]]|votes=83,226|percentage=58.02|change={{decrease}}1.73|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sajid Mavval|votes=42,963|percentage=29.95|change={{decrease}} 5.25|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Aniamma|votes=15,341|percentage=10.69|change={{increase}}6.85|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,042|percentage=0.73|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Vinod Kumar Ramanthali|votes=870|percentage=0.61|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=40,263|percentage=28.07|change={{increase}} 4.44}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,43,442|percentage=81.76|change={{increase}} 2.43}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}1.73}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,58,613 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>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Payyanur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[C. Krishnan (CPI-M)|C. Krishnan]]|votes=78,116|percentage=59.78|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. Brijesh Kumar|votes=45,992|percentage=35.20|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=C. K. Ramesan|votes=5,019|percentage=3.84|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Geetha|votes=625|percentage=0.48|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T. Padmanabhan|votes=636|percentage=0.41|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Kottayodi Vishwanathan|votes=378|percentage=0.29|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=32,124|percentage=23.98|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,24,854|percentage=79.33|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1952 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Payyanur]]<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>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[K. P. R. Gopalan|K. P. Gopalan]] |party=Communist Party of India |votes=32,360 |percentage=67.66 |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vivekananda Devappa Sernoy |party=Indian National Congress |votes=10,126 |percentage=21.17 |change=21.17 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. M. Kesavan |party=Socialist Party (India, 1948) |votes=4,095 |percentage=8.56 |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Uma Maheswaran |party=Independent politician |votes=1,245 |percentage=2.60 |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=22,234 |percentage=46.49 |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=47,826 |percentage=66.37 |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 72,055 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Communist Party of India |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

{{notelist}}

==See also==
* [[Payyanur]]
* [[Kannur district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]

Payyanur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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