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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Peravoor<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 16<br />
| map_image = Iritty HeliView.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Iritty]] municipal town in Peravoor Assembly constituency<br />
| established = 1977<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,77,249 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]<br />
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| district = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Peravoor 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 [[Kannur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://kannur.nic.in/constituencies<br />
|website = kannur.nic.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
After The 2008 Delimitation,[[Kelakam, India|Kelakam]] And [[Kottiyoor]] was added from [[Mananthavady Assembly constituency|North Wynad.]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manoj |first=E. M. |date=2021-03-06 |title=When UDF lost its upper hand in Mananthavady |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/when-udf-lost-its-upper-hand-in-mananthavady/article34001596.ece |access-date=2026-04-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>Peravoor Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District<br />
|access-date = 7 March 2021<br />
|archive-date = 23 April 2021<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210423160037/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Iritty]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Aralam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Ayyankunnu]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Kanichar]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Kelakam, India|Kelakam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Kottiyoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Muzhakkunnu]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Payam, Kerala|Payam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Peravoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of 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 />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[K. P. Noorudeen]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}<br />
|1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<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 />
|K. T. Kunjahmed<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}<br />
|1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| 11th<br />
|A. D. Mustafa<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
|[[K. K. Shailaja]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress}}<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 />
|2021 – 2026<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|16th<br />
|2026 – present <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
===2026===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Peravoor}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. K. Shailaja]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Paily Vathyatt|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Adv. Henstion George|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=K. S. Jayachandran|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
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===2021===<br />
There were 1,77,249 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election with a polling rate of 78.07%.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/kerala/peravoor-election-result-s11a016/ |title=Peravoor Election Results 2021 |date=6 May 2021 |work=[[News18 Kerala]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oneindia.com/peravoor-assembly-elections-kl-16/ |title=Peravoor Assembly Election Results 2021 |work=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/statewiseS111.htm?st=S111 |title=General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results - 2021 |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Peravoor}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]|votes=66,706|percentage=46.93|change={{decrease}}1.17|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Sakeer Hussain|votes=63,534|percentage=44.7|change={{increase}}2.55|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Smitha Jayamohan|votes=9,155|percentage=6.44|change={{decrease}}0.25|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A.C. Jalaluddeen|votes=1,541|percentage=1.08|change={{decrease}}0.34}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=404|percentage=0.28|change={{decrease}}0.06}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sakkeer Hussain S/o Hamsa|votes=243|percentage=0.17|change=-}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunny Vazhakkamalayil|votes=121|percentage=0.09|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sakkeer E K S/o Asiya|votes=116|percentage=0.08|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=New Labor Party|candidate=P. K. Saji|votes=106|percentage=0.07|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Secular Democratic Congress|candidate=John Pallikkamalil|votes=92|percentage=0.06|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Narayanakumar|votes=60|percentage=0.04|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunny Muthukulathel|votes=60|percentage=0.04|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=3,172|percentage=2.23|change={{decrease}}3.62}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,42,138|percentage=78.07|change={{decrease}}2.98}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors|<br />
|reg. electors = 177,249<br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}1.17}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,68,458 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]]: Peravoor}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]|votes=65,659|percentage=48.10|change={{increase}}0.03|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Binoy Kurian|votes=57,670|percentage=42.25|change={{decrease}}2.87|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Paily Vathiattu|votes=9,129|percentage=6.69|change={{increase}}3.22|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=P. K. Farookh|votes=1,935|percentage=1.42|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Pallipram Prasannan|votes=513|percentage=0.38|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=458|percentage=0.34|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunny Joseph Kallarakkal|votes=389|percentage=0.28|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. J. Joseph|votes=241|percentage=0.18|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Bijoy Kurian|votes=214|percentage=0.16|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. D. Binto|votes=124|percentage=0.09|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Radhamani Narayana Kumar|votes=63|percentage=0.05|change={{decrease}}0.26}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,989|percentage=5.85|change={{increase}}2.90}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,36,505|percentage=81.03|change={{increase}}1.01}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{increase}}0.03}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,45,983 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]]: Peravoor}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sunny Joseph (politician)|Sunny Joseph]]|votes=56,151|percentage=48.07|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. K. Shailaja]]|votes=52,711|percentage=45.12|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. K. Velayudhan|votes=4,055|percentage=3.47|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=P. K. Ayyappan|votes=1,537|percentage=1.32|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunny Joseph|votes=903|percentage=0.77|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=A. Shylaja|votes=565|percentage=0.48|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Raghavan|votes=526|percentage=0.45|change=}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Radhamani Narayana Kumar|votes=365|percentage=0.31|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=3,440|percentage=2.95|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,16,813|percentage=80.02|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Peravoor]]<br />
* [[Kannur district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kannur district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977]]<br />
[[Category:1977 establishments in Kerala]]</div>UDsportHD