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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{about|the Assembly constituency in Kerala|other uses|Ponnani (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ponnani
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 48
| map_image = Light house in Ponnani.jpg
| map_caption = [[Ponnani Lighthouse]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,05,291 (2021)
| mla = K. P. Noushad Ali
| party = [[Indian National Congress |INC]]
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]
}}
'''Ponnani State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://malappuram.nic.in/constituencies
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala
}}</ref> Ponnani Assembly constituency is located right in the middle of the Kerala coast. As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is K. P. Noushad Ali of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Ponnani Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/malappuram.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District
|access-date = 21 August 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190820130501/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/malappuram.html
|archive-date = 20 August 2019
|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
|[[Ponnani]]
|Municipality
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|2
|[[Maranchery|Marancheri]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|3
|[[Alamkod, Edappal|Alamkode]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|4
|[[Nannamukku]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|5
|[[Perumpadappu, Malappuram|Perumbadappu]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|6
|[[Veliyankode]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|-
|}
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Ponnani Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/ponnani-assembly-constituency-map.html
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Ponnani
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama
Sabha
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
!Tenure
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" | 1st
| K. Kunhambu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| rowspan="2" | 1957 – 1960
|-
|Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| rowspan="2" | 2nd
| [[V. P. C Thangal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| rowspan="2" | 1960 – 1965
|-
|K. Kunhambu
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| V. P. C Thangal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| Haji M. V. Hydros
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| M. P. Gangadharan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| K. Sreedharan
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| M. P. Gangadharan
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
| 1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| [[PT Mohanakrishnan|P. T. Mohana Krishnan]]
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| [[E. K. Imbichi Bava]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| [[Paloli Mohammed Kutty]]
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| M. P. Gangadharan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| Paloli Mohammed Kutty
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 2006 – 2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. Sreeramakrishnan]]
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| 2016 - 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| [[P. Nandakumar]]
| [[Incumbent]]
|}
{{notelist}}

==Election results==

=== LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS ===

=== 2025 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|SEGMENT
|LDF
|NDA
|UDF
|IND
|SDPI
|WPI
|
|LEADING ALLIANCE
|-
|PONNANI
|24337
|5885
|20182
|950
|502
|399
|52255
|LDF
|-
|MARANCHERY
|9319
|1930
|10855
|782
|1355
|0
|24241
|UDF
|-
|ALAMKODE
|8784
|1624
|11213
|31
|569
|293
|22514
|UDF
|-
|NANNAMUKKU
|7742
|2442
|9011
|0
|200
|0
|19395
|UDF
|-
|PERUMBADAPPU
|8229
|777
|9346
|28
|91
|749
|19220
|UDF
|-
|VELIYANKODE
|10224
|653
|9640
|83
|599
|170
|21369
|LDF
|-
|TOTAL
|68635
|13311
|70247
|1874
|3316
|1611
|158994
|
|-
|%
|43.16829566
|8.372014038
|44.1821704
|1.17866083
|2.085613294
|1.013245783
|}

=== ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ===
Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ponnani}}

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|candidate = K. P. Noushad Ali
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|candidate = Adv. M. K. Sakkeer
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|candidate = E. Maneesh
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=== 2021 ===
There were 2,05,291 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref name="turnout_2021">{{cite web
|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala
|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf
|website=www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponnani]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. Nandakumar]]|votes=74,668|percentage=51.35|change={{increase}}2.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A.M Rohith|votes=57,625|percentage=39.63|change={{increase}}1.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Subramannian Chunkappallii|votes=7,419|percentage=5.10|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Anvar Pazhanji|votes=3,065|percentage=2.11|change={{increase}}0.94}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Ganesh Vaderi|votes=1,863|percentage=1.28|change={{decrease}}0.16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=467|percentage=0.32|change={{decrease}}0.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Roshith M.P|votes=168|percentage=0.12|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=K.Sadanandan|votes=147|percentage=0.1|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 17,043
|percentage = 11.72
|change ={{increase}}0.68
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,45,422|percentage=70.83|change={{decrease}}3.48}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing ={{increase}}2.44
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponnani]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. Sreeramakrishnan]]|votes=69,332|percentage=48.91|change={{increase}}1.36}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. T. Ajay Mohan]]|votes=53,692|percentage=37.87|change={{decrease}}6.30}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. K. Surendran|votes=11,662|percentage=8.23|change={{increase}}3.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=M. M. Shakkir|votes=2,048|percentage=1.44|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=M. Moidunni Haji|votes=1,857|percentage=1.31|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Abdul Fathah|votes=1,659|percentage=1.17|change={{decrease}}1.51}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=604|percentage=0.43|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sindhukumari P. S.|votes=386|percentage=0.27|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 15,640
|percentage = 11.04
|change ={{increase}}7.66
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,41,763|percentage=74.31|change={{decrease}}2.04}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing ={{increase}}1.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,58,680 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]]: [[Ponnani]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. Sreeramakrishnan]]|votes=57,615|percentage=47.55|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. T. Ajay Mohan]]|votes=53,514|percentage=44.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V. T. Jayaprakash|votes=5,680|percentage=4.69|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Yahiya Koya Thangal|votes=3,250|percentage=2.68|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Ajayan|votes=1,099|percentage=0.91|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 4,101
|percentage = 3.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,21,158|percentage=76.35|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1952===

{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ponnani]]<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=[[N. Gopala Menon]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=32,619 |percentage=21.05 |change=21.05 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=E. T. Kunhan|party=Communist Party of India|votes=28,665|percentage=18.50|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. C. Sankaran|party=Independent|votes=25,519|percentage=16.47|change=16.47}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=A. C. Raman|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|votes=20,599|percentage=13.29|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=T. Mustafa|party=|votes=19,457|percentage=12.56|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. P. Koppan|party=Socialist Party (India)|votes=11,924|percentage=7.70|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mohamad|party=Socialist Party (India)|votes=9,668|percentage=6.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=C. Uani|party=Independent politician|votes=6,494|percentage=4.19|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,954 |percentage=2.55 |change= }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,54,945|percentage=93.12|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,66,384 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Ponnani]]
* [[Malappuram 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 Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]

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