Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)

Nilambur
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
District	Malappuram
Party	Independent

Nilambur 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is LDF independent P. V. Anwar.

Local self governed segments

Nilambur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Nilambur	Municipality	Nilambur
2	Vazhikadavu	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
3	Moothedam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
4	Edakkara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
5	Pothukal	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
6	Chungathara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
7	Karulayi	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
8	Amarambalam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Nilambur Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies::

Key

  [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]]     INC     [[Indian National Congress (U)|Template:Indian National Congress (U)/meta/shortname]]     CPI (M)  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	K. Kunhali	CPI(M)		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. P. Gangadharan	INC		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Aryadan Muhammed			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	C. Haridas	INC(U)		1980
1980*		Aryadan Muhammed			1980 - 1982
1982	7th	T. K. Hamza	LDF Independent		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Aryadan Muhammed	INC		1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	P. V. Anvar	LDF Independent		2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

* Bypoll

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,25,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

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2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
party = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)	candidate = P. V. Anvar	votes = 81227	percentage = 46.90%	change ={{gain}2.0 }}
	INC	V. V. Prakash	78,527	45.34%	10.51
	BJP	Adv. T. K. Ashokkumar	8,595	4.96%	4.96
	SDPI	Babu Mani	3,281	1.89%	1.03
	Independent	Sajadurahman. C. P	559	0.32%	N/A
	ICSP	Anila Mathew	509	0.29%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	507	0.29%	0.48
Margin of victory			2,700	1.56%	5.52
Turnout			1,73,205	76.86%	1.97
	LDF hold		Swing	1.01

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,06,132 registered voters in Nilambur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	P. V. Anvar	77,858	47.91%	−
	INC	Aryadan Shoukath	66,354	40.83%	7.81
	BDJS	Girish Mekkatt	12,284	7.56%	−
	SDPI	K. Babu Mani	4,751	2.92%	1.04
	NOTA	None of the above	1,256	0.77%	−
Margin of victory			11,504	7.08%	2.98
Turnout			1,62,503	78.83%	0.89
	Left Democratic Front (Kerala) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,945 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aryadan Muhammed	66,331	48.64%
	LDF	M. Thomas Mathew	60,733	44.54%
	BJP	K. C. Velayudhan	4,425	3.25%
	SDPI	C. G. Unni	2,566	1.88%
	BSP	Thariyan Kiliyan	1,291	0.95%
	Independent	Thomas Mathew	1,012	0.74%	−
Margin of victory			5,598	4.10%
Turnout			1,36,358	77.94%
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Nilambur
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

External links

• Remaining Date for Nilambur Municipality Election 2020