Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)

Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Azhikode 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. V. Sumesh of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Azhikode Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 15 wards of the Kannur Municipal Corporation (Pallikunnu zone and Puzhathi zone) in Kannur Taluk, and 5 Gram Panchayats in the same Taluk:

Wards of Kannur Municipal Corporation in Azhikode Constituency

Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
1	Palliyammoola	2	Kunnav	3	Kokkenpara
4	Pallikunnu	5	Talap	6	Udayamkunnu
7	Podikundu	8	Kottali	9	Athazhakunnu
10	Kakkad	11	Thulicheri	12	Kakkad North
13	Shadulippalli	54	Chalad	55	Panjikkayil

Other Local Bodies in Azhikode Constituency

Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
Azhikode	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Chirakkal	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Narath	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Pappinisseri	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Valappattanam	Grama panchayat	Kannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI (M)     [[Communist Marxist Party|Template:Communist Marxist Party/meta/shortname]]     IUML  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	Chadayan Govindan		CPI (M)	1977–1980
1980	6th	P. Devootty			1980–1982
1982	7th				1982–1987
1987	8th	M. V. Raghavan		Communist Marxist Party	1987–1991
1991	9th	E. P. Jayarajan		CPI (M)	1991–1996
1996	10th	T. K. Balan			1996–2001
2001	11th				2001–2005
2005*		M. Prakashan Master			2005–2006
2006	12th				2006–2011
2011	13th	K. M. Shaji		IUML	2011–2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	K. V. Sumesh		CPI (M)	Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Azhikode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]]		Swing

Niyama Sabha Election 2016

There were 1,72,757 registered voters in Azhikode Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Azhikode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. M. Shaji	63,082	44.58%	0.63
	CPI (M)	M. V. Nikesh Kumar	60,795	42.97%	1.83
	BJP	A. V. Kesavan	12,580	8.89%	2.70
	SDPI	K. K. Abdul Jabbar	1,705	1.20%	N/A
	Independent	P. K. Ragesh	1,518	1.07%	N/A
	WPOI	M. Joseph John	687	0.49%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	453	0.32%	N/A
	SUCI(C)	P. C. Vivek	235	0.17%	0.17
	Independent	Shaji K. M. Tholambra	196	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	K. M. Shaji, Mamba	160	0.11%	N/A
	Independent	Prasad V. P.	87	0.06%	N/A
Margin of victory			2,287	1.61%	1.20
Turnout			1,41,498	81.91%	0.53
	IUML hold		Swing	0.63

Niyama Sabha Election 2011

There were 1,47,782 registered voters in Azhikode Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Azhikode

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. M. Shaji	55,077	45.21%
	CPI (M)	M. Prakashan Master	54,584	44.80%
	BJP	M. K. Saseendran Master	7,540	6.19%
	Independent	Noushad Punnakkal	2,935	2.41%
	Independent	Shaji K. M.	602	0.49%
	BSP	C. Balakrishnan	458	0.38%
	SUCI(C)	Paul T. Samuel	414	0.34%
	Independent	Prakashan Kuzhiparambil	222	0.18%
Margin of victory			493	0.41%
Turnout			1,21,832	82.44%
	IUML gain from CPI (M)		Swing

See also

• Azhikode
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election