| Balussery Assembly Constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 24 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Balussery Bus Terminal | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,24,239 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Balussery is one of the largest of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since the May 2021 assembly elections, K. M. Sachin Dev of CPI(M), has been the MLA from Balussery, preceded by Purushan Kadalundy.
Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]
Balussery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC CPI (M) [[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] [[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] [[Indian Congress (Socialist)|Template:Indian Congress (Socialist)/meta/shortname]] [[Bharatiya Lok Dal|Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/shortname]]
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | M. Narayana Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. K. Appu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Sankarankutty | Bharatiya Lok Dal | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Indian Congress | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | Indian Congress | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | Nationalist Congress Party | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | A. K. Saseendran | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | Purushan Kadalundi | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. M. Sachin Dev | Incumbent | ||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. M. Sachin Dev | ||||
| INC | V T Suraj | ||||
| BJP | C. P. Satheeshan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
There were 2,24,239 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. M. Sachin Dev | 91,839 | 50.39 |  2.89
| |
| INC | Dharmajan Bolgatty | 71,467 | 38.54 | − | |
| BJP | Libin Balussery | 16,490 | 9.04 |  2.03
| |
| WPOI | Chandrika | 889 | 0.48 | 0.11
| |
| BSP | Jobish Balussery | 476 | 0.26 | 0.12
| |
| Independent | Dharmendran | 247 | 0.13 | − | |
| RPI | Mohandas | 115 | 0.06 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 20,372 | TBD | TBD | ||
| Turnout | 182,253 | 81.27 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | TBD | |||
2016[edit | edit source]
There were 2,09,667 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundy | 82,914 | 47.50 | 1.68
| |
| IUML | U. C. Raman Padanilam | 67,450 | 38.64 | − | |
| BJP | P. K. Supran | 19,324 | 11.07 | 4.91
| |
| SDPI | Balan Nadavannur | 1,764 | 1.01 | 0.08
| |
| WPOI | Saseendran Bappankad | 959 | 0.59 | − | |
| Independent | Raman Thachampoyil Meethal | 710 | 0.41 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.37 | − | |
| Independent | K. T. Sivan | 497 | 0.28 | − | |
| Independent | Jayarajan | 312 | 0.18 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 15,464 | 8.86 | 2.97
| ||
| Turnout | 1,74,568 | 83.26 | 1.68
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.68
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,85,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundi | 74,259 | 49.18 | ||
| INC | A. Balaram | 65,377 | 43.29 | ||
| BJP | T. K. Raman | 9,304 | 6.16 | ||
| SDPI | Bhadran M. P. | 1,404 | 0.93 | ||
| BSP | K. K. Satheesh | 660 | 0.14 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,882 | 5.89 | |||
| Turnout | 1,51,004 | 81.58 | |||
| CPI (M) gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Balussery
- Kozhikode district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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