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Dharmadam (State Assembly constituency)
Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments[edit]
Dharmadam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Anjarakkandy | Grama Panchayat | Kannur |
| Chembilode | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Kadambur | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Muzhappilangad | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Peralasseri | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Dharmadom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Pinarayi | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Vengad | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Dharmadam Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | K. K. Narayanan | CPI (M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results[edit]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit]
There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 95,522 | 59.61 |  2.77
| |
| INC | C. Raghunathan | 45,399 | 28.33 |  4.49
| |
| BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 14,623 | 9.13 | 0.82
| |
| SDPI | Basheer Kannadiparamba | 2,280 | 1.42 | N/A | |
| Independent | Valayar Bhagyavathi | 1,753 | 1.09 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 400 | 0.25 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 50,123 | 31.28 | 7.26
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,247 | 82.82 | 0.48
| ||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | 2.77
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Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]
There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 87,329 | 56.84 | 3.71
| |
| INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 50,424 | 32.82 | 9.18
| |
| BJP | Mohanan Mananthery | 12,763 | 8.31 | 4.67
| |
| SDPI | Tharammal Niyas | 1,994 | 1.30 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 615 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Independent | Divakaran M. Thiruvathira | 354 | 0.23 | N/A | |
| Independent | Divakaran Moottil House | 148 | 0.10 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 36,905 | 24.02 | 12.89
| ||
| Turnout | 1,53,627 | 83.30 | 0.10
| ||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | 3.71
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]
There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | K. K. Narayanan | 72,354 | 53.13 | ||
| INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 57,192 | 42.00 | ||
| BJP | C. P. Sangeetha | 4,963 | 3.64 | ||
| Independent | Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran | 871 | 0.64 | ||
| BSP | Madhu S. Vayanan | 797 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,162 | 11.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,177 | 83.20 | |||
| CPI (M) win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit]
- Dharmadom
- Edakkad (State Assembly constituency)
- Kannur district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Dharmadom". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "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.