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Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)
Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency 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.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is LDF independent P. V. Anwar.
Local self governed segments[edit]
Nilambur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| 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[edit]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Nilambur Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
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[edit]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]
There were 2,06,132 registered voters in Nilambur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]] | P. V. Anvar | 77,858 | 47.91% | - | |
| INC | Aryadan Shoukath | 66,354 | 40.83% |  7.81
| |
| [[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|Template:Bharath Dharma Jana Sena/meta/shortname]] | 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[edit]
There were 1,74,945 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Aryadan Muhammed | 66,331 | 48.64% | ||
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]] | 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[edit]
- Nilambur
- Malappuram district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
- ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Nilambur".
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.