| Payyanur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 6 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Kottathalachi Mount, Cherupuzha | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,83,223 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent Politician |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Payyanur State assembly constituency is one 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Kunhikrishnan, an independent candidate contested for UDF party.
Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]
Payyanur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payyanur | Municipality | Payyanur |
| 2 | Cherupuzha | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
| 3 | Eramam-Kuttur | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
| 4 | Kankole-Alapadamba | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
| 5 | Karivellur-Peralam | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
| 6 | Peringome-Vayakkara | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
| 7 | Ramanthali | Grama panchayat | Payyanur |
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | A.V. Kunjambu | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | N. Subrammaniya Shenoy | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | M. V. Raghavan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | C. P. Narayanan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | P. K. Sreemathi | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | C. Krishnan | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | T. I. Madusoodhanan | 2021 - 2026 | ||
| 2026 | 16th | V. Kunhikrishnan | Independent | 2026 – present | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | V. Kunhikrishnan | 76,640 | 49.14 | ||
| CPI(M) | T. I. Madhusoodanan | 69,153 | 44.34 | ||
| BJP | A. P. Gangadharan | 8,432 | 5.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1193 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Sandeep V.K. | 552 | 0.35 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7487 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
There were 1,80,460 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | T. I. Madhusoodanan | 93,695 | 62.49 |  4.47
| |
| INC | M Pradeep Kumar | 43,915 | 29.29 |  0.66
| |
| BJP | Adv K K Sreedharan | 11,308 | 7.54 | 3.15
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 686 | 0.46 | 0.27
| |
| Independent | Abhilash KV | 341 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 49,780 | 33.2 | 5.13
| ||
| Turnout | 1,49,945 | 83.09 | 1.33
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 4.47
|
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2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,75,438 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | C. Krishnan | 83,226 | 58.02 | 1.73
| |
| INC | Sajid Mavval | 42,963 | 29.95 | 5.25
| |
| BJP | Aniamma | 15,341 | 10.69 | 6.85
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,042 | 0.73 | − | |
| CPI(M) | Vinod Kumar Ramanthali | 870 | 0.61 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 40,263 | 28.07 | 4.44
| ||
| Turnout | 1,43,442 | 81.76 | 2.43
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.73
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,58,613 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | C. Krishnan | 78,116 | 59.78 | ||
| INC | K. Brijesh Kumar | 45,992 | 35.20 | ||
| BJP | C. K. Ramesan | 5,019 | 3.84 | ||
| BSP | Geetha | 625 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | T. Padmanabhan | 636 | 0.41 | ||
| SHS | Kottayodi Vishwanathan | 378 | 0.29 | ||
| Margin of victory | 32,124 | 23.98 | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,854 | 79.33 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1952[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. P. Gopalan | 32,360 | 67.66 | ||
| INC | Vivekananda Devappa Sernoy | 10,126 | 21.17 | 21.17 | |
| Socialist Party (India, 1948) | C. M. Kesavan | 4,095 | 8.56 | ||
| Independent | Uma Maheswaran | 1,245 | 2.60 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,234 | 46.49 | |||
| Turnout | 47,826 | 66.37 | |||
| Registered electors | 72,055 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Payyanur
- Kannur district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.