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Vengara (State Assembly constituency)
Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Vengara 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Kunhalikutty of IUML.
Local self governed segments[edit]
Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 2 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 3 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 4 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2017 | |||
| 2017* | K. N. A. Khader | 2017 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | Incumbent | ||
*indicates bypolls
Election results[edit]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit]
There were 1,85,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 70,381 | 53.50% |  0.31
| |
| CPI (M) | P. Jiji | 39,785 | 30.24% |  3.94
| |
| Independent | Sabah Kundupuzhakkal | 11,255 | 8.56% | 8.56
| |
| BJP | Preman Master | 5,968 | 4.54% | 0.13
| |
| WPOI | E. K. Kunhahammed Kutty Master | 2,051 | 1.56% | 1.56
| |
| BSP | Keeran | 1,060 | 0.81% | 0.81
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 787 | 0.60% | 0.19
| |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Social Justice Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Democratic Social Justice Party|Template:Democratic Social Justice Party/meta/shortname]] | Ananyakumari Alex | 135 | 0.10% | 0.10
|
| Independent | Adil Abdurahman Thangal | 129 | 0.10% | 0.10
| |
| Margin of victory | 30,596 | 23.26% | 4.25
| ||
| Turnout | 1,31,551[5][4] | 70.97%[4] | 1.16
| ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 0.31
|
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Niyama Sabha Bye-election 2017[edit]
Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[6] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent byelection.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | K. N. A. Khader | 65,227 | 53.19% | 6.82%
| |
| CPI (M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 41,917 | 34.18% | 5.81%
| |
| SDPI | Adv. K. C. Naseer | 8,648 | 7.05% | 4.51%
| |
| BJP | K. Janachandran Master | 5,728 | 4.67% | 1.20%
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 502 | 0.41% | 0.03%
| |
| Independent | Adv. Hamza Karumannil | 442 | 0.36% | N/A | |
| Independent | Sreenivas | 159 | 0.13% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 23,310 | 19.01% | 12.63%
| ||
| Turnout | 1,22,623 | 72.13% | 1.23
| ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 6.82%
|
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Niyama Sabha Election 2016[edit]
There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 72,181 | 60.01% | 3.43
| |
| CPI (M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 34,124 | 28.37% | 3.35
| |
| BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 7,055 | 5.87% | 2.44
| |
| SDPI | Kallen Aboobacker Master | 3,049 | 2.54% | 2.17
| |
| WPOI | Surendran Karippuzha | 1,864 | 1.55% | - | |
| style="background-color: Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Subair Swabahi | 1,472 | 1.22% | - |
| NOTA | None of the above | 531 | 0.44% | - | |
| Margin of victory | 38,057 | 31.64% | 6.78
| ||
| Turnout | 1,20,276 | 70.90% | 1.93
| ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 3.43
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Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]
There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 63,138 | 63.44% | ||
| [[Indian National League|Template:Indian National League/meta/shortname]] | K. P. Ismayil | 24,901 | 25.02% | ||
| SDPI | Abduil Majeed Faizi | 4,683 | 4.71% | ||
| BJP | Subrahmanian | 3,417 | 3.43% | ||
| Independent | K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) | 1,615 | 1.62% | ||
| Independent | Kunhalikutty K. P. | 1,079 | 1.08% | ||
| BSP | Safarudeen | 405 | 0.41% | ||
| Independent | Ismayil K. T. | 292 | 0.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,237 | 38.42% | |||
| Turnout | 99,530 | 68.97% | |||
| IUML win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit]
- Vengara
- 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: Vengara".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (41-VENGARA)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Vengara Niyamasabha Re-election Results 2017, Election commission of India".
- ↑ "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.