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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).
Dharmadam | |
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Constituency No. 12 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kannur |
LS constituency | Kannur |
Established | 2011 |
Total electors | 1,93,486 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Dharmadam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Dharmadam Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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2011 | 13th | K. K. Narayanan | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 160,247 | 82.82 | 0.48 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.77 |
There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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