Ponnani Assembly constituency

Ponnani State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Ponnani Assembly Constituency is located right in the middle of the Kerala coast. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Nandakumar of CPI(M).

Ponnani
Constituency for the
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictMalappuram
Established1957 - present
Total electors2,05,291 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments

Ponnani Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Ponnani Municipality Ponnani
2 Marancheri Grama panchayat Ponnani
3 Alamkode Grama panchayat Ponnani
4 Nannamukku Grama panchayat Ponnani
5 Perumbadappu Grama panchayat Ponnani
6 Veliyankode Grama panchayat Ponnani

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Ponnani Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Key

  CPI(M)   INC   IUML   Independent   CPI

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
1957 1st K. Kunhambu INC 1957 – 1960
Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil CPI
1960 2nd Cherukoya Thangal IUML 1960 – 1965
K. Kunhambu INC
1967 3rd V. P. C Thangal IUML 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Haji M. V. Hydros Independent 1970 – 1977
1977 5th M. P. Gangadharan INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th K. Sreedharan CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th M. P. Gangadharan INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th P. T. Mohana Krishnan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th E. K. Imbichi Bava CPI(M) 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Paloli Mohammed Kutty 1996 – 2001
2001 11th M. P. Gangadharan INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th Paloli Mohammed Kutty CPI(M) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th P. Sreeramakrishnan 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2021
2021 15th P. Nandakumar Incumbent

    Election results

    Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

    Niyama Sabha Election 2021

    There were 2,05,291 registered voters in Ponnani Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [4]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) P. Nandakumar 74,668 51.35% Increase2.44
    INC A.M Rohith 57,625 39.63% Increase1.76
    BDJS Subramannian Chunkappallii 7,419 5.1% -
    SDPI Anvar Pazhanji 3,065 2.11% Increase0.94
    WPOI Ganesh Vaderi 1,863 1.28% Decrease0.16
    NOTA None of the above 467 0.32% Decrease0.11
    Independent Roshith M.P 168 0.12% -
    Independent K.Sadanandan 147 0.1% -
    Margin of victory 17,043 11.72% Increase0.68
    Turnout 1,45,422 70.83% Decrease3.48
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.44

    Niyama Sabha Election 2016

    There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) P. Sreeramakrishnan 69,332 48.91% Increase1.36
    INC P. T. Ajay Mohan 53,692 37.87% Decrease6.30
    BJP K. K. Surendran 11,662 8.23% Increase3.54
    WPOI M. M. Shakkir 2,048 1.44% -
    PDP M. Moidunni Haji 1,857 1.31% -
    SDPI Abdul Fathah 1,659 1.17% Decrease1.51
    NOTA None of the above 604 0.43% -
    Independent Sindhukumari P. S. 386 0.27% -
    Margin of victory 15,640 11.04% Increase7.66
    Turnout 1,41,763 74.31% Decrease2.04
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase1.36

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,58,680 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) P. Sreeramakrishnan 57,615 47.55%
    INC P. T. Ajay Mohan 53,514 44.17%
    BJP V. T. Jayaprakash 5,680 4.69%
    SDPI Yahiya Koya Thangal 3,250 2.68%
    Independent Ajayan 1,099 0.91%
    Margin of victory 4,101 3.38%
    Turnout 1,21,158 76.35%
    CPI(M) hold Swing

    1952

    1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani[7]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC N. Gopala Menon 32,619 21.05% 21.05%
    CPI E. T. Kunhan 28,665 18.50%
    INC K. C. Sankaran 25,519 16.47% 16.47%
    KMPP A. C. Raman 20,599 13.29%
    T. Mustafa 19,457 12.56%
    Socialist K. P. Koppan 11,924 7.70%
    Socialist Mohamad 9,668 6.24%
    Independent C. Uani 6,494 4.19%
    Margin of victory 3,954 2.55%
    Turnout 1,54,945 93.12%
    Registered electors 1,66,384
    INC win (new seat)

    See also

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