Kasaragod Assembly constituency
Kasaragod 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 Kallatra Mahin of IUML.
| Kasargod | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 2 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Seaview Park near Kasaragod Railway Station | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,01,812 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
editKasaragod Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasaragod | Municipality | Kasaragod |
| 2 | Badiyadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 3 | Bellur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 4 | Chengala | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 5 | Karadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 6 | Kumbadaje | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 7 | Madhur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 8 | Mogral Puthur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | M. S. Mogral | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1957 | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady[4] | ||
| 1960 | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar[5] | ||
| 1965 | E. Abdul Khader | Independent[6] | |
| 1967 | U. P. Kunikullaya[7] | ||
| 1970 | B. M. Abdurahman[8] | ||
| 1977 | T. A. Ibrahim | Indian Union Muslim League[9] | |
| 1980 | C. T. Ahammed Ali[10] | ||
| 1982[11] | |||
| 1987[12] | |||
| 1991[13] | |||
| 1996[14] | |||
| 2001[15] | |||
| 2006[16] | |||
| 2011 | N. A. Nellikkunnu[17] | ||
| 2016[18] | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Kallatra Mahin | ||
Election results
edit2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | Kallatra Mahin | 76,396 | 45.39 | ||
| BJP | M. L. Ashwini | 53,698 | 31.90 | ||
| LDF | Shanavas Padhoor | 36,678 | 21.79 | ||
| Independent | Shahnavas A. A. | 893 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Fathah Bangara | 824 | 0.49 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 714 | 0.42 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,698 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,69,203 | ||||
| IUML hold | Swing | ||||
By local self-governed segment:
| Status (Gram panchayat) | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | NDA | LDF | |
| Mogral Puthur | 8,235 | 4,624 | 3,426 |
| Madhur | 11,350 | 12,345 | 5,713 |
| Badiyadka | 7,607 | 9,223 | 3,256 |
| Kumbadaje | 3,296 | 4,123 | 2,120 |
| Bellur | 1,391 | 3,215 | 1,540 |
| Chengala | 23,290 | 4,544 | 10,905 |
| Kasaragod | 16,100 | 9,407 | 5,951 |
| Karadka | 4,711 | 5,655 | 3,508 |
| Postal Ballots | 416 | 562 | 259 |
2021
editThere were 2,01,812 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 63,296 | 43.80 | ||
| BJP | K. Shreekanth | 50,395 | 34.88 | ||
| INL | M. A. Latheef | 28,323 | 19.60 | ||
| BSP | Vijaya K. P. | 679 | 0.47 | ||
| NOTA | None Of the Above | 639 | 0.44 | ||
| Anna DHRM | Ranjit Raj M. | 555 | 0.38 | − | |
| Independent | Nishanth Kumar I. B. | 417 | 0.29 | − | |
| Independent | Sudhakaran K. | 196 | 0.14 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 12,901 | 8.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,032 | 70.87 | |||
| IUML hold | Swing | ||||
2016
editThere were 1,88,906 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 64,727 | 44.72 | ||
| BJP | Ravisha Thantri Kuntar | 56,120 | 38.77 | ||
| INL | A. A. Ameen | 21,615 | 14.93 | ||
| NOTA | None Of the Above | 661 | 0.46 | − | |
| BSP | Vijaykumar B. | 585 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Roshan Kumar | 508 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | A. Damodaran | 283 | 0.20 | − | |
| Independent | Muneer Munnambam | 250 | 0.17 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 8,607 | 5.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,749 | 76.62 | |||
| IUML hold | Swing | ||||
2011
editThere were 1,59,289 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 53,068 | 45.35 | ||
| BJP | Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt | 43,330 | 37.02 | ||
| INL | Azeez Kadappuram | 16,467 | 14.07 | ||
| SDPI | A. H. Muneer | 1260 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | Govinda Raja Kuntikkanamata | 938 | 0.80 | ||
| BSP | Saifudeen K. Makkodu | 807 | 0.69 | ||
| Independent | Ajith Kumar Azad | 739 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Abdulla | 422 | 0.36 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,738 | 8.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,031 | 73.47 | |||
| IUML hold | Swing | ||||
1952
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. S. Mogral | 19,258 | 47.26% | 47.26% | |
| KMPP | B. K. Sridharan | 11,450 | 28.10% | ||
| IUML | Mahin Sehammad | 8,855 | 21.73% | ||
| Socialist Party (India) | K. Shankara | 1,184 | 2.91% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,808 | 19.16% | |||
| Turnout | 40,747 | 58.78% | |||
| Registered electors | 69,324 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1957-2006
edit| Election | Votes polled | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 | Margin of victory | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Percent | |||||
| 2006 | 100179 (65.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 38774 | 38.70% | V. Ravindran | BJP | 28432 | 28.38% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | INL | 27790 | 27.74% | 10342 | 10.32%[21] | |
| 2001 | 109438 (68.90%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 51890 | 47.41% | P. K. Krishnadas | BJP | 33895 | 30.97% | A. G. Nair | CPI(M) | 21948 | 20.06% | 17995 | 16.44%[22] | |
| 1996 | 91629 (67.38%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 33932 | 37.03% | K. Madhava Herala | BJP | 30149 | 32.90% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Ind. | 24254 | 26.47% | 3783 | 4.13%[23] | |
| 1991 | 85436 (66.61%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 39143 | 45.82% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 24269 | 28.41% | T. V. Gangadharan | CPI(M) | 21190 | 24.80% | 14874 | 17.41%[24] | |
| 1987 | 86600 (81.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 41407 | 47.81% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 27350 | 31.58% | M. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 17049 | 19.69% | 14057 | 16.23%[25] | |
| 1982 | 59692 (74.40%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 25676 | 43.01% | N. Narayana Bhat | BJP | 17657 | 29.58% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 15643 | 26.21% | 8019 | 13.43%[26] | |
| 1980 | 51401 (64.11%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 30793 | 59.91% | Gorvacis Areeckal | KEC | 14113 | 27.46% | Kayyar Kinhanna Rai | Ind. | 5742 | 11.17% | 16680 | 32.45%[27] | |
| 1977 | 53964 (79.04%) | T. A. Ibrahim | IUML | 29402 | 54.48% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 22619 | 41.91% | M. A. Abdulla Mallath | Ind. | 1201 | 2.23% | 6783 | 12.57%[28] | |
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 59911 (80.02%) | B. M. Abdurahman | Ind. | 27113 | 45.26% | K. P. Ballakuraya | Ind. | 18736 | 31.27% | N. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 14062 | 23.47% | 8377 | 13.99%[29] | |
| 1967 | 45904 (78.21%) | U. P. Kunikullaya | Ind. | 20635 | 44.95% | H. A. Schemnad | IUML | 20540 | 44.75% | V. K. S. Nair | INC | 4729 | 10.30% | 95 | 0.20%[30] | |
| 1965 | 46262 (75.89%) | E. Abdul Khader | Ind. | 21923 | 47.39% | K. A. Shetty | INC | 19784 | 42.77% | B. V. Kunhambu | CPI | 2335 | 5.05% | 2139 | 4.62%[31] | |
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 48809 (79.24%) | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar | INC | 19399 | 39.74% | Anantharama Chetty | Ind. | 15747 | 32.26% | Ambu Nair | CPI | 13663 | 27.99% | 3652 | 7.48%[32] | |
| 1957 | 26865 (41.56%) | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady | INC | 10290 | 38.30% | Narayanan Nambiar | PSP | 10096 | 37.58% | Ganspathy Kamath N. | CPI | 6479 | 24.12% | 194 | 0.72%[33] | |
| Madras State | ||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
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