Peravoor Assembly constituency

Peravoor
Peravoor
Constituency No. 16 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Iritty municipal town in Peravoor Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1977
Total electors	1,77,249 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sunny Joseph
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Peravoor 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Sunny Joseph of INC.

Local self-governed segments

After The 2008 Delimitation,Kelakam And Kottiyoor was added from North Wynad.^[2]Peravoor Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[3]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Iritty	Municipality	Iritty
2	Aralam	Grama panchayat	Iritty
3	Ayyankunnu	Grama panchayat	Iritty
4	Kanichar	Grama panchayat	Iritty
5	Kelakam	Grama panchayat	Iritty
6	Kottiyoor	Grama panchayat	Iritty
7	Muzhakkunnu	Grama panchayat	Iritty
8	Payam	Grama panchayat	Iritty
9	Peravoor	Grama panchayat	Iritty

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1977	5th	K. P. Noorudeen	Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th		Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. T. Kunjahmed	Indian Congress	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	A. D. Mustafa	Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. K. Shailaja	Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Sunny Joseph	Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th			2021 – 2026
2026	16th			2026 – present

Election results

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peravoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunny Joseph	76,140	51.71	4.78
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja	61,687	41.89	2.81
	BDJS	Paily Vathiyattu	8,020	5.45	0.99
	AAP	Adv. Henstion George	431	0.29
	NOTA	None of the above	375	0.25	0.03
	Independent	Sunny Joseph Muthukulathel	191	0.13
	Independent	Sailaja A. V.	109	0.07
	CPI(ML)L	Aruvikkal Krishnan	86	0.06
	Independent	C. Shylaja	68	0.05
	Independent	Sunny	66	0.04
	Independent	Narayana Kumar	45	0.03
	Independent	Venugopalan C.	26	0.02
Margin of victory			14,453	9.82	7.59
Turnout			1,47,244
	INC hold		Swing	4.78

2021

There were 1,77,249 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election with a polling rate of 78.07%.^[4]^[5]^[6]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peravoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunny Joseph	66,706	46.93	1.17
	CPI(M)	Sakeer Hussain	63,534	44.70	2.55
	BJP	Smitha Jayamohan	9,155	6.44	0.25
	SDPI	A.C. Jalaluddeen	1,541	1.08	0.34
	NOTA	None of the above	404	0.28	0.06
Margin of victory			3,172	2.23	3.62
Turnout			1,42,138	78.07	2.98
Registered electors			177,249
	INC hold		Swing	1.17

2016

There were 1,68,458 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peravoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunny Joseph	65,659	48.10	0.03
	CPI(M)	Binoy Kurian	57,670	42.25	2.87
	BJP	Paily Vathiattu	9,129	6.69	3.22
	SDPI	P. K. Farookh	1,935	1.42	−
	WPOI	Pallipram Prasannan	513	0.38	−
	NOTA	None of the above	458	0.34	−
	Independent	Sunny Joseph Kallarakkal	389	0.28	−
	Independent	K. J. Joseph	241	0.18	−
	Independent	Bijoy Kurian	214	0.16	−
	Independent	V. D. Binto	124	0.09	−
	Independent	Radhamani Narayana Kumar	63	0.05	0.26
Margin of victory			7,989	5.85	2.90
Turnout			1,36,505	81.03	1.01
	INC hold		Swing	0.03

2011

There were 1,45,983 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peravoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sunny Joseph	56,151	48.07
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja	52,711	45.12
	BJP	P. K. Velayudhan	4,055	3.47
	SDPI	P. K. Ayyappan	1,537	1.32
	Independent	Sunny Joseph	903	0.77
	Independent	A. Shylaja	565	0.48
	Independent	Raghavan	526	0.45
	Independent	Radhamani Narayana Kumar	365	0.31
Margin of victory			3,440	2.95
Turnout			1,16,813	80.02
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
↑ Manoj, E. M. (6 March 2021). "When UDF lost its upper hand in Mananthavady". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
↑ "Peravoor Election Results 2021". News18 Kerala. 6 May 2021.
↑ "Peravoor Assembly Election Results 2021". Oneindia.
↑ "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results - 2021". eci.gov.in.
↑ "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.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.

[2] Manoj, E. M. (6 March 2021). "When UDF lost its upper hand in Mananthavady". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 April 2026.

[3] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[4] "Peravoor Election Results 2021". News18 Kerala. 6 May 2021.

[5] "Peravoor Assembly Election Results 2021". Oneindia.

[6] "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results - 2021". eci.gov.in.

[7] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[8] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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