Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)

Kanhangad State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട് നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

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Kanhangad
കാഞ്ഞങ്ങാട്
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram.
Existence2011 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate2,04,931 (2016)
Current MLAE. Chandrasekharan
PartyCPI
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictKasaragod

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Kanhangad Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [2]

Key:

  CPI  

Election Niyama
Sabha		 Member Party Tenure
2011 13th E. Chandrasekharan CPI 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

    Election results

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kanhangad
    Party Candidate Votes % ±
    CPI E. Chandrasekharan 80,558 49.98 2.33
    INC Dhanya Suresh 54,547 33.84 5.11
    BDJS M. P. Raghavan 21,104 13.09 -
    BSP Chandran Parappa 965 0.60 0.31
    PDP Assainar Muttumthala 959 0.59 0.29
    NOTA None of the above 856 0.53 -
    Independent Sajeevan R. 663 0.41
    Independent Muhammed Ali V. V. 420 0.26
    Independent Kookal Balakrishnan 294 0.18 -
    API Raghavan B. Poodamkallu 272 0.17 -
    SS Balachandran Karimbil 260 0.16 -
    Independent K. U. Krishnakumar 186 0.12
    Independent M. Damodaran 105 0.07
    Margin of victory 26,011 16.14 7.44
    Turnout 1,61,189 78.66 0.16
    CPI hold Swing 2.33

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kanhangad
    Party Candidate Votes % ±
    CPI E. Chandrasekharan 66,640 47.65 -
    INC M. C. Jose 54,462 38.95 -
    BJP Madikai Kammaran 15,543 11.11 -
    Independent P. M. Joseph 1,919 1.37 -
    BSP Gopalan K. 1,277 0.91 -
    Margin of victory 12,178 8.70 -
    Turnout 1,39,841 78.50 -
    CPI win (new seat)

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
    2. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Kozhikode North". www.mapsofindia.com.
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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