Vengara (State Assembly constituency)
Vengara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: വേങ്ങര 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
41 Vengara വേങ്ങര | |
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Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
The Pottanil Paddy Fields at the Abdu Rahiman Nagar in the Vengara (State Assembly constituency). | |
Existence | 2011 - present |
Reservation | None |
Electorate | 1,69,639 (2016) |
Current MLA | K. N. A. Khader |
Party | Indian Union Muslim League |
Political Front | UDF |
Elected Year | 2017 |
District | Malappuram |
Local Self Governed Segments | List
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Local self governed segments
Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
2 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
3 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
4 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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2011 | 13th | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2017 | |||
2017* | K. N. A. Khader | Incumbent |
- *By Poll
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyama Sabha Bye-election 2017
Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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IUML | K. N. A. Khader | 65,227 | 53.19% | -6.82% | |
CPI (M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 41,917 | 34.18% | +5.81% | |
SDPI | Adv. K. C. Naseer | 8,648 | 7.05% | +4.51% | |
BJP | K. Janachandran Master | 5,728 | 4.67% | -1.20% | |
NOTA | None of the above | 502 | 0.41% | -0.03% | |
Independent | Adv. Hamza Karumannil | 442 | 0.36% | N/A | |
Independent | Sreenivas | 159 | 0.13% | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 23,310 | 19.01% | -12.63% | ||
Turnout | 1,22,623 | ||||
IUML hold | Swing | -6.82% |
Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 72,181 | 60.01% | ||
CPI (M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 34,124 | 28.37% | ||
BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 7,055 | 5.87% | ||
SDPI | Kallen Aboobacker Master | 3,049 | 2.54% | ||
WPOI | Surendran Karippuzha | 1,864 | 1.55% | ||
PDP | Subair Swabahi | 1,472 | 1.22% | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 531 | 0.44% | ||
Margin of victory | 38,057 | 31.64% | |||
Turnout | 1,20,276 | 70.90% | |||
IUML hold | Swing |
See also
References
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vengara".
- "Vengara Niyamasabha Re-election Results 2017, Election commission of India".
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".