Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2016, it has been represented by Pinarayi Vijayan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.

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Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2016, it has been represented by Pinarayi Vijayan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.

It Was Established In 2008,By Incorporating Major Parts Of Edakkad Assembly constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Anjarakkandy</td><td>Grama Panchayat</td><td>Kannur</td></tr><tr><td>Chembilode</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kannur</td></tr><tr><td>Kadambur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kannur</td></tr><tr><td>Muzhappilangad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kannur</td></tr><tr><td>Peralasseri</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kannur</td></tr><tr><td>Dharmadom</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>Pinarayi</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>Vengad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Dharmadam Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Dharmadam Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>K. K. Narayanan</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td>2016 - 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Dharmadam Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. P. Abdul Rasheed</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Ranjith</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td>95,522</td><td>59.61</td><td>2.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. Raghunathan</td><td>45,399</td><td>28.33</td><td>4.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. K. Padmanabhan</td><td>14,623</td><td>9.13</td><td>0.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Basheer Kannadiparamba</td><td>2,280</td><td>1.42</td><td>0.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Valayar Bhagyavathi</td><td>1,753</td><td>1.09</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>400</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chovva Raghunathan</td><td>137</td><td>0.09</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. P. Maharoof</td><td>72</td><td>0.04</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vadi Harindran</td><td>61</td><td>0.04</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>50,123</td><td>31.16</td><td>7.14</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>161,232</td><td>83.33</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>2.77</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td>87,329</td><td>56.84</td><td>3.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Mambaram Divakaran</td><td>50,424</td><td>32.82</td><td>9.18</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mohanan Mananthery</td><td>12,763</td><td>8.31</td><td>4.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Tharammal Niyas</td><td>1,994</td><td>1.30</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>615</td><td>0.40</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Divakaran M. Thiruvathira</td><td>354</td><td>0.23</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Divakaran Moottil House</td><td>148</td><td>0.10</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>36,905</td><td>24.02</td><td>12.89</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,53,627</td><td>83.30</td><td>0.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.71</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. K. Narayanan</td><td>72,354</td><td>53.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Mambaram Divakaran</td><td>57,192</td><td>42.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. P. Sangeetha</td><td>4,963</td><td>3.64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran</td><td>871</td><td>0.64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Madhu S. Vayanan</td><td>797</td><td>0.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>15,162</td><td>11.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,36,351</td><td>83.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>