Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Mohanan of RJD.

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Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Mohanan of RJD.

Local self-governed segments

Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

Seven out of the nine local bodies included by the 2008 delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam Assembly constituency before the delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kuthuparamba</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Panoor</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kottayam-Malabar</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kunnothuparamba</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Mokeri</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Pattiom</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Thrippangottur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Thalassery</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>P. R. Kurup</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>K. K. Abu</td><td></td><td>Samyukta Socialist Party</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>M. V. Raghavan</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>P. V. Kunhikannan</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>K. P. Mamoo Master</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>Pinarayi Vijayan</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>K. K. Shailaja</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>P. Jayarajan</td><td>2001 – 2005</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>2005 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>Major boundary changes</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td></td><td>Socialist Janata</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>K. K. Shailaja</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2016 - 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td></td><td>Rashtriya Janata Dal</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RJD</td><td>P K Praveen</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Jayanthi Rajan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shiji Lal</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Rafeed A.P</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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RJD</td><td>K.P. Mohanan</td><td>70,626</td><td>45.36%</td><td>0.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Pottankandi Abdulla</td><td>61,085</td><td>39.23%</td><td>1.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Sadanandan Master</td><td>21,212</td><td>13.62%</td><td>3.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal</td><td>1,360</td><td>0.87%</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath</td><td>543</td><td>0.35</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>9,541</td><td>7.5</td><td>−0.87</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>154,826</td><td>79.76%</td><td>0.33</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,94,124</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LDF hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 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. Shailaja</td><td>67,013</td><td>45.64</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td>54,722</td><td>37.27</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Sadanandan Master</td><td>20,787</td><td>16.68</td><td>7.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Muhammad Shabeer K. C.</td><td>1,681</td><td>1.14</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil</td><td>1,041</td><td>0.71</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>501</td><td>0.34</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Mohanan Hridayam</td><td>355</td><td>0.24</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Raghunathan</td><td>296</td><td>0.20</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shylaja Prashanth</td><td>265</td><td>0.18</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath</td><td>163</td><td>0.11</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,291</td><td>8.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,46,824</td><td>79.43</td><td>0.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from SJ(D)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>SJ(D)</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td>57,164</td><td>44.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INL</td><td>S. A. Puthiya Valappil</td><td>53,861</td><td>42.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>O. K .Vasu</td><td>11,835</td><td>9.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td>1,982</td><td>1.55</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Poovalappil</td><td>1,199</td><td>0.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Mohanan</td><td>1,130</td><td>0.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sulaim T. B.</td><td>758</td><td>0.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,303</td><td>2.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,929</td><td>79.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SJ(D) gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>