Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M).

Dharmadam
Constituency for the
Dharmadom island and Muzhappilangad Beach
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
DistrictKannur
Established2011 - present
Total electors1,93,486 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments

Dharmadam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Anjarakkandy Grama Panchayat Kannur
Chembilode Grama panchayat Kannur
Kadambur Grama panchayat Kannur
Muzhappilangad Grama panchayat Kannur
Peralasseri Grama panchayat Kannur
Dharmadom Grama panchayat Thalassery
Pinarayi Grama panchayat Thalassery
Vengad Grama panchayat Thalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Dharmadam Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th K. K. Narayanan CPI(M) 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Pinarayi Vijayan 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    Niyamasabha Election 2021

    There were 193,486 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[4]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Dharmadam
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) Pinarayi Vijayan 95,522 59.61 Increase2.77
    INC C. Raghunathan 45,399 28.33 Decrease4.49
    BJP C. K. Padmanabhan 14,623 9.13 Increase0.82
    SDPI Basheer Kannadiparamba 2,280 1.42 N/A
    Independent Valayar Bhagyavathi 1,753 1.09 N/A
    NOTA None of the above 400 0.25 N/A
    Margin of victory 50,123 31.28 Increase7.26
    Turnout 160,247 82.82 Decrease0.48
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.77

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Dharmadam
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) Pinarayi Vijayan 87,329 56.84 Increase 3.71
    INC Mambaram Divakaran 50,424 32.82 Decrease 9.18
    BJP Mohanan Mananthery 12,763 8.31 Increase 4.67
    SDPI Tharammal Niyas 1,994 1.30 N/A
    NOTA None of the above 615 0.40 N/A
    Independent Divakaran M. Thiruvathira 354 0.23 N/A
    Independent Divakaran Moottil House 148 0.10 N/A
    Margin of victory 36,905 24.02 Increase 12.89
    Turnout 1,53,627 83.30 Increase 0.10
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase 3.71

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Dharmadam
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) K. K. Narayanan 72,354 53.13
    INC Mambaram Divakaran 57,192 42.00
    BJP C. P. Sangeetha 4,963 3.64
    Independent Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran 871 0.64
    BSP Madhu S. Vayanan 797 0.59
    Margin of victory 15,162 11.13
    Turnout 1,36,177 83.20
    CPI(M) win (new seat)

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Dharmadom". www.mapsofindia.com.
    4. "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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