Vengara Assembly constituency

Vengara State assembly constituency 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.[2] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Kunhalikutty of IUML.

Vengara
Constituency No. 41 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kooriyad field in Vengara
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictMalappuram
Established2011 - present
Total electors1,85,356 (2021)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian Union Muslim League
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments edit

Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Vengara Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
2 Abdu Rahiman Nagar Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
3 Kannamangalam Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
4 Oorakam Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
5 Parappur Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
6 Othukkungal Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
 
Vengara (State Assembly constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly edit

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]

Key

  IUML

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th P. K. Kunhalikutty IUML 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2017
2017* K. N. A. Khader 2017 - 2021
2021 15th P. K. Kunhalikutty Incumbent

*indicates bypolls

Election results edit

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021 edit

There were 1,85,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vengara[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. K. Kunhalikutty 70,381 53.50%  0.31
CPI(M) P. Jiji 39,785 30.24%  3.94
Independent Sabah Kundupuzhakkal 11,255 8.56%  8.56
BJP Preman Master 5,968 4.54%  0.13
WPOI E. K. Kunhahammed Kutty Master 2,051 1.56%  1.56
BSP Keeran 1,060 0.81%  0.81
NOTA None of the above 787 0.60%  0.19
DSJP Ananyakumari Alex 135 0.10%  0.10
Independent Adil Abdurahman Thangal 129 0.10%  0.10
Margin of victory 30,596 23.26%  4.25
Turnout 1,31,551[5][1] 70.97%[1]  1.16
IUML hold Swing  0.31

Niyama Sabha By-election 2017 edit

Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[6] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent by election.

2017 Kerala Legislative Assembly By-election: Vengara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 72.13%  1.23
IUML hold Swing  6.82%

Niyama Sabha Election 2016 edit

There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vengara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. K. Kunhalikutty 72,181 60.01%  3.43
CPI(M) Adv. P. P. Basheer 34,124 28.37%  3.35
BJP P. T. Ali Haji 7,055 5.87%  2.44
SDPI Kallen Aboobacker Master 3,049 2.54%  2.17
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%  6.78
Turnout 1,20,276 70.90%  1.93
IUML hold Swing  3.43

Niyamasabha Election 2011 edit

There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vengara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. K. Kunhalikutty 63,138 63.44%
INL K. P. Ismayil 24,901 25.02%
SDPI Abduil Majeed Faizi 4,683 4.71%
BJP Subrahmanian 3,417 3.43%
Independent K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) 1,615 1.62%
Independent Kunhalikutty K. P. 1,079 1.08%
BSP Safarudeen 405 0.41%
Independent Ismayil K. T. 292 0.29%
Margin of victory 38,237 38.42%
Turnout 99,530 68.97%
IUML win (new seat)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  2. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
  3. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
  4. ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vengara".
  5. ^ a b "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (41-VENGARA)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Vengara Niyamasabha Re-election Results 2017, Election commission of India".
  7. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
  8. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.