Kalpetta Assembly constituency

Kalpetta 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is T. Siddique of Indian National Congress.

Kalpetta
Constituency No. 19 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Wayanad
Established	1965
Total electors	2,00,895 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. Siddique
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Kalpetta Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kalpetta	Municipality	Vythiri
2	Kaniyambetta	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
3	Kottathara	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
4	Meppadi	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
5	Muppanad	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
6	Muttil	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
7	Padinharethara	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
8	Pozhuthana	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
9	Thariode	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
10	Vengappally	Grama panchayat	Vythiri
11	Vythiri	Grama panchayat	Vythiri

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1965	2nd	B. Wellington		Independent	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd				1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. Cyriac John		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. G. Adiyodi			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. Kamalam		Janata Party	1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	M. P. Veerendra Kumar			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. K. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. V. Shreyams Kumar		Socialist Janata Party	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	C. K. Saseendran		Communist Party of India	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	T. Siddique		Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kalpetta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Siddique	70,252	46.16
	LJD	M.V.Shreyams Kumar	64,782	42.56
	BJP	Subeesh T. M.	14,113	9.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	828	0.54
Margin of victory			5,470	3.60
Turnout			1,52,209	75.65
Registered electors			2,01,192
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

There were 1,90,938 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kalpetta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Saseendran	72,959	48.35	9.76
	JD(U)	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	59,876	39.68	−
	BJP	K. Sadanandan	12,938	8.57	3.37
	NOTA	None of the above	1,172	0.78	−
	WPOI	Joseph Ambalavayal	900	0.60	−
	SDPI	K. A. Ayoob	837	0.55	0.71
	Independent	Madayi Latheef	594	0.39	−
	Independent	Shreyams Kumar Anjana House	498	0.33	−
	CPI(M-L)	Sujayakumar	468	0.31	−
	Independent	Moideen Chembothara	451	0.30	−
	Independent	Sandhya N. M.	214	0.14	−
Margin of victory			13,083	8.67
Turnout			1,50,907	79.03	4.68
	CPI(M) gain from SJ(D)		Swing

2011

There were 1,70,245 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kalpetta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJ(D)	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	67,018	52.94
	CPI(M)	P. A. Muhammed	48,849	38.59
	BJP	Anand Kumar P. G.	6,580	5.20
	SDPI	Jameela	1,597	1.26
	Independent	K. Nasrudeen	1,197	0.95
	Independent	Cleatus	760	0.60
	BSP	Mujeeb Rahman Anjukunnu	583	0.46
Margin of victory			18,169	14.35
Turnout			1,26,584	74.35
	SJ(D) gain from JD(S)		Swing

See also

• Kalpetta
• Wayanad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election