Kanhangad Assembly constituency

Kanhangad 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 in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. Chandrasekharan of CPI.

Kanhangad
Constituency No. 4 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Left to right: Hosdurg Fort, Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, Railway Station, New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, Anandashram.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Established	2008
Total electors	2,14,209 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. Chandrasekharan
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Kanhangad Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Hosdurg Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kanhangad	Municipality	Hosdurg
2	Ajanur	Grama panchayat	Hosdurg
3	Madikai	Grama panchayat	Hosdurg
4	Balal	Grama panchayat	Vellarikundu
5	Kallar	Grama panchayat	Vellarikundu
6	Kinanoor-Karindalam	Grama panchayat	Vellarikundu
7	Kodom-Bellur	Grama panchayat	Vellarikundu
8	Panathady	Grama panchayat	Vellarikundu

Members of Legislative Assembly

Hosdurg

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Chandrasekharan		Praja Socialist Party	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	N. K. Balakrishnan		Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. T. Kumaran		Communist Party of India	1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	N. Manoharan Master		Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	M. Narayanan		Communist Party of India	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. Kumaran			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Pallipram Balan			2006 – 2011

Kanhangad

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	E. Chandrasekharan		Communist Party of India	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. Chandrashekaran	84,615	50.72
	INC	P. V. Suresh	57,476	34.45
	BJP	Balraj	21,570	12.93
	SDPI	Abdul Samad T.	775	0.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	637	0.38
Majority			27,139
Turnout			1,66,835	76.24
Registered electors			2,18,836
	CPI hold		Swing

2016

There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. Chandrasekharan	80,558	49.98	2.33
	INC	Dhanya Suresh	54,547	33.84	5.11
	BDJS	M. P. Raghavan	21,104	13.09	−
	BSP	Chandran Parappa	965	0.60	0.31
	PDP	Assainar Muttumthala	959	0.59	0.29
	NOTA	None of the above	856	0.53	−
	Independent	Sajeevan R.	663	0.41
	Independent	Muhammed Ali V. V.	420	0.26
	Independent	Kookal Balakrishnan	294	0.18	−
	API	Raghavan B. Poodamkallu	272	0.17	−
	SS	Balachandran Karimbil	260	0.16	−
	Independent	K. U. Krishnakumar	186	0.12
	Independent	M. Damodaran	105	0.07
Margin of victory			26,011	16.14	7.44
Turnout			1,61,189	78.66	0.16
	CPI hold		Swing	2.33

2011

There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kanhangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. Chandrasekharan	66,640	47.65	−
	INC	M. C. Jose	54,462	38.95	−
	BJP	Madikai Kammaran	15,543	11.11	−
	Independent	P. M. Joseph	1,919	1.37	−
	BSP	Gopalan K.	1,277	0.91	−
Margin of victory			12,178	8.70	−
Turnout			1,39,841	78.50	−
	CPI win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosdurg^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Narayanan Nambiar	32,671	46.77%
	INC	Kunnikannan Nambiar	17,917	25.65%	25.65%
	Socialist	Padmanabha Nair	10,055	14.39%
	Independent	Hamid Hussain Sehammad	9,211	13.19%
Margin of victory			14,754	21.12%
Turnout			69,854	87.06%
Registered electors			80,235
	KMPP win (new seat)