Kannur Assembly constituency

Kannur Legislative 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Cong(S).

Kannur
Constituency No. 11 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
South Bazar, the central commercial area of Kannur city.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1965
Total electors	1,73,961 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kadannappalli Ramachandran
Party	Cong(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021
Preceded by	A. P. Abdullakutty

History

For the first election conducted to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, Kannur city had two Assembly constituencies - Cannanore-I and Cannanore-II. Following the 1965 delimitation, Cannanore-I Assembly constituency was renamed to Kannur while Cannanore-II was replaced by the newly formed Edakkad Assembly constituency.

In the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, a major portion of the erstwhile Kannur Assembly constituency was replaced by Azhikode Assembly constituency. Edakkad Assembly constituency became defunct in 2011. A major portion of the erstwhile Edakkad Assembly constituency is now a part of Kannur Assembly constituency. Currently, the Kannur Municipal Corporation has two assembly constituencies: Kannur and Azhikode.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Kannur (40 wards out of the 55 wards) Wards List Wards 14 - 53	Municipal corporation	Kannur
2	Munderi	Grama panchayat	Kannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

As Cannanore-I

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	Kannan Chaliyoth		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	R. Sankar		Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965

As Kannur

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	E. Ahamed		Indian Union Muslim League	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	N. K. Kumaram		Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. Bhaskaran		Bharatiya Lok Dal	1977 – 1980
1980	6th			Janata Party	1980 – 1982
1982	7th			Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	N. Ramakrishnan			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. Sudhakaran			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	K. Sudhakaran			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. Sudhakaran			2006 – 2009
2009*	12th	A. P. Abdullakutty			2009 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Kadannappalli Ramachandran		Congress	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

2021

There were 1,73,961 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cong(S)	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	60,313	44.98	1.82
	INC	Satheeshan Pacheni	58,568	43.68	1.57
	BJP	Archana Vandichal	11,581	8.64	1.83
	SDPI	B Shamsudheen Moulavi	2,069	1.54	0.48
	NOTA	None of the above	504	0.38	0.48
	Independent	Satheesan P	147	0.11	−
	Independent	Ramachandran P V	107	0.08	−
	Independent	N K Surendran	84	0.06	−
Margin of victory			1,745	1.3
Turnout			1,34,089	74.87	2.51
	Cong(S) hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,63,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Cong(S)	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	54,347	43.06	0.15
	INC	Satheeshan Pacheni	53,151	42.11	6.78
	BJP	K. G. Babu	13,215	10.47	6.44
	SDPI	Sufira K. P.	2,551	2.02	0.22
	WPOI	N. P. Sathar	755	0.60	−
	NOTA	None of the above	517	0.41	−
	Independent	K. Sudhakaran	223	0.18	0.79
	Independent	Satheesan Pazhayadath	97	0.08	−
	Independent	Satheesan Edathil Veedu	79	0.06	−
	Independent	Ramachndran Thayale Purayil	77	0.06	−
	Independent	Ramachandran Potheravalappil	73	0.06	−
Margin of victory			1,196	0.95
Turnout			1,26,219	77.34	1.48
	Cong(S) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,43,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. P. Abdullakutty	55,427	48.89
	Independent	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	48,894	43.21
	BJP	U. T. Jayandan	4,568	4.03
	SDPI	P. C. Noushad	2,538	2.24
	Independent	M. P. Abdullakutty	1,100	0.97
	Independent	K. Sudhakaran	517	0.46
	Independent	S. Noorudeen	226	0.20
Margin of victory			6,443	5.68
Turnout			1,13,360	78.82
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Kannur
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election