Kannur Lok Sabha constituency

Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Kannur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Taliparamba Irikkur Azhikode Kannur Dharmadam Mattanur Peravoor
Established	1952
Total electors	12,62,144 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent K. Sudhakaran
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	P. K. Sreemathy

Assembly segments

Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
8	Taliparamba	Kannur	M. V. Govindan		CPI(M)		INC
9	Irikkur		Sajeev Joseph		INC		INC
10	Azhikode		K. V. Sumesh		CPI(M)		INC
11	Kannur		Kadannappalli Ramachandran		Cong(S)		INC
12	Dharmadam		Pinarayi Vijayan		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
15	Mattanur		K. K. Shailaja		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
16	Peravoor		Sunny Joseph		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	A.K. Gopalan		Communist Party of India
As Thalassery
1957	M. K. Jinachandran		Indian National Congress
1962	S. K. Pottekkatt		Independent
1967	Pattiam Gopalan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	C.K. Chandrappan		Communist Party of India
As Kannur
1977	C.K. Chandrappan		Communist Party of India
1980	K. Kunhambu		Indian National Congress (U)
1984	Mullappally Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999	A. P. Abdullakutty		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004
2009	K. Sudhakaran		Indian National Congress
2014	P. K. Sreemathy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019	K. Sudhakaran		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			48.74%
2019			50.74%
2014			45.15%
2009			50.11%
2004			50.53%
1999			48.67%
1998			43.91%
1996			49.07%
1991			50.58%
1989			50.30%
1984			51.66%
1980			57.70%
1977			50.38%
1971			51.41%
1967			61.76%
1962			58.81%
1957			37.15%

Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.^[2]

Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sudhakaran	518,524	48.74	2.00
	CPI(M)	M. V. Jayarajan	4,09,542	38.50	3.18
	BJP	C. Raghunathan	1,19,876	11.27	4.71
	NOTA	None of the above	8,873	0.83
Majority			1,08,982	10.24	1.18
Turnout			10,66,171	78.22	5.06
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing	2.00

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sudhakaran	529,741	50.74	6.28
	CPI(M)	P. K. Sreemathy	4,35,182	41.68	−3.47
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	68,509	6.56	1.11
	SDPI	K. K. Abdul Jabbar	8,142	0.78	−1.24
Margin of victory			94,559	9.06	8.36
Turnout			10,44,124	83.28	1.51
Registered electors			12,66,550		8.23
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.59

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. K. Sreemathy	427,622	45.15	0.03
	INC	K. Sudhakaran	4,21,056	44.46	−5.65
	BJP	P. C. Mohanan Master	51,636	5.45	2.31
	SDPI	K. K. Abdul Jabbar	19,170	2.02
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,026	0.74
	AAP	Sasidharan K V	6,106	0.64
	Independent	K. Sudhakaran	4,240	0.45
Margin of victory			6,566	0.69	−4.30
Turnout			9,47,117	81.06	0.18
Registered electors			11,70,266		9.40
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-4.96

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sudhakaran	432,878	50.11	9.32
	CPI(M)	K. K Ragesh	3,89,727	45.12	−5.41
	BJP	P. P Karunakaran Master	27,123	3.14	−2.34
Margin of victory			43,151	5.00	−4.74
Turnout			8,63,832	80.84	1.68
Registered electors			10,69,725		−1.76
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-0.42

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. P. Abdullakutty	435,058	50.53	1.86
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	3,51,209	40.79	−6.72
	BJP	O. K. Vasu Master	47,213	5.48
	Independent	Thomas Mannakuzhi	10,295	1.20
	Independent	Sreeraman Koyyon	4,773	0.55
	Independent	Satheesh Kumar Pamban	4,274	0.50
Margin of victory			83,849	9.74	8.57
Turnout			8,60,998	79.19	0.02
Registered electors			10,88,892		−2.88
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.86

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. P. Abdullakutty	428,390	48.67
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	4,18,143	47.51	3.60
	JD(U)	N. Hariharan	26,069	2.96
Margin of victory			10,247	1.16	0.91
Turnout			8,80,180	79.05	5.00
Registered electors			11,21,192		4.61
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.40

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	380,465	43.91	−5.16
	Independent	A. C. Shanmukha Das	3,78,285	43.66
	BJP	P. C. Mohanan Master	42,760	5.22	1.19
	INL	B. Hamza Haji	10,016	1.22
	Independent	Mullappali Chandran	6,548	0.80
Margin of victory			2,180	0.25	−4.93
Turnout			8,66,525	76.90	2.84
Registered electors			10,71,756		2.44
	INC hold		Swing	-5.16

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	371,924	49.07	−1.51
	IC(S)	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	3,32,622	43.89
	BJP	M. K. Saseeindran	30,511	4.03	0.57
	Independent	Kolakkottu Ramachandran	12,479	1.65
	Independent	S. Mammu	3,606	0.48
Margin of victory			39,302	5.19	−0.34
Turnout			7,57,933	74.06	−3.37
Registered electors			10,46,188		8.03
	INC hold		Swing	-1.51

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	376,696	50.58	0.28
	CPI(M)	E. Ebranhim Kutty	3,35,569	45.06	0.21
	BJP	M. K. Saseendran	25,720	3.45	−0.57
Margin of victory			41,127	5.52	0.07
Turnout			7,44,778	77.43	−5.71
Registered electors			9,68,420		3.05
	INC hold		Swing	0.28

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	391,042	50.30	−1.36
	CPI(M)	P. Sasi	3,48,638	44.85	−2.33
	BJP	Palliyara Raman	31,266	4.02
Margin of victory			42,404	5.45	0.97
Turnout			7,77,420	83.14	1.20
Registered electors			9,39,750		35.59
	INC hold		Swing	-1.36

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	288,791	51.66
	CPI(M)	Pattiam Rajan	2,63,738	47.18
	Independent	Kuntimangalam Azeez	2,942	0.53
Margin of victory			25,053	4.48	−11.91
Turnout			5,59,056	81.94	11.42
Registered electors			6,93,093		8.64
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	-6.04

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	K. Kunhambu	257,812	57.70
	INC(I)	N. Ramakrishnan	1,84,555	41.30
	Independent	Koothan Narayanan	4,477	1.00
Margin of victory			73,257	16.39	13.52
Turnout			4,46,844	70.52	−12.22
Registered electors			6,37,975		15.29
	INC(U) gain from CPI		Swing	7.32

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. K. Chandrappan	225,328	50.38	−1.03
	CPI(M)	O. Bharathan	2,12,451	47.50	6.10
	Independent	Father Vadakkan	9,509	2.13
Margin of victory			12,877	2.88	−7.13
Turnout			4,47,288	82.74	11.63
Registered electors			5,53,360		−1.70
	CPI hold		Swing	-1.03

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. K. Chandrappan	204,483	51.41
	CPI(M)	Pattiam Gopalan	1,64,659	41.40	−20.36
	INC(O)	N. Raghavan	24,365	6.13
	Independent	K. K. Kunhabdulla Haji	4,236	1.07
Margin of victory			39,824	10.01	−13.51
Turnout			3,97,743	71.12	−6.39
Registered electors			5,62,923		18.47
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-10.35

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pattiam Gopalan	221,374	61.76
	INC	T. M. Abdulla	1,37,062	38.24	−2.95
Margin of victory			84,312	23.52	5.91
Turnout			3,58,436	77.51	2.69
Registered electors			4,75,141		−5.29
	CPI(M) gain from Independent		Swing	2.95

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. K. Pottekkatt	216,836	58.81
	INC	K. T. Sukumaran	1,51,886	41.19	4.04
Margin of victory			64,950	17.61	17.15
Turnout			3,68,722	74.82	11.58
Registered electors			5,01,672		7.05
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	21.66

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Kannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. Jinachandran	110,114	37.15
	Independent	S. K. Pottekkatt	1,08,732	36.68
	PSP	Padmaprabhaundan	77,548	26.16
Margin of victory			1,382	0.47
Turnout			2,96,394	63.25
Registered electors			4,68,639
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• 2024 Indian general election in Kerala