Kasaragod Assembly constituency

Kasaragod 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. A. Nellikkunnu of IUML.

Kasargod
Constituency No. 2 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Seaview Park near Kasaragod Railway Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,812 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent N. A. Nellikkunnu
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kasaragod	Municipality	Kasaragod
2	Badiyadka	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
3	Bellur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
4	Chengala	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
5	Karadka	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
6	Kumbadaje	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
7	Madhur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
8	Mogral Puthur	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	M. S. Mogral		Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady[4]
1960	M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar[5]
1965	E. Abdul Khader		Independent[6]
1967	U. P. Kunikullaya[7]
1970	B. M. Abdurahman[8]
1977	T. A. Ibrahim		Indian Union Muslim League[9]
1980	C. T. Ahammed Ali[10]
1982	C. T. Ahammed Ali[11]
1987	C. T. Ahammed Ali[12]
1991	C. T. Ahammed Ali[13]
1996	C. T. Ahammed Ali[14]
2001	C. T. Ahammed Ali[15]
2006	C. T. Ahammed Ali[16]
2011	N. A. Nellikkunnu[17]
2016	N. A. Nellikkunnu[18]
2021	N. A. Nellikkunnu

Election results

2021

There were 2,01,812 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[19]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	N. A. Nellikkunnu	63,296	43.80	0.92
	BJP	K. Shreekanth	50,395	34.88	3.89
	INL	M. A. Latheef	28,323	19.60	4.67
	BSP	Vijaya K. P.	679	0.47	0.07
	NOTA	None Of the Above	639	0.44	0.02
	Anna DHRM	Ranjit Raj M.	555	0.38	−
	Independent	Nishanth Kumar I. B.	417	0.29	−
	Independent	Sudhakaran K.	196	0.14	−
Margin of victory			12,901	8.92	2.97
Turnout			1,43,032	70.87	3.15
	IUML hold		Swing	0.92

2016

There were 1,88,906 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	N. A. Nellikkunnu	64,727	44.72	0.63
	BJP	Ravisha Thantri Kuntar	56,120	38.77	1.75
	INL	A. A. Ameen	21,615	14.93	0.86
	NOTA	None Of the Above	661	0.46	−
	BSP	Vijaykumar B.	585	0.4	0.29
	Independent	Roshan Kumar	508	0.35	−
	Independent	A. Damodaran	283	0.20	−
	Independent	Muneer Munnambam	250	0.17	−
Margin of victory			8,607	5.95	2.38
Turnout			1,44,749	76.62	3.15
	IUML hold		Swing	0.63

2011

There were 1,59,289 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	N. A. Nellikkunnu	53,068	45.35
	BJP	Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt	43,330	37.02
	INL	Azeez Kadappuram	16,467	14.07
	SDPI	A. H. Muneer	1260	1.08
	Independent	Govinda Raja Kuntikkanamata	938	0.80
	BSP	Saifudeen K. Makkodu	807	0.69
	Independent	Ajith Kumar Azad	739	0.63
	Independent	Abdulla	422	0.36
Margin of victory			9,738	8.32
Turnout			1,17,031	73.47
	IUML hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kasargod^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. S. Mogral	19,258	47.26%	47.26%
	KMPP	B. K. Sridharan	11,450	28.10%
	IUML	Mahin Sehammad	8,855	21.73%
	Socialist	K. Shankara	1,184	2.91%
Margin of victory			7,808	19.16%
Turnout			40,747	58.78%
Registered electors			69,324
	INC win (new seat)

1957-2006

Election	Votes polled	Winner				Runner-up 1				Runner-up 2				Margin of victory
Year		Name	Party	Votes		Name	Party	Votes		Name	Party	Votes		Votes	Percent
2006	100179 (65.19%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	38774	38.70%	V. Ravindran	BJP	28432	28.38%	N. A. Nellikkunnu	INL	27790	27.74%	10342	10.32%[21]
2001	109438 (68.90%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	51890	47.41%	P. K. Krishnadas	BJP	33895	30.97%	A. G. Nair	CPI(M)	21948	20.06%	17995	16.44%[22]
1996	91629 (67.38%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	33932	37.03%	K. Madhava Herala	BJP	30149	32.90%	N. A. Nellikkunnu	Ind.	24254	26.47%	3783	4.13%[23]
1991	85436 (66.61%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	39143	45.82%	Sri Krishna Bhat	BJP	24269	28.41%	T. V. Gangadharan	CPI(M)	21190	24.80%	14874	17.41%[24]
1987	86600 (81.19%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	41407	47.81%	Sri Krishna Bhat	BJP	27350	31.58%	M. Ramanna Rai	CPI(M)	17049	19.69%	14057	16.23%[25]
1982	59692 (74.40%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	25676	43.01%	N. Narayana Bhat	BJP	17657	29.58%	B. M. Abdurahman	ML(O)	15643	26.21%	8019	13.43%[26]
1980	51401 (64.11%)	C. T. Ahammed Ali	IUML	30793	59.91%	Gorvacis Areeckal	KEC	14113	27.46%	Kayyar Kinhanna Rai	Ind.	5742	11.17%	16680	32.45%[27]
1977	53964 (79.04%)	T. A. Ibrahim	IUML	29402	54.48%	B. M. Abdurahman	ML(O)	22619	41.91%	M. A. Abdulla Mallath	Ind.	1201	2.23%	6783	12.57%[28]
Major delimitation of constituency
1970	59911 (80.02%)	B. M. Abdurahman	Ind.	27113	45.26%	K. P. Ballakuraya	Ind.	18736	31.27%	N. Ramanna Rai	CPI(M)	14062	23.47%	8377	13.99%[29]
1967	45904 (78.21%)	U. P. Kunikullaya	Ind.	20635	44.95%	H. A. Schemnad	IUML	20540	44.75%	V. K. S. Nair	INC	4729	10.30%	95	0.20%[30]
1965	46262 (75.89%)	E. Abdul Khader	Ind.	21923	47.39%	K. A. Shetty	INC	19784	42.77%	B. V. Kunhambu	CPI	2335	5.05%	2139	4.62%[31]
Major delimitation of constituency
1960	48809 (79.24%)	M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar	INC	19399	39.74%	Anantharama Chetty	Ind.	15747	32.26%	Ambu Nair	CPI	13663	27.99%	3652	7.48%[32]
1957	26865 (41.56%)	Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady	INC	10290	38.30%	Narayanan Nambiar	PSP	10096	37.58%	Ganspathy Kamath N.	CPI	6479	24.12%	194	0.72%[33]
Madras State

See also

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