Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency

Kuthuparamba 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Mohanan of Loktantrik Janata Dal.

Kuthuparamba
Constituency No. 14 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,94,124 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. P Mohanan
Party	Loktantrik Janata Dal
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Seven out of the nine local bodies included by the 2008 delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam Assembly constituency before the delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.^[2]

Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[3]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kuthuparamba	Municipality	Thalassery
2	Panoor	Municipality	Thalassery
3	Kottayam-Malabar	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
4	Kunnothuparamba	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
5	Mokeri	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
6	Pattiom	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
7	Thrippangottur	Grama panchayat	Thalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. R. Kurup		Praja Socialist Party	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. K. Abu		Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Pinarayi Vijayan		Communist Party of India	1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. V. Raghavan			1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. V. Kunhikannan			1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. P. Mamoo Master			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Pinarayi Vijayan			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. K. Shailaja			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	P. Jayarajan			2001 – 2005
2005*					2005 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th	K. P. Mohanan		Socialist Janata	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. K. Shailaja		Communist Party of India	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. P. Mohanan		Loktantrik Janata Dal	Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJD	K.P. Mohanan	70,626	45.36%	0.28
	IUML	Pottankandi Abdulla	61,085	39.23%	1.96
	BJP	C. Sadanandan Master	21,212	13.62%	3.06
	Independent	Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal	1,360	0.87%	−
	Independent	Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath	543	0.35	−
Majority			9,541	7.5	−0.87
Turnout			154,826	79.76%	0.33
Registered electors			1,94,124
	LDF hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja	67,013	45.64	−
	JD(U)	K. P. Mohanan	54,722	37.27	−
	BJP	C. Sadanandan	20,787	16.68	7.43
	SDPI	Muhammad Shabeer K. C.	1,681	1.14	−
	Independent	K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil	1,041	0.71	−
	NOTA	None of the above	501	0.34	−
	Independent	K. P. Mohanan Hridayam	355	0.24	−
	Independent	K. Raghunathan	296	0.20	−
	Independent	Shylaja Prashanth	265	0.18	−
	Independent	Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath	163	0.11	−
Margin of victory			12,291	8.37
Turnout			1,46,824	79.43	0.36
	CPI(M) gain from SJ(D)		Swing

2011

There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuthuparamba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SJ(D)	K. P. Mohanan	57,164	44.68
	Independent	S. A. Puthiya Valappil	53,861	42.10
	BJP	O. K .Vasu	11,835	9.25
	Independent	K. P. Mohanan	1,982	1.55
	Independent	S. Poovalappil	1,199	0.94
	Independent	K. P. Mohanan	1,130	0.88
	Independent	Sulaim T. B.	758	0.59
Margin of victory			3,303	2.58
Turnout			1,27,929	79.79
	SJ(D) gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

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