Malappuram Assembly constituency

This article is about the State assembly constituency in Kerala. For other uses, see Malappuram (disambiguation).

Malappuram 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Ubaidulla of IUML.

Malappuram
Constituency No. 40 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kottakkunnu is located at the centre of Malappuram city.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1957
Total electors	2,11,990 (2021)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Ubaidulla
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Malappuram	Municipality	Eranad
2	Pulpatta	Grama panchayat	Eranad
3	Pookkottur	Grama panchayat	Eranad
4	Anakkayam	Grama panchayat	Eranad
5	Morayur	Grama panchayat	Kondotty
6	Kodur	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna

Malappuram Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Malappuram Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[4]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Hassan Gani		Indian Union Muslim League	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	M. P. M. Ahamed Kurikkal			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	U. A. Beeran			1970 – 1977
1977	5th	C. H. Mohammed Koya			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	U. A. Beeran			1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. K. Kunhalikutty			1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Younus Kunhu			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	M. K. Muneer			1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. Ummer			2006 – 2011
2011	13th	P. Ubaidulla			2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,11,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malappuram^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. Ubaidulla	93,166	57.57%	0.41
	CPI(M)	Paloli Abdurahman	57,958	35.82%	3.81
	BJP	Areekkad Sethumadhavan	5,883	3.64%	1.44
	WPOI	E. C. Ayisha	3,194	1.97%	0.38
	NOTA	None of the above	994	0.61%	0.03
	BSP	Prashobh. T	321	0.20%	0.20
	SUCI(C)	T. K. Bose	309	0.19%	0.19
Margin of victory			35,208	21.75%	3.40
Turnout			1,61,825[5][1]	76.34%[1]	3.14
	IUML hold		Swing	0.41

2016

There were 1,93,761 registered voters in Malappuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malappuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. Ubaidulla	81,072	57.16%	6.59
	CPI(M)	Adv. K. P. Sumathi	45,400	32.01%	−
	BJP	K. N. Badusha Thangal	7,211	5.08%	1.94
	WPOI	E. C. Ayisha	3,330	2.35%	−
	SDPI	Jaleel Neelambra	2,444	1.72%	1.53
	PDP	Ashraf Pulpatta	1,550	1.09%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	826	0.58%	−
Margin of victory			35,672	25.15%	11.26
Turnout			1,41,833	73.20%	0.32
	IUML hold		Swing	6.59

2011

There were 1,67,739 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malappuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. Ubaidulla	77,928	63.75%
	JD(S)	Madathil Sadiqali	33,420	27.34%
	SDPI	Sadiq Naduthodi	3,968	3.25%
	BJP	K. Velayudhan	3,841	3.14%
	Independent	Abu Thwair	2,179	1.78%
	Independent	Pookkattil Ali Haji	909	0.74%
Margin of victory			44,508	36.41%
Turnout			1,22,245	72.88%
	IUML hold		Swing

See also

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