Nilambur Assembly constituency

Nilambur 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Nilambur
Constituency No. 35 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Wayanad
Established	1965
Total electors	2,25,356 (2021)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Aryadan Shoukath
Party	INC
Elected year	2025

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Nilambur	Municipality	Nilambur
2	Vazhikadavu	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
3	Moothedam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
4	Edakkara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
5	Pothukal	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
6	Chungathara	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
7	Karulayi	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
8	Amarambalam	Grama panchayat	Nilambur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	K. Kunhali		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. P. Gangadharan		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Aryadan Muhammed			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	C. Haridas		Indian National Congress	1980
1980*		Aryadan Muhammed			1980 - 1982
1982	7th	T. K. Hamza		Independent politician	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Aryadan Muhammed		Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	P. V. Anvar		Independent politician	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				2021-2025
2025*		Aryadan Shoukath		Indian National Congress	Incumbent

*by-election

Detailed election results

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

2025 by-election

By political party

2025 by-election: Nilambur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aryadan Shoukath	77,737	46.17	1.17
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	66,660	37.88	New
	Independent	P. V. Anvar	19,760	11.23	35.67
	BJP	Mohan George	8,648	4.91	0.03
	SDPI	Sadik Naduthodi	2,075	1.18	0.71
	NOTA	None of the above	630	0.36
Majority			11,077	6.29
Turnout			175,989	75.27%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)	Votes
	Indian National Congress	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Independent (P. V. Anvar)	Lead
Amarambalam	10065	9814	2447	704
Chungathara	10426	9039	2824	1287
Edakkara	7739	6569	2122	1170
Karulai	6403	6533	1870	118
Moothedam	7986	5924	2216	2067
Nilambur	14362	10393	2124	3967
Pothukal	7851	7461	1585	307
Vazhikkadavu	12255	10426	4544	1829

2021

By political party

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. V. Anvar	81,227	46.9
	INC	V. V. Prakash	78,527	45.34
	BJP	T. K. Ashokkumar	8,500	4.96
	SDPI	K. Babu Mani	3,281	1.89
	Independent	Sajadurahman C.P.	559	0.32
	ICSP	Anila Mathew	509	0.29
	NOTA	None of the above	507	0.29
Margin of victory			2,700	1.54
Turnout			173,205	76.6
	Independent hold		Swing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)	Votes
	Indian National Congress	Bharatiya Janata Party	Independent (P. V. Anvar)
Amarambalam	9746	1446	11,238
Chungathara	11,347	1072	11,033
Edakkara	7,745	1022	7,757
Karulai	6159	501	7605
Moothedam	8915	690	6584
Nilambur	11,673	1464	13,200
Pothukal	7813	860	8319
Vazhikkadavu	13,436	1367	13,471

2016

By political party

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. V. Anvar	77,858	47.91%	−
	INC	Aryadan Shoukath	66,354	40.83%	7.81
	BDJS	Girish Mekkatt	12,284	7.56%	−
	SDPI	K. Babu Mani	4,751	2.92%	1.04
	NOTA	None of the above	1,256	0.77%	−
Margin of victory			11,504	7.08%	2.98
Turnout			162,503	78.83%	0.89
Registered electors			206,132
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)	Votes
	Indian National Congress	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena	Independent (P. V. Anvar)
Amarambalam	8379	1909	11,080
Chungathara	9586	1964	9890
Edakkara	6195	1919	7,486
Karulai	5560	533	7030
Moothedam	7048	822	6830
Nilambur	11,241	1659	14,011
Pothukal	7069	1363	8009
Vazhikkadavu	10,917	1986	13,079

2011

By political party

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Aryadan Muhammed	66,331	48.64%
	Independent	M. Thomas Mathew	60,733	44.54%
	BJP	K. C. Velayudhan	4,425	3.25%
	SDPI	C. G. Unni	2,566	1.88%
	BSP	Thariyan Kiliyan	1,291	0.95%
	Independent	Thomas Mathew	1,012	0.74%	−
Margin of victory			5,598	4.10%
Turnout			136,358	77.94%
Registered electors			174,945
	INC hold		Swing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)	Votes
	Indian National Congress	Bharatiya Janata Party	Independent (M. Thomas Mathew)
Amarambalam	8363	1008	7929
Chungathara	9690	493	8745
Edakkara	7286	562	6371
Karulai	5069	277	4822
Moothedam	5690	368	4968
Nilambur	12,454	669	11,280
Pothukal	7182	463	6743
Vazhikkadavu	10,383	583	9572

See also

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