Perambra Assembly constituency

Perambra State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Perambra
Constituency No. 24 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Perambra - Vadakara road
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,98,218 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. P. Ramakrishnan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Perambra Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Arikkulam	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
2	Chakkittapara	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
3	Changaroth	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
4	Cheruvannur	Grama Panchayat	Koyilandy
5	Keezhariyur	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
6	Koothali	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
7	Meppayur	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
8	Nochad	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
9	Perambra	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy
10	Thurayur	Grama panchayat	Koyilandy

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	Kumaran Madathil		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. K. Narayanan Nambiar		Praja Socialist Party	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	V. V. Dakshinamoorthy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. G. Adiyodi		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K.C. Joseph		Kerala Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	V. V. Dakshinamoorthy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	A. K. Padmanabhan			1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	N. K. Radha			1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	T. P. Ramakrishnan			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. Kunhammad			2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	T. P. Ramakrishnan			2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election Results

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,658 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Perambra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	T. P. Ramakrishnan	72,359	47.14	4.77
	KC(M)	Muhammad Ikbal	68,258	44.46	3.84
	BDJS	Sukumaran Nair	8,561	5.58	−
	WPOI	Razak Paleri	1,673	1.09	−
	SDPI	K. P. Gopi	1,036	0.67	0.43
	Independent	Muhammed Iqbal Bappubaith	637	0.41	−
	NOTA	None of the above	616	0.40	−
	CPI(M)	M. T. Muhammad	224	0.15	−
	Independent	Muhammad Iqbal Pallath	148	0.10	−
Margin of victory			4,101	2.68	8.61
Turnout			1,53,512	85.45	0.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.77

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,699 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Perambra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Kunhammad	70,248	51.91
	KC(M)	Mohammad Ikbal	54,979	40.62
	BJP	P. Chandrika	7,214	5.33
	SDPI	T. K. Kunammad Faisy	1,494	1.10	−
	Independent	Akhilkumar	801	0.59
	BSP	K. K. Vasu	598	0.44
Margin of victory			15,269	11.29
Turnout			1,35,334	84.74
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Perambra^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Kunhiram Kidavu Polloyil	20,730	44.83%
	INC	Kalandankutty, Puthiyottil	18,222	39.41%	39.41%
	Socialist	Balakrishnan Nair Kolliyil	7,287	15.76%
Margin of victory			2,508	5.42%
Turnout			46,239	69.67%
Registered electors			66,367
	KMPP win (new seat)

See also

• Perambra
• Kozhikode district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election