Perambra Assembly constituency

Perambra 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]

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
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 Assembly 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. Dakshinamoorthi		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

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

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