Vadakara Assembly constituency

Vadakara 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 election, the current MLA is K. K. Rema of Revolutionary Marxist Party of India.

Vadakara
Constituency No. 20 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Vadakara Sandbank
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1951
Total electors	167,406 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. K. Rema
Party	Revolutionary Marxist Party of India
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Vadakara Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Vatakara	Municipality	Vatakara
2	Azhiyur	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
3	Chorode	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
4	Eramala	Grama Panchayat	Vatakara
5	Onchiam	Grama panchayat	Vatakara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI   JD   PSP   JD(S)  JP   BLD   SSP   RMPI

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st		CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	M. Krishnan	SSP		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd		PSP		1967 – 1970
1970	4th		SP		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. Chandrasekharan	BLD		1977 – 1980
1980	6th		JNP		1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th		JD		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	C. K. Nanu			1996 – 2001
2001	11th		JD(S)		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. K Premnath			2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. K. Nanu			2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. K. Rema	RMPI		Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vadakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RMPI	K. K. Rema	62,456	47.63
	LJD	Manayath Chandran	57,602	42.15

2016

There were 1,58,907 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vadakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	C. K. Nanu	49,211	37.98	3.07
	JD(U)	Manayath Chandran	39,700	30.64	−
	Independent	K. K. Rema	20,504	15.82	−
	BJP	M. Rajeshkumar	13,937	10.76	4.71
	SDPI	P. Abdul Hameed	2,673	2.06	0.99
	Independent	Madaparambath Chandran	1,648	1.27	−
	NOTA	None of the above	506	0.39	−
	Independent	K. K. Rema Kuniyil	352	0.27	−
	CPI(ML)L	Stalin P. P.	284	0.22	−
	Independent	T. K. Nanu	279	0.22	−
	Independent	Mathath Chandran	240	0.19	−
	Independent	T. P. Rama Vadakke Eroth	238	0.18	−
Margin of victory			9.511	7.34	6.60
Turnout			1,29,572	81.54	0.82
	JD(S) hold		Swing	3.07

2011

There were 1,41,564 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vadakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	C. K. Nanu	46,912	41.05
	SJ(D)	M. K. Premnath	46,065	40.31
	Independent	N. Venu	10,098	8.84
	BJP	M. P. Rajan	6,909	6.05
	SDPI	Saalim Azhiyur	3,488	3.05
	Independent	V. K. Premnathan	795	0.70
Margin of victory			847	0.74
Turnout			1,14,267	80.72
	JD(S) hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Vadakara^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Moidu Keloth	29,356	68.98%
	INC	Chattu, Ayatathil	13,204	31.02%	31.02%
Margin of victory			16,152	37.95%
Turnout			42,560	66.88%
Registered electors			63,638
	Socialist win (new seat)

See also

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