Kalpetta (State Assembly constituency)

Kalpetta State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കല്പറ്റ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. K. Saseendran of CPI(M).

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Kalpetta
കല്പറ്റ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
The Kalpetta Civil Station in the Kalpetta (State Assembly constituency).
Existence1965 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,90,938 (2016)
Current MLAC. K. Saseendran
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictWayanad

Members of Legislative Assembly[2]

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

 INC    CPI (M)    JP    Independent  

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
1965 2nd B. Wellington Ind. 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd 1967 – 1970
1970 4th P. Cyriac John INC 1970 – 1977
1977 5th K. G. Adiyodi INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th M. Kamalam JNP 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th M. P. Veerendra Kumar JNP 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K. K. Ramachandran INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th M. V. Shreyams Kumar JD(S) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th SJD 2011 – 2016
2016 14th C. K. Saseendran CPI(M) Incumbent

    Election results

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,90,938 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kalpetta
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI (M) C. K. Saseendran 72,959 48.35 9.76
    JD(U) M. V. Shreyams Kumar 59,876 39.68 -
    BJP K. Sadanandan 12,938 8.57 3.37
    NOTA None of the above 1,172 0.78 -
    WPOI Joseph Ambalavayal 900 0.60 -
    SDPI K. A. Ayoob 837 0.55 0.71
    Independent Madayi Latheef 594 0.39 -
    Independent Shreyams Kumar Anjana House 498 0.33 -
    CPI (M) Sujayakumar 468 0.31 -
    Independent Moideen Chembothara 451 0.30 -
    Independent Sandhya N. M. 214 0.14 -
    Margin of victory 13,083 8.67
    Turnout 1,50,907 79.03 4.68
    CPI (M) gain from SJ(D) Swing

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,70,245 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kalpetta
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    SJ(D) M. V. Shreyams Kumar 67,018 52.94
    CPI (M) P. A. Muhammed 48,849 38.59
    BJP Anand Kumar P. G. 6,580 5.20
    SDPI Jameela 1,597 1.26
    Independent K. Nasrudeen 1,197 0.95
    Independent Cleatus 760 0.60
    BSP Mujeeb Rahman Anjukunnu 583 0.46
    Margin of victory 18,169 14.35
    Turnout 1,26,584 74.35
    SJ(D) gain from JD(S) Swing

    See also

    References

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