Payyanur (State Assembly constituency)

Payyanur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പയ്യന്നൂർ 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. Krishnan of CPI(M).

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Payyanur
പയ്യന്നൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
A Masjid at Payyanur
Existence1957 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,75,438 (2016)
Current MLAC. Krishnan
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictKannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

 CPI (M)  

Election Niyamasabha Member Party Tenure
1967 3rd A. V. Kunhagbu CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th N. Subrammaniya Shenoy 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th M. V. Raghavan 1982 – 1987
1987 8th C. P. Narayanan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Pinarayi Vijayan 1996 – 2001
2001 11th P. K. Sreemathi 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th C. Krishnan 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,75,438 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Payyanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) C. Krishnan 83,226 58.02 1.73
INC Sajid Mavval 42,963 29.95 5.25
BJP Aniamma 15,341 10.69 6.85
NOTA None of the above 1,042 0.73 -
CPI (M) Vinod Kumar Ramanthali 870 0.61 -
Margin of victory 40,263 28.07 4.44
Turnout 1,43,442 81.76 2.43
CPI (M) hold Swing 1.73

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,58,613 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Payyanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) C. Krishnan 78,116 59.78
INC K. Brijesh Kumar 45,992 35.20
BJP C. K. Ramesan 5,019 3.84
BSP Geetha 625 0.48
Independent T. Padmanabhan 636 0.41
SHS Kottayodi Vishwanathan 378 0.29
Margin of victory 32,124 23.98
Turnout 1,24,854 79.33
CPI (M) hold Swing

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