Udma_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Udma Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Udma 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. H. Kunhambu of CPI(M).
Udma | |
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Constituency No. 3 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kasaragod |
Established | 1977 - present |
Total electors | 2,14,209 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Udma Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Bedadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
2 | Chemnad | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
3 | Delampady | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
4 | Kuttikole | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
5 | Muliyar | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
6 | Pallikkara | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
7 | Pullur-Periya | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
8 | Udma | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyamasabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1977 | 5th | N. K. Balakrishnan | Ind. | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | K. Purushottaman | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | M. Kunhiraman Nambiar | Ind. | 1982 – 1985 | |
1985* | 7th | K. Purushottaman | CPI(M) | 1985-1987 | |
1987 | 8th | K. P. Kunhikannan | INC | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | P. Raghavan | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | K. V. Kunhiraman | 2001 – 2006 | ||
2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
2011 | 13th | K. Kunhiraman | 2011 – 2016 | ||
2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | C. H. Kunhambu | Incumbent |
* indicates by-polls
2021 Niyamasabha Election
There were 2,14,209 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | C. H. Kunhambu | 78,664 | 47.58 | 3.64 | |
INC | Periya Balakrishnan | 65,342 | 39.52 | 2.03 | |
BJP | A. Velayudhan | 20,360 | 12.31 | 0.89 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 434 | 0.26 | ||
Independent | Rameshan K. | 207 | 0.13 | 0.01 | |
API | Govindan B. Alinthazhe | 194 | 0.12 | 0.02 | |
Independent | Kunhanbu K. | 140 | 0.08 | ||
Margin of victory | 13,322 | 8.06 | |||
Turnout | 1,65,341 | 77.31 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 3.64 | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,99,962 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 70,679 | 43.94 | 3.99 | |
INC | K. Sudhakaran | 66,487 | 41.55 | 2.47 | |
BJP | K. Shreenath | 21,231 | 13.20 | 3.04 | |
NOTA | None Of the Above | 405 | 0.25 | - | |
PDP | Gopi Kuthirakallu | 353 | 0.22 | 0.29 | |
Independent | Damodaran P. | 349 | 0.22 | - | |
SDPI | Mohammed Pakyara | 331 | 0.21 | 0.77 | |
Independent | Sudhakaran Cherukulam | 208 | 0.13 | - | |
API | Govindan B. Alinthakhe | 165 | 0.10 | - | |
Independent | Abbas Mothalappara | 157 | 0.10 | - | |
Independent | K. Kunhiraman Periyanganam | 145 | 0.09 | - | |
Margin of victory | 3,882 | 2.39 | 6.46 | ||
Turnout | 1,60,870 | 80.45 | 6.30 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 3.99 | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,73,459 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 61,646 | 47.93 | ||
INC | C. K. Sreedharan | 50,266 | 39.08 | ||
BJP | Sunita Prasanth | 13,073 | 10.16 | ||
SDPI | Faisal Koliyadukkam | 1,265 | 0.98 | ||
BSP | P. Damodaran | 1,096 | 0.85 | ||
Independent | Krishnankutty | 866 | 0.67 | - | |
Independent | Kunhiraman | 414 | 0.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 11,380 | 8.85 | |||
Turnout | 1,28,626 | 74.15 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.