Kasaragod Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Kasaragod 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kallatra Mahin of IUML.
| Kasargod | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 2 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Seaview Park near Kasaragod Railway Station | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,01,812 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  IUML |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Kasaragod Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasaragod | Municipality | Kasaragod |
| 2 | Badiyadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 3 | Bellur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 4 | Chengala | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 5 | Karadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 6 | Kumbadaje | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 7 | Madhur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 8 | Mogral Puthur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | M. S. Mogral | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1957 | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady[4] | ||
| 1960 | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar[5] | ||
| 1965 | E. Abdul Khader | Independent[6] | |
| 1967 | U. P. Kunikullaya[7] | ||
| 1970 | B. M. Abdurahman[8] | ||
| 1977 | T. A. Ibrahim | Indian Union Muslim League[9] | |
| 1980 | C. T. Ahammed Ali[10] | ||
| 1982[11] | |||
| 1987[12] | |||
| 1991[13] | |||
| 1996[14] | |||
| 2001[15] | |||
| 2006[16] | |||
| 2011 | N. A. Nellikkunnu[17] | ||
| 2016[18] | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Kallatra Mahin | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | Kallatra Mahin | 76,396 | 45.39 |  1.59 | |
| BJP | M. L. Ashwini | 53,698 | 31.90 |  2.98 | |
| LDF | Shanavas Padhoor | 36,678 | 21.79 | 2.19 | |
| Independent | Shahnavas A. A. | 893 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Fathah Bangara | 824 | 0.49 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 714 | 0.42 | 0.02 | |
| Margin of victory | 22,698 | 13.49 | 4.57 | ||
| Turnout | 1,69,203 | 79.90 | 9.03 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 1.59 |
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By local self-governed segment:
| Status (Gram panchayat) | Votes | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kallatra Mahin | M. L. Ashwini | Shanavas Padhoor | ||
| Mogral Puthur | 8,235 | 4,624 | 3,426 | 3,611 |
| Madhur | 11,350 | 12,345 | 5,713 | 995 |
| Badiyadka | 7,607 | 9,223 | 3,256 | 1,616 |
| Kumbadaje | 3,296 | 4,123 | 2,120 | 827 |
| Bellur | 1,391 | 3,215 | 1,540 | 1,675 |
| Chengala | 23,290 | 4,544 | 10,905 | 12,385 |
| Kasaragod | 16,100 | 9,407 | 5,951 | 6,693 |
| Karadka | 4,711 | 5,655 | 3,508 | 944 |
| Postal Ballots | 416 | 562 | 259 | 146 |
2021
There were 2,01,812 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 63,296 | 43.80 | 0.92 | |
| BJP | K. Shreekanth | 50,395 | 34.88 | 3.89 | |
| INL | M. A. Latheef | 28,323 | 19.60 | 4.67 | |
| BSP | Vijaya K. P. | 679 | 0.47 | 0.07 | |
| NOTA | None Of the Above | 639 | 0.44 | 0.02 | |
| Anna DHRM | Ranjit Raj M. | 555 | 0.38 | − | |
| Independent | Nishanth Kumar I. B. | 417 | 0.29 | − | |
| Independent | Sudhakaran K. | 196 | 0.14 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 12,901 | 8.92 | 2.97 | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,032 | 70.87 | 3.15 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 0.92 |
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2016
There were 1,88,906 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 64,727 | 44.72 | 0.63 | |
| BJP | Ravisha Thantri Kuntar | 56,120 | 38.77 | 1.75 | |
| INL | A. A. Ameen | 21,615 | 14.93 | 0.86 | |
| NOTA | None Of the Above | 661 | 0.46 | − | |
| BSP | Vijaykumar B. | 585 | 0.4 | 0.29 | |
| Independent | Roshan Kumar | 508 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | A. Damodaran | 283 | 0.20 | − | |
| Independent | Muneer Munnambam | 250 | 0.17 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 8,607 | 5.95 | 2.38 | ||
| Turnout | 1,44,749 | 76.62 | 3.15 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 0.63 |
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2011
There were 1,59,289 eligible voters in Kasaragod Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 53,068 | 45.35 | ||
| BJP | Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt | 43,330 | 37.02 | ||
| INL | Azeez Kadappuram | 16,467 | 14.07 | ||
| SDPI | A. H. Muneer | 1260 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | Govinda Raja Kuntikkanamata | 938 | 0.80 | ||
| BSP | Saifudeen K. Makkodu | 807 | 0.69 | ||
| Independent | Ajith Kumar Azad | 739 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Abdulla | 422 | 0.36 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,738 | 8.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,031 | 73.47 | |||
| IUML hold | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. S. Mogral | 19,258 | 47.26% | ||
| KMPP | B. K. Sridharan | 11,450 | 28.10% | ||
| IUML | Mahin Sehammad | 8,855 | 21.73% | ||
| Socialist | K. Shankara | 1,184 | 2.91% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,808 | 19.16% | |||
| Turnout | 40,747 | 58.78% | |||
| Registered electors | 69,324 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1957-2006
| Election | Votes polled | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 | Margin of victory | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Percent | |||||
| 2006 | 100179 (65.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 38774 | 38.70% | V. Ravindran | BJP | 28432 | 28.38% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | INL | 27790 | 27.74% | 10342 | 10.32%[21] | |
| 2001 | 109438 (68.90%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 51890 | 47.41% | P. K. Krishnadas | BJP | 33895 | 30.97% | A. G. Nair | CPI(M) | 21948 | 20.06% | 17995 | 16.44%[22] | |
| 1996 | 91629 (67.38%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 33932 | 37.03% | K. Madhava Herala | BJP | 30149 | 32.90% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Ind. | 24254 | 26.47% | 3783 | 4.13%[23] | |
| 1991 | 85436 (66.61%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 39143 | 45.82% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 24269 | 28.41% | T. V. Gangadharan | CPI(M) | 21190 | 24.80% | 14874 | 17.41%[24] | |
| 1987 | 86600 (81.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 41407 | 47.81% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 27350 | 31.58% | M. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 17049 | 19.69% | 14057 | 16.23%[25] | |
| 1982 | 59692 (74.40%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 25676 | 43.01% | N. Narayana Bhat | BJP | 17657 | 29.58% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 15643 | 26.21% | 8019 | 13.43%[26] | |
| 1980 | 51401 (64.11%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 30793 | 59.91% | Gorvacis Areeckal | KEC | 14113 | 27.46% | Kayyar Kinhanna Rai | Ind. | 5742 | 11.17% | 16680 | 32.45%[27] | |
| 1977 | 53964 (79.04%) | T. A. Ibrahim | IUML | 29402 | 54.48% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 22619 | 41.91% | M. A. Abdulla Mallath | Ind. | 1201 | 2.23% | 6783 | 12.57%[28] | |
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 59911 (80.02%) | B. M. Abdurahman | Ind. | 27113 | 45.26% | K. P. Ballakuraya | Ind. | 18736 | 31.27% | N. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 14062 | 23.47% | 8377 | 13.99%[29] | |
| 1967 | 45904 (78.21%) | U. P. Kunikullaya | Ind. | 20635 | 44.95% | H. A. Schemnad | IUML | 20540 | 44.75% | V. K. S. Nair | INC | 4729 | 10.30% | 95 | 0.20%[30] | |
| 1965 | 46262 (75.89%) | E. Abdul Khader | Ind. | 21923 | 47.39% | K. A. Shetty | INC | 19784 | 42.77% | B. V. Kunhambu | CPI | 2335 | 5.05% | 2139 | 4.62%[31] | |
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 48809 (79.24%) | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar | INC | 19399 | 39.74% | Anantharama Chetty | Ind. | 15747 | 32.26% | Ambu Nair | CPI | 13663 | 27.99% | 3652 | 7.48%[32] | |
| 1957 | 26,865 (41.56%) | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady | INC | 10,290 | 38.30% | Narayanan Nambiar | PSP | 10,096 | 37.58% | Ganspathy Kamath N. | CPI | 6479 | 24.12% | 194 | 0.72%[33] | |
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