Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Kuthuparamba 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.[2] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Praveen of RJD.
| Kuthuparamba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 14 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 205,771 (2026)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Seven out of the nine local bodies included by the 2008 delimitation in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile Peringalam Assembly constituency before the delimitation. In 2015, the Gram panchayats of Panoor, Peringalam, and Kariyad were merged to form Panoor Municipality.[3]
Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[4]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuthuparamba | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 2 | Panoor | Municipality | Thalassery |
| 3 | Kottayam-Malabar | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 4 | Kunnothuparamba | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 5 | Mokeri | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 6 | Pattiom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 7 | Thrippangottur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K. K. Abu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Pinarayi Vijayan | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | M. V. Raghavan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | P. V. Kunhikannan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. P. Mamoo Master | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | K. K. Shailaja | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | P. Jayarajan | 2001 – 2005 | ||
| 2005* | 2005 – 2006 | ||||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| Major boundary changes | |||||
| 2011 | 13th | K. P. Mohanan | Socialist Janata | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. K. Shailaja | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | K. P. Mohanan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2021-2026 | |
| 2026 | 16th | P. K. Praveen | 2026- | ||
*by-election
Election results
2026
There were 205,771 registered voters in the Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | P. K. Praveen | 70,448 | 42.90 |  2.46 | |
| IUML | Jayanthi Rajan | 69,162 | 42.12 |  2.89 | |
| BJP | Adv. Shijilal | 22,195 | 13.52 | 0.10 | |
| Independent | Jayanthi | 671 | 0.41 | ||
| Independent | Praveen Kumar | 560 | 0.34 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 495 | 0.30 | ||
| AAP | Rafeed A.P | 254 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Mohanan K. P. | 169 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Shylaja | 133 | 0.08 | ||
| Independent | Shahul Hameed | 115 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,286 | 0.78 | 6.72 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,202 | ||||
| RJD hold | Swing | 2.46 |
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| Local Body | Booths | UDF Votes | LDF Votes | NDA/BJP Votes | Leader | Lead |
| Kottayam-Malabar | 21 | 5633 | 8812 | 1495 | LDF | 3179 |
| Kuthuparamba Municipality | 23 | 6766 | 9642 | 2512 | LDF | 2876 |
| Pattiam | 32 | 6999 | 12325 | 4063 | LDF | 5326 |
| Kunnothuparamba | 41 | 13793 | 11198 | 4192 | UDF | 2595 |
| Mokeri | 15 | 3893 | 5744 | 1315 | LDF | 1851 |
| Panoor Municipality | 54 | 21111 | 13747 | 4843 | UDF | 7364 |
| Thrippangottur | 29 | 10014 | 7555 | 3450 | UDF | 2459 |
| TOTAL (EVM Only) | 215 | 68209 | 69023 | 21870 | LDF | 814 |
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | K. P. Mohanan | 70,626 | 45.36 | 0.28 | |
| IUML | Pottankandi Abdulla | 61,085 | 39.23 | 1.96 | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan Master | 21,212 | 13.62 | 3.06 | |
| Majority | 9,541 | 7.5 | −0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 154,826 | 79.76 | 0.33 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,94,124 | ||||
| LDF hold | Swing | ||||
2016
There were 1,81,095 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Shailaja | 67,013 | 45.64 | − | |
| JD(U) | K. P. Mohanan | 54,722 | 37.27 | − | |
| BJP | C. Sadanandan Master | 20,787 | 16.68 | 7.43 | |
| SDPI | Muhammad Shabeer K. C. | 1,681 | 1.14 | − | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil | 1,041 | 0.71 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 501 | 0.34 | − | |
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan Hridayam | 355 | 0.24 | − | |
| Independent | K. Raghunathan | 296 | 0.20 | − | |
| Independent | Shylaja Prashanth | 265 | 0.18 | − | |
| Independent | Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath | 163 | 0.11 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 12,291 | 8.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,46,824 | 79.43 | 0.36 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from SJ(D) | Swing | ||||
2011
There were 1,60,335 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ(D) | K. P. Mohanan | 57,164 | 44.68 | ||
| INL | S. A. Puthiya Valappil | 53,861 | 42.10 | ||
| BJP | O. K .Vasu | 11,835 | 9.25 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,982 | 1.55 | ||
| Independent | S. Poovalappil | 1,199 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Mohanan | 1,130 | 0.88 | ||
| Independent | Sulaim T. B. | 758 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,303 | 2.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,929 | 79.79 | |||
| SJ(D) gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||