Ponnani Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Ponnani State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Ponnani Assembly constituency is located right in the middle of the Kerala coast. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Nandakumar of CPI(M).
| Ponnani | |
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| Constituency No. 48 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,05,291 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Ponnani Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ponnani | Municipality | Ponnani |
| 2 | Marancheri | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 3 | Alamkode | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 4 | Nannamukku | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 5 | Perumbadappu | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
| 6 | Veliyankode | Grama panchayat | Ponnani |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Ponnani Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Kunhambu | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil | Communist Party of India | ||||
| 1960 | 2nd | V. P. C Thangal | Indian Union Muslim League | 1960 – 1965 | |
| K. Kunhambu | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 1967 | 3rd | V. P. C Thangal | Indian Union Muslim League | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Haji M. V. Hydros | Independent | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | M. P. Gangadharan | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. Sreedharan | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | M. P. Gangadharan | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | P. T. Mohana Krishnan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | E. K. Imbichi Bava | Communist Party of India | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | M. P. Gangadharan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. Nandakumar | Incumbent | ||
Election results
LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS
2025
| SEGMENT | LDF | NDA | UDF | IND | SDPI | WPI | LEADING ALLIANCE | |
| PONNANI | 24337 | 5885 | 20182 | 950 | 502 | 399 | 52255 | LDF |
| MARANCHERY | 9319 | 1930 | 10855 | 782 | 1355 | 0 | 24241 | UDF |
| ALAMKODE | 8784 | 1624 | 11213 | 31 | 569 | 293 | 22514 | UDF |
| NANNAMUKKU | 7742 | 2442 | 9011 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 19395 | UDF |
| PERUMBADAPPU | 8229 | 777 | 9346 | 28 | 91 | 749 | 19220 | UDF |
| VELIYANKODE | 10224 | 653 | 9640 | 83 | 599 | 170 | 21369 | LDF |
| TOTAL | 68635 | 13311 | 70247 | 1874 | 3316 | 1611 | 158994 | |
| % | 43.16829566 | 8.372014038 | 44.1821704 | 1.17866083 | 2.085613294 | 1.013245783 |
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021
There were 2,05,291 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Nandakumar | 74,668 | 51.35 |  2.44 | |
| INC | A.M Rohith | 57,625 | 39.63 | 1.76 | |
| BDJS | Subramannian Chunkappallii | 7,419 | 5.10 | − | |
| SDPI | Anvar Pazhanji | 3,065 | 2.11 | 0.94 | |
| WPOI | Ganesh Vaderi | 1,863 | 1.28 |  0.16 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 467 | 0.32 | 0.11 | |
| Independent | Roshith M.P | 168 | 0.12 | − | |
| Independent | K.Sadanandan | 147 | 0.1 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 17,043 | 11.72 | 0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 1,45,422 | 70.83 | 3.48 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.44 |
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2016
There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 69,332 | 48.91 | 1.36 | |
| INC | P. T. Ajay Mohan | 53,692 | 37.87 | 6.30 | |
| BJP | K. K. Surendran | 11,662 | 8.23 | 3.54 | |
| WPOI | M. M. Shakkir | 2,048 | 1.44 | − | |
| PDP | M. Moidunni Haji | 1,857 | 1.31 | − | |
| SDPI | Abdul Fathah | 1,659 | 1.17 | 1.51 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 604 | 0.43 | − | |
| Independent | Sindhukumari P. S. | 386 | 0.27 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 15,640 | 11.04 | 7.66 | ||
| Turnout | 1,41,763 | 74.31 | 2.04 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.36 |
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2011
There were 1,58,680 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Sreeramakrishnan | 57,615 | 47.55 | ||
| INC | P. T. Ajay Mohan | 53,514 | 44.17 | ||
| BJP | V. T. Jayaprakash | 5,680 | 4.69 | ||
| SDPI | Yahiya Koya Thangal | 3,250 | 2.68 | ||
| Independent | Ajayan | 1,099 | 0.91 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,101 | 3.38 | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,158 | 76.35 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Gopala Menon | 32,619 | 21.05 | 21.05 | |
| CPI | E. T. Kunhan | 28,665 | 18.50 | ||
| Independent | K. C. Sankaran | 25,519 | 16.47 | 16.47 | |
| KMPP | A. C. Raman | 20,599 | 13.29 | ||
| T. Mustafa | 19,457 | 12.56 | |||
| Socialist Party (India) | K. P. Koppan | 11,924 | 7.70 | ||
| Socialist Party (India) | Mohamad | 9,668 | 6.24 | ||
| Independent | C. Uani | 6,494 | 4.19 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,954 | 2.55 | |||
| Turnout | 1,54,945 | 93.12 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,66,384 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||