Kannur Legislative 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Cong(S).

History

For the first election conducted to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, Kannur city had two Assembly constituencies - Cannanore-I and Cannanore-II. Following the 1965 delimitation, Cannanore-I Assembly constituency was renamed to Kannur while Cannanore-II was replaced by the newly formed Edakkad Assembly constituency.

In the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, a major portion of the erstwhile Kannur Assembly constituency was replaced by Azhikode Assembly constituency. Edakkad Assembly constituency became defunct in 2011. A major portion of the erstwhile Edakkad Assembly constituency is now a part of Kannur Assembly constituency. Currently, the Kannur Municipal Corporation has two assembly constituencies: Kannur and Azhikode.

Local self-governed segments

Kannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.NameLocal Body TypeTaluk
1Kannur (40 wards out of the 55 wards) WardsList Wards 14 - 53Municipal corporationKannur
2MunderiGrama panchayatKannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

As Cannanore-I

ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure
19571stKannan ChaliyothCommunist Party of India1957 – 1960
19602ndR. SankarIndian National Congress1960 – 1965

As Kannur

ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure
19673rdE. AhamedIndian Union Muslim League1967 – 1970
19704thN. K. KumaramIndependent1970 – 1977
19775thP. BhaskaranBharatiya Lok Dal1977 – 1980
19806thJanata Party1980 – 1982
19827thIndependent1982 – 1987
19878thIndian National Congress1987 – 1991
19919thN. Ramakrishnan1991 – 1996
199610thK. Sudhakaran1996 – 2001
200111th2001 – 2006
200612th2006 – 2009
2009*12thA. P. Abdullakutty2009 – 2011
201113th2011 – 2016
201614thKadannappalli RamachandranCongress2016 - 2021
202115thIncumbent

*by-election

Election results

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCT. O. Mohanan
Cong(S)Kadanappalli Ramachandran
BJPC. Raghunath
NOTANone of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

There were 1,73,961 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cong(S)Kadannapalli Ramachandran60,31344.981.82
INCSatheeshan Pacheni58,56843.681.57
BJPArchana Vandichal11,5818.641.83
SDPIB Shamsudheen Moulavi2,0691.540.48
NOTANone of the above5040.380.48
IndependentSatheesan P1470.11−
IndependentRamachandran P V1070.08−
IndependentN K Surendran840.06−
Margin of victory1,7451.3
Turnout1,34,08974.872.51
Cong(S) holdSwing

2016

There were 1,63,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Cong(S)Kadannapalli Ramachandran54,34743.060.15
INCSatheeshan Pacheni53,15142.116.78
BJPK. G. Babu13,21510.476.44
SDPISufira K. P.2,5512.020.22
WPOIN. P. Sathar7550.60−
NOTANone of the above5170.41−
IndependentK. Sudhakaran2230.180.79
IndependentSatheesan Pazhayadath970.08−
IndependentSatheesan Edathil Veedu790.06−
IndependentRamachndran Thayale Purayil770.06−
IndependentRamachandran Potheravalappil730.06−
Margin of victory1,1960.95
Turnout1,26,21977.341.48
Cong(S) gain from INCSwing

2011

There were 1,43,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCA. P. Abdullakutty55,42748.89
IndependentKadannapalli Ramachandran48,89443.21
BJPU. T. Jayandan4,5684.03
SDPIP. C. Noushad2,5382.24
IndependentM. P. Abdullakutty1,1000.97
IndependentK. Sudhakaran5170.46
IndependentS. Noorudeen2260.20
Margin of victory6,4435.68
Turnout1,13,36078.82
INC holdSwing

See also