Nilambur 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1NilamburMunicipalityNilambur
2VazhikadavuGrama panchayatNilambur
3MoothedamGrama panchayatNilambur
4EdakkaraGrama panchayatNilambur
5PothukalGrama panchayatNilambur
6ChungatharaGrama panchayatNilambur
7KarulayiGrama panchayatNilambur
8AmarambalamGrama panchayatNilambur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Nilambur Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:

ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure
19673rdK. KunhaliCommunist Party of India1967 – 1970
19704thM. P. GangadharanIndian National Congress1970 – 1977
19775thAryadan Muhammed1977 – 1980
19806thC. HaridasIndian National Congress1980
1980*Aryadan Muhammed1980 - 1982
19827thT. K. HamzaIndependent politician1982 – 1987
19878thAryadan MuhammedIndian National Congress1987 – 1991
19919th1991 – 1996
199610th1996 – 2001
200111th2001 – 2006
200612th2006 – 2011
201113th2011 – 2016
201614thP. V. AnvarIndependent politician2016 - 2021
202115th2021-2025
2025*Aryadan ShoukathIndian National CongressIncumbent

*by-election

Detailed election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDFU. Sharafali
INCAryadan Shoukath
BDJSGireesh Mekkad
AAPJaisal Maliyekkal
NOTANone of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2025 by-election

By political party

2025 by-election: Nilambur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAryadan Shoukath77,73744.171.17
CPI(M)M. Swaraj66,66037.889.02
AITCP. V. Anvar19,76011.2311.23
BJPMohan George8,6484.910.05
SDPISadik Naduthodi2,0751.180.71
NOTANone of the above6300.36
Majority11,0776.29
Turnout175,98975.27%
INC gain from IndependentSwing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)Votes
Indian National CongressCommunist Party of India (Marxist)All India Trinamool CongressLead
Amarambalam1006598142447704
Chungathara10426903928241287
Edakkara7739656921221170
Karulai640365331870118
Moothedam7986592422162067
Nilambur143621039321243967
Pothukal785174611585307
Vazhikkadavu122551042645441829

2021

By political party

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)P. V. Anvar81,22746.9
INCV. V. Prakash78,52740.03
BJPT. K. Ashokkumar8,5004.96
SDPIK. Babu Mani3,2811.89
IndependentSajadurahman C.P.5590.32
ICSPAnila Mathew5090.29
NOTANone of the above5070.29
Margin of victory2,7001.54
Turnout173,20576.6
Independent holdSwing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)Votes
Indian National CongressBharatiya Janata PartyIndependent (P. V. Anvar)
Amarambalam9746144611,238
Chungathara11,347107211,033
Edakkara7,74510227,757
Karulai61595017605
Moothedam89156906584
Nilambur11,673146413,200
Pothukal78138608319
Vazhikkadavu13,436136713,471

2016

By political party

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)P. V. Anvar77,85847.91%−
INCAryadan Shoukath66,35440.83%7.81
BDJSGirish Mekkatt12,2847.56%−
SDPIK. Babu Mani4,7512.92%1.04
NOTANone of the above1,2560.77%−
Margin of victory11,5047.08%2.98
Turnout162,50378.83%0.89
Registered electors206,132
Independent gain from INCSwing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)Votes
Indian National CongressBharath Dharma Jana SenaIndependent (P. V. Anvar)
Amarambalam8379190911,080
Chungathara958619649890
Edakkara619519197,486
Karulai55605337030
Moothedam70488226830
Nilambur11,241165914,011
Pothukal706913638009
Vazhikkadavu10,917198613,079

2011

By political party

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nilambur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAryadan Muhammed66,33148.64%
IndependentM. Thomas Mathew60,73344.54%
BJPK. C. Velayudhan4,4253.25%
SDPIC. G. Unni2,5661.88%
BSPThariyan Kiliyan1,2910.95%
IndependentThomas Mathew1,0120.74%−
Margin of victory5,5984.10%
Turnout136,35877.94%
Registered electors174,945
INC holdSwing

By local self-governed segment

Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)Votes
Indian National CongressBharatiya Janata PartyIndependent (M. Thomas Mathew)
Amarambalam836310087929
Chungathara96904938745
Edakkara72865626371
Karulai50692774822
Moothedam56903684968
Nilambur12,45466911,280
Pothukal71824636743
Vazhikkadavu10,3835839572

See also

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