Peringalam State Assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was K. P. Mohanan of JD(S).

After the delimitation in 2008, Kariyad, Kunnothuparamba, Mokeri, Panoor, Pattiom, Peringalam, and Thrippangottur Gram Panchayats became a part of Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency, whereas Chokli and Panniyannur were added to Thalassery Assembly constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Peringalam Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukNow part of
1KariyadGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
2KunnothuparambaGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
3MokeriGrama PanchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
4PanoorGrama panchayat (Now municipality)ThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
5PattiomGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
6PeringalamGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
7ThrippangotturGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency
8ChokliGrama panchayatThalasseryThalassery constituency
9PanniyannurGrama panchayatThalasseryThalassery constituency

Election history

ElectionVotes polledWinnerRunner-up 1Runner-up 2Margin of victory
YearNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesVotesPercent
Constituency defunct as a result of delimitation (2011)
2006111366 (74.8%)K. P. MohananJD(S)5784051.94%Abdul KhaderIUML3860434.66%A. AshokanBJP93818.42%1923617.27%
2001111728 (77.3%)K. P. MohananJD(S)5265747.14%K. K. MuhammadIUML4567940.89%K. Satyaprakasan MasterBJP97028.69%69786.25%
1996108621 (71.1%)P. R. KurupJD5192150.02%K. M. SoopyIUML3784136.45%Panniannur ChandranBJP103069.93%1408013.57%
1991103745 (73.4%)K. M. SoopyIUML4918348.81%P. R. KurupJD4753447.17%O. K. Vasu MasterBJP21862.17%16491.64%
198791676 (79.4%)P. R. KurupJNP4169445.77%E. T. Mohammed BasheerIUML4133845.38%Gopalan ParambathBJP76588.41%3560.39%
1985*91676 (79.4%)E. T. Mohammed BasheerAIML42410P. K. MuhammadIUML30668C. K. SreenivasanInd.486511742
198268444 (72.7%)N. A. Mammoo HajiAIML3882557.25%K. JanardhananINC1997329.45%Gopalan ParambathBJP791411.67%1885227.80%
198071349 (76.9%)A. K. SaseendranINC (U)3386368.32%K. C. MararJNP3215945.26%Pattiom SathyanInd.8401.18%170423.06%
197766790 (78.3%)P. R. KurupINC3391651.49%B. K. AchuthanJP3195848.51%Only two candidates contested19582.98%
Major delimitation of constituency
197060685 (76.3%)K. M. SoopyISP3400357.09%V. AshokanINC2555942.91%Only two candidates contested844414.18%
196753360 (78.2%)P. R. KurupSSP3870174.81%N. M. NambiarINC1303425.19%Only two candidates contested2566749.62%
196555341 (80.8%)P. R. KurupSSP3458063.59%N. Madhusoodhanan NambiarINC1979736.41%Only two candidates contested1478327.18%

* Bypoll

Election results

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

2006

There were 1,48,842 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peringalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(S)K. P. Mohanan57,84051.94%4.80
IUMLAbdul Khader38,60434.66%6.23
BJPAnilkumar9,3818.42%0.27
IndependentMohanan S/O Pokkan2,6842.41%N/A
IndependentMohanan S/O Kumaran1,0820.97%N/A
IndependentAbdul Khader S/O Moideen Haji9320.84%N/A
IndependentAbdul Khader Musliyar8430.76%N/A
Margin of victory19,23617.27%11.02
Turnout1,11,36674.83%2.46
JD(S) holdSwing11.02

2001

There were 1,44,564 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peringalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(S)K. P. Mohanan52,65747.14%47.14
IUMLK. K. Muhammad45,67940.89%4.44
BJPP. Satyaprakashan Master9,7028.69%1.24
IndependentKunhiparambath K. P. Mohanan1,3821.24%N/A
IndependentChathoth Muhammad1,3271.19%N/A
IndependentKattilparambath K. P. Mohanan9560.86%N/A
Margin of victory6,9786.25%N/A
Turnout1,11,72877.29%
JD(S) gain from JDSwingN/A

See also

External links

  • . Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.

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