Kuttiady Assembly constituency

Kuttiady
Constituency No. 21 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kuttiyadi Dam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	2011 - present
Total electors	2,02,211 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K.P. Kunhammed Kutty
Party	CPI (M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Kuttiady State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. P. Kunhammed Kutti of CPI (M).

Local self-governed segments[edit]

7 out of the 8 local bodies included in the current Kuttiady constituency were parts of the erstwhile Meppayur constituency before 2008 delimitation. Kuttiady Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI(M)   IUML

Election history[edit]

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,02,211 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuttiady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. P. Kunhammed Kutti	80,143	47.2	3.7
	IUML	Parakkal Abdulla	79,810	47.01	2.24
	BJP	P. P. Murali	9,139	5.38	2.43
	NOTA	None of the above	296	0.17	.7
	Independent	Suresh Babu M.K	128	0.08	-
	Independent	V. P. Pratheesh	108	0.06	-
	Independent	K. K Kunhammad Kutti	80	0.05	-
	Independent	Abdulla S/o Pokker	75	0.04	-
Margin of victory			333	0.19
Turnout			1,64,404	81.30	4.18
	CPI(M) gain from IUML		Swing

• In 2021, Kuttiadi legislative assembly constituency had a total of 2,02,211 electors. Total number of polled votes was 1,64,404. Communist Party Of India (Marxist) candidate K. P. Kunhammed Kutti won and became MLA from this seat. He secured a total of 80,143 votes. Indian Union Muslim League candidate Parakkal Abdulla stood second with a total of 79,810 votes. He lost by 333 votes.

2016[edit]

There were 1,84,610 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuttiady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Parakkal Abdulla	71,809	45.50	1.07
	CPI(M)	K. K. Lathika	70,652	44.77	4.55
	BJP	Ramadas Manaleri	12,327	7.81	3.41
	WPOI	P. C. Balakrishnan	1,125	0.71	-
	SP	Sabu Kakkattil	860	0.54	-
	NOTA	None of the above	375	0.24	-
	Independent	K. C. Kumaran	220	0.14	-
	PDP	Naranathu Muhammad	118	0.07	-
	Independent	Parakkal Abdulla Palliyath	85	0.05	-
	Independent	S. R. Khan Maniyoor	76	0.05	-
	Independent	Aluva Aneesh	57	0.04	-
	Independent	Paremmal Abdulla	44	0.03	-
Margin of victory			1,157	0.73
Turnout			1,57,810	85.48	2.24
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing

• In 2016, Kuttiadi legislative assembly constituency had total 1,84,610 electors. Total number of valid votes was 1,57,810. Indian Union Muslim League candidate Parakkal Abdulla won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 71,809 votes. Communist Party Of India (Marxist) candidate K. K. Lathika stood second with total 70,652 votes. She lost by 1,157 votes.

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]

There were 1,62,389 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

• In 2011, Kuttiadi legislative assembly constituency had total 1,62,389 electors. The total number of the valid votes was 1,42,453. Communist Party Of India (Marxist) candidate K. K. Lathika won and became MLA from this seat. She secured total of 70,258 votes. Muslim League Kerala State Committee candidate Sooppy Narikkatteri stood second with total of 63,286 votes. He lost by 6,972 votes.

See also[edit]

• Kuttiady
• Meppayur (State Assembly constituency)
• Kozhikode district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References[edit]