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Meppayur Assembly Constituency
Meppayur State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was K. K. Lathika of CPI(M).

After the delimitation in 2008, Kunnummal, Kuttiady, Purameri, Ayancheri, Thiruvallur, Maniyur, and Velom Gram Panchayats became a part of the newly formed Kuttiady (State Assembly constituency), whereas Cheruvannur and Meppayur was added to the Perambra (State Assembly constituency).

Local self governed segments

Meppayur Niyamasabha constituency was composed of the following local self governed segments:

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Now part of
1 Kunnummal Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
2 Kuttiady Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
3 Purameri Grama Panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
4 Ayancheri Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
5 Thiruvallur Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
6 Maniyur Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
7 Velom Grama panchayat Vatakara Kuttiady constituency
8 Cheruvannur Grama panchayat Koyilandy Perambra constituency
9 Meppayur Grama panchayat Koyilandy Perambra constituency

Election history

Election Votes polled Winner Runner-up 1 Runner-up 2 Margin of victory
Year Name Party Votes Name Party Votes Name Party Votes Votes Percent
Constituency defunct as a result of delimitation (2011)
2006 133702 (82.6%) K. K. Lathika   CPI(M) 70369 52.63% T. T. Ismail   IUML 54482 40.75% T. T. Prabhakaran Master   BJP 5370 4.02% 15887 11.89%
2001 130884 (82.8%) Mathai Chacko   CPI(M) 63709 48.97% P. Ammed Master   IUML 58953 45.31% M. M. Radhakrishnan Master   BJP 5156 3.96% 4756 3.66%
1996 123247 (78.6%) A. Kanaran   CPI(M) 65932 53.94% P. V. Muhammad Areekode   IUML 49388 40.40% M. Mohanan   BJP 5832 4.77% 16544 13.54%
1991 117174 (80.2%) A. Kanaran   CPI(M) 58362 50.61% Kadameri Balakrishnan   INC 49038 42.53% K. P. Achuthan   BJP 4176 3.62% 9324 8.08%
1987 97788 (85.0%) A. Kanaran   CPI(M) 48337 49.68% A. V. Abdurahman Haji   IUML 44663 45.90% P. K. Sreedharan   BJP 3595 3.69% 3674 3.78%
1982 80576 (78.8%) A. V. Abdurahman Haji   AIML 42022 52.62% A. C. Abdulla   IUML 34835 43.62% Chulliyil Narayanan   BJP 2386 2.99% 7187 9.00%
1980 81651 (81.0%) A. V. Abdurahman Haji   AIML 43851 54.01% P. K. K. Bava   IUML 36044 44.39% I. T. Narayanan   SUCI 1301 1.60% 7807 9.62%
1977 77430 (85.8%) Panarath Kunhimuhammad   IUML 40642 53.87% A. V. Abdurahman Haji   ML(O) 34808 46.13% Only two candidates contested 5834 7.74%
Major delimitation of constituency
1970 63675 (85.4%) A. V. Abdurahman   IUML 30759 48.99% M. K. Kelu   CPI(M) 28408 45.25% C. H. Kunhikrishnakurup   INC(O) 3618 5.76% 2351 3.74%
1967 50992 (79.6%) M. K. Kelu   CPI(M) 33365 68.09% C. K. Kurup   INC 15639 31.91% Only two candidates contested 17726 36.18%
1965 54445 (84.4%) M. K. Kelu   CPI(M) 23998 45.04% K. Gopalan   INC 15555 29.19% M. Hakkimji Saheb   IUML 13727 25.76% 8443 15.85%

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2006

There were 1,61,852 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Meppayur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. K. Lathika 70,369 52.63% Increase3.66
IUML T. T. Ismail 54,482 40.75% Decrease4.56
BJP T. T. Prabhakaran Master 5,370 4.02% Increase0.06
Independent M. K. Rajan 1,289 0.96% N/A
Independent Ismail. P. T 726 0.54% N/A
BSP T. V. Geetha 572 0.43% Increase0.43
Independent Kalanthan Haji 303 0.23% N/A
Independent E. C. Janaki 289 0.22% N/A
Independent Rajan Ummar Kandy 242 0.18% N/A
Margin of victory 15,887 11.89% Increase8.23
Turnout 1,33,642 82.61% Decrease0.18
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase8.23

Niyama Sabha Election 2001

There were 1,58,091 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Meppayur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Mathai Chacko 63,709 48.97% Decrease4.97
IUML P. Ammed Master 58,953 45.31% Increase4.91
BJP P. Satyaprakashan Master 5,156 3.96% Decrease0.86
Independent P. K. Sreedharan Master 1,381 1.06% N/A
Independent P. Ammed 898 0.69% N/A
Margin of victory 4,756 3.66% Decrease9.88
Turnout 1,30,884 82.79% Increase4.17
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease9.88

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 2006". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Constituencies (1976-2008)". eci.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 2001". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1996". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1991". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1987". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1982". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1980". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1977". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1970". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1967". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha election 1965". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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