Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam
Constituency No. 12 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Dharmadam within Kannur district
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKannur
Lok Sabha constituencyKannur
Established2008
Total electors1,93,486 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  CPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2016, it has been represented by Pinarayi Vijayan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.

Local self-governed segments

Dharmadam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Anjarakkandy Grama Panchayat Kannur
Chembilode Grama panchayat Kannur
Kadambur Grama panchayat Kannur
Muzhappilangad Grama panchayat Kannur
Peralasseri Grama panchayat Kannur
Dharmadom Grama panchayat Thalassery
Pinarayi Grama panchayat Thalassery
Vengad Grama panchayat Thalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Dharmadam Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th K. K. Narayanan CPI(M) 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Pinarayi Vijayan 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Pinarayi Vijayan
INC V. P. Abdul Rasheed
BJP K. Ranjith
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Pinarayi Vijayan 95,522 59.61 2.77
INC C. Raghunathan 45,399 28.33 4.49
BJP C. K. Padmanabhan 14,623 9.13 0.82
SDPI Basheer Kannadiparamba 2,280 1.42 0.12
Independent Valayar Bhagyavathi 1,753 1.09
NOTA None of the above 400 0.25 0.15
Independent Chovva Raghunathan 137 0.09
Independent C. P. Maharoof 72 0.04
Independent Vadi Harindran 61 0.04
Margin of victory 50,123 31.16 7.14
Turnout 161,232 83.33 0.03
CPI(M) hold Swing 2.77

2016

There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Pinarayi Vijayan 87,329 56.84 3.71
INC Mambaram Divakaran 50,424 32.82 9.18
BJP Mohanan Mananthery 12,763 8.31 4.67
SDPI Tharammal Niyas 1,994 1.30
NOTA None of the above 615 0.40 New
Independent Divakaran M. Thiruvathira 354 0.23
Independent Divakaran Moottil House 148 0.10
Margin of victory 36,905 24.02 12.89
Turnout 1,53,627 83.30 0.10
CPI(M) hold Swing 3.71

2011

There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. K. Narayanan 72,354 53.13
INC Mambaram Divakaran 57,192 42.00
BJP C. P. Sangeetha 4,963 3.64
Independent Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran 871 0.64
BSP Madhu S. Vayanan 797 0.59
Margin of victory 15,162 11.13
Turnout 1,36,351 83.31
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Dharmadom". www.mapsofindia.com.
  4. ^ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.