Irikkur (State Assembly constituency)

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Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Irikkur 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 elections, the current MLA is Sajeev Joseph of INC.

Local self governed segments[edit]

Irikkur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Sreekandapuram	Municipality	Taliparamba
2	Alakode	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
3	Chengalayi	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
4	Eruvessi	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
5	Irikkur	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
6	Naduvil	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
7	Payyavoor	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
8	Udayagiri	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
9	Ulikkal	Grama panchayat	Iritty

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Key

INC CPI (M) CPI [[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	T. C. Narayanan Nambiar	CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	T. C. Narayanan Nambiar	CPI	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E. P. Krishnan Nambiar	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	A. Kunhikannan	CPI(M)	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	C. P. Govindan Nambiar	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	INC(U)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. C. Joseph	INC	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Sajeev Joseph		Incumbent

Election results[edit]

Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Irikkur
Party		Votes










Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] hold	Swing

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Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]

There were 1,88,416 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irikkur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. C. Joseph	72,548	49.00	3.41
	CPI	K. T. Jose	62,901	42.48	0.94
	BJP	A. P. Gangadharan	8,294	5.60	2.90
	Independent	Binoy Thomas	2,734	1.85	-
	Independent	Joseph K. C. Kalayakkattil	602	0.41	-
	NOTA	None of the above	553	0.37	-
	Independent	Rijo	134	0.09	-
	Independent	Rajeev Joseph	123	0.08	-
	Independent	A. K. Shaji	103	0.07	-
	Independent	Raveendran A. V.	80	0.05	-
Margin of victory			9,647	6.52	2.47
Turnout			1,48,072	78.59	1.37
	INC hold		Swing	3.41

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]

There were 1,69,262 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irikkur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. C. Joseph	68,503	52.41
	CPI	P. Santhosh Kumar	56,746	43.42
	BJP	M. G. Ramakrishnan Nair	3,529	2.70
	Independent	Joseph	740	0.57
	Independent	Ammini Krishnan	633	0.48
	BSP	Biju Thomas	552	0.42
Margin of victory			11,757	8.99
Turnout			1,30,703	77.22
	INC hold		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District".
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District".

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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