Vengara (State Assembly constituency)

Vengara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: വേങ്ങര നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. A. Khader of IUML.

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Vengara
വേങ്ങര
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Kooriyad field in Vengara
Existence2011 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,69,639 (2016)
Current MLAK. N. A. Khader
PartyIUML
Political Front  UDF
Elected Year2017
DistrictMalappuram
Local Self Governed Segments

Local self governed segments

Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Abdu Rahiman Nagar Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
2 Kannamangalam Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
3 Oorakam Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
4 Vengara Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
5 Parappur Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
6 Othukkungal Grama panchayat Tirurangadi

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Key

  IUML  

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th P. K. Kunhalikutty IUML 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2017
2017* K. N. A. Khader Incumbent

    *indicates bypolls

    Election results

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

    Niyama Sabha Bye-election 2017

    Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017.[4] There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent byelection.

    2017 Kerala Legislative Assembly Bye-election : Vengara
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    IUML K. N. A. Khader 65,227 53.19% 6.82%
    CPI (M) Adv. P. P. Basheer 41,917 34.18% 5.81%
    SDPI Adv. K. C. Naseer 8,648 7.05% 4.51%
    BJP K. Janachandran Master 5,728 4.67% 1.20%
    NOTA None of the above 502 0.41% 0.03%
    Independent Adv. Hamza Karumannil 442 0.36% N/A
    Independent Sreenivas 159 0.13% N/A
    Margin of victory 23,310 19.01% 12.63%
    Turnout 1,22,623 72.13% 1.23
    IUML hold Swing 6.82%

    Niyama Sabha Election 2016

    There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [5]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vengara
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    IUML P. K. Kunhalikutty 72,181 60.01% 3.43
    CPI (M) Adv. P. P. Basheer 34,124 28.37% 3.35
    BJP P. T. Ali Haji 7,055 5.87% 2.44
    SDPI Kallen Aboobacker Master 3,049 2.54% 2.17
    WPOI Surendran Karippuzha 1,864 1.55% -
    PDP Subair Swabahi 1,472 1.22% -
    NOTA None of the above 531 0.44% -
    Margin of victory 38,057 31.64% 6.78
    Turnout 1,20,276 70.90% 1.93
    IUML hold Swing 3.43


    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vengara
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    IUML P. K. Kunhalikutty 63,138 63.44%
    INL K. P. Ismayil 24,901 25.02%
    SDPI Abduil Majeed Faizi 4,683 4.71%
    BJP Subrahmanian 3,417 3.43%
    Independent K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) 1,615 1.62%
    Independent Kunhalikutty K. P. 1,079 1.08%
    BSP Safarudeen 405 0.41%
    Independent Ismayil K. T. 292 0.29%
    Margin of victory 38,237 38.42%
    Turnout 99,530 68.97%
    IUML win (new seat)

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District".
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vengara".
    4. "Vengara Niyamasabha Re-election Results 2017, Election commission of India".
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
    6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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