Ponnani (State Assembly constituency)

Ponnani State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പൊന്നാനി നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Sreeramakrishnan of CPI(M).

This article is about the Niyamasabha constituency in Kerala. For other uses, see Ponnani (disambiguation).
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Ponnani
പൊന്നാനി
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
The Biyyam Kayal at the Ponnani in the Ponnani (State Assembly constituency)
Existence1957 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,90,774 (2016)
Current MLAP. Sreeramakrishnan
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictMalappuram
Local Self Governed Segments

Local self governed segments

Ponnani Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Ponnani Municipality Ponnani
2 Marancheri Grama panchayat Ponnani
3 Alamkode Grama panchayat Ponnani
4 Nannamukku Grama panchayat Ponnani
5 Perumpadappa Grama panchayat Ponnani
6 Veliyankode Grama panchayat Ponnani

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI (M)     INC     IUML     Independent  

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
1957 1st K. Kunhambu INC 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd Cherukoya Thangal IUML 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd V. P. C Thangal 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Haji M. V. Hydros Independent 1970 – 1977
1977 5th M. P. Gangadharan INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th K. Sreedharan CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th M. P. Gangadharan INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th P. T. Mohana Krishnan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th E. K. Imbichi Bava CPI(M) 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Paloli Mohammed Kutty 1996 – 2001
2001 11th M. P. Gangadharan INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th Paloli Mohammed Kutty CPI (M) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th P. Sreeramakrishnan 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    Niyama Sabha Election 2016

    There were 1,90,774 registered voters in Ponnani Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani
    Party Candidate Votes % ±
    CPI (M) P. Sreeramakrishnan 69,332 48.91% 1.36
    INC P. T. Ajay Mohan 53,692 37.87% 6.30
    BJP K. K. Surendran 11,662 8.23% 3.54
    WPOI M. M. Shakkir 2,048 1.44% -
    PDP M. Moidunni Haji 1,857 1.31% -
    SDPI Abdul Fathah 1,659 1.17% 1.51
    NOTA None of the above 604 0.43% -
    Independent Sindhukumari P. S. 386 0.27% -
    Margin of victory 15,640 11.04% 7.66
    Turnout 1,41,763 74.31% 2.04
    CPI (M) hold Swing 1.36

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,58,680 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ponnani
    Party Candidate Votes % ±
    CPI (M) P. Sreeramakrishnan 57,615 47.55%
    INC P. T. Ajay Mohan 53,514 44.17%
    BJP V. T. Jayaprakash 5,680 4.69%
    SDPI Yahiya Koya Thangal 3,250 2.68%
    Independent Ajayan 1,099 0.91%
    Margin of victory 4,101 3.38%
    Turnout 1,21,158 76.35%
    CPI (M) hold Swing
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    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Ponnani".
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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