# Peringalam Assembly constituency

Peringalam 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. P. Mohanan of JD(S).
After the delimitation in 2008, Kariyad, Kunnothuparamba, Mokeri, Panoor, Pattiom, Peringalam, and Thrippangottur Gram Panchayats became a part of the Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency), whereas Chokli and Panniyannur was added to the Thalassery (State Assembly constituency).

## Local self governed segments

Peringalam Niyamasabha constituency was composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk | Now part of |
| 1 | Kariyad | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 2 | Kunnothuparamba | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 3 | Mokeri | Grama Panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 4 | Panoor | Grama panchayat (Now municipality) | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 5 | Pattiom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 6 | Peringalam | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 7 | Thrippangottur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Kuthuparamba constituency |
| 8 | Chokli | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Thalassery constituency |
| 9 | Panniyannur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery | Thalassery constituency |

## Election history

| Election | Votes polled | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 | Runner-up 2 | Runner-up 2 | Runner-up 2 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory |
| Year | | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Votes | Percent |
| Constituency defunct as a result of delimitation (2011) ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 111366 (74.8%) | K. P. Mohanan | JD(S) | 57840 | 51.94% | Abdul Khader | IUML | 38604 | 34.66% | A. Ashokan | BJP | 9381 | 8.42% | 19236 | 17.27% |
| 2001 | 111728 (77.3%) | K. P. Mohanan | JD(S) | 52657 | 47.14% | K. K. Muhammad | IUML | 45679 | 40.89% | K. Satyaprakasan Master | BJP | 9702 | 8.69% | 6978 | 6.25% |
| 1996 | 108621 (71.1%) | P. R. Kurup | JD | 51921 | 50.02% | K. M. Soopy | IUML | 37841 | 36.45% | Panniannur Chandran | BJP | 10306 | 9.93% | 14080 | 13.57% |
| 1991 | 103745 (73.4%) | K. M. Soopy | IUML | 49183 | 48.81% | P. R. Kurup | JD | 47534 | 47.17% | O. K. Vasu Master | BJP | 2186 | 2.17% | 1649 | 1.64% |
| 1987 | 91676 (79.4%) | P. R. Kurup | JNP | 41694 | 45.77% | E. T. Mohammed Basheer | IUML | 41338 | 45.38% | Gopalan Parambath | BJP | 7658 | 8.41% | 356 | 0.39% |
| 1985* | 91676 (79.4%) | E. T. Mohammed Basheer | AIML | 42410 | | P. K. Muhammad | IUML | 30668 | | C. K. Sreenivasan | Ind. | 4865 | | 11742 | |
| 1982 | 68444 (72.7%) | N. A. Mammoo Haji | AIML | 38825 | 57.25% | K. Janardhanan | INC | 19973 | 29.45% | Gopalan Parambath | BJP | 7914 | 11.67% | 18852 | 27.80% |
| 1980 | 71349 (76.9%) | A. K. Saseendran | INC (U) | 33863 | 68.32% | K. C. Marar | JNP | 32159 | 45.26% | Pattiom Sathyan | Ind. | 840 | 1.18% | 1704 | 23.06% |
| 1977 | 66790 (78.3%) | P. R. Kurup | INC | 33916 | 51.49% | B. K. Achuthan | JP | 31958 | 48.51% | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | 1958 | 2.98% |
| Major delimitation of constituency ||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 60685 (76.3%) | K. M. Soopy | ISP | 34003 | 57.09% | V. Ashokan | INC | 25559 | 42.91% | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | 8444 | 14.18% |
| 1967 | 53360 (78.2%) | P. R. Kurup | SSP | 38701 | 74.81% | N. M. Nambiar | INC | 13034 | 25.19% | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | 25667 | 49.62% |
| 1965 | 55341 (80.8%) | P. R. Kurup | SSP | 34580 | 63.59% | N. Madhusoodhanan Nambiar | INC | 19797 | 36.41% | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | Only two candidates contested | 14783 | 27.18% |
* Bypoll

## Election results

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

### 2006

There were 1,48,842 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peringalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(S) | K. P. Mohanan | 57,840 | 51.94% | 4.80 |
| | IUML | Abdul Khader | 38,604 | 34.66% | 6.23 |
| | BJP | Anilkumar | 9,381 | 8.42% | 0.27 |
| | Independent | Mohanan S/O Pokkan | 2,684 | 2.41% | N/A |
| | Independent | Mohanan S/O Kumaran | 1,082 | 0.97% | N/A |
| | Independent | Abdul Khader S/O Moideen Haji | 932 | 0.84% | N/A |
| | Independent | Abdul Khader Musliyar | 843 | 0.76% | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,236 | 17.27% | 11.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,366 | 74.83% | 2.46 |
| | JD(S) hold | JD(S) hold | Swing | 11.02 | |

### Niyama Sabha Election 2001

There were 1,44,564 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peringalam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(S) | K. P. Mohanan | 52,657 | 47.14% | 47.14 |
| | IUML | K. K. Muhammad | 45,679 | 40.89% | 4.44 |
| | BJP | P. Satyaprakashan Master | 9,702 | 8.69% | 1.24 |
| | Independent | Kunhiparambath K. P. Mohanan | 1,382 | 1.24% | N/A |
| | Independent | Chathoth Muhammad | 1,327 | 1.19% | N/A |
| | Independent | Kattilparambath K. P. Mohanan | 956 | 0.86% | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,978 | 6.25% | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,11,728 | 77.29% | |
| | JD(S) gain from JD | JD(S) gain from JD | Swing | N/A | |