# Kasaragod Assembly constituency

Kasaragod 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. A. Nellikkunnu of IUML.

## Local self governed segments

Kasaragod Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Kasaragod | Municipality | Kasaragod |
| 2 | Badiyadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 3 | Bellur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 4 | Chengala | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 5 | Karadka | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 6 | Kumbadaje | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 7 | Madhur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |
| 8 | Mogral Puthur | Grama panchayat | Kasaragod |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| 1952 | M. S. Mogral | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady | Indian National Congress |
| 1960 | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar | Indian National Congress |
| 1965 | E. Abdul Khader | Independent |
| 1967 | U. P. Kunikullaya | Independent |
| 1970 | B. M. Abdurahman | Independent |
| 1977 | T. A. Ibrahim | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1980 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1982 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1987 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1991 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1996 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2001 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2006 | C. T. Ahammed Ali | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2011 | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2016 | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 2021 | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Indian Union Muslim League |

## Election Results
### 2021 Niyamasabha Election

There were 2,01,812 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 63,296 | 43.80 | 0.92 |
| | BJP | K. Shreekanth | 50,395 | 34.88 | 3.89 |
| | INL | M. A. Latheef | 28,323 | 19.60 | 4.67 |
| | BSP | Vijaya K. P. | 679 | 0.47 | 0.07 |
| | NOTA | None Of the Above | 639 | 0.44 | 0.02 |
| | Anna DHRM | Ranjit Raj M. | 555 | 0.38 | − |
| | Independent | Nishanth Kumar I. B. | 417 | 0.29 | − |
| | Independent | Sudhakaran K. | 196 | 0.14 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,901 | 8.92 | 2.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,032 | 70.87 | 3.15 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | 0.92 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,88,906 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 64,727 | 44.72 | 0.63 |
| | BJP | Ravisha Thantri Kuntar | 56,120 | 38.77 | 1.75 |
| | INL | A. A. Ameen | 21,615 | 14.93 | 0.86 |
| | NOTA | None Of the Above | 661 | 0.46 | − |
| | BSP | Vijaykumar B. | 585 | 0.4 | 0.29 |
| | Independent | Roshan Kumar | 508 | 0.35 | − |
| | Independent | A. Damodaran | 283 | 0.20 | − |
| | Independent | Muneer Munnambam | 250 | 0.17 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,607 | 5.95 | 2.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,749 | 76.62 | 3.15 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | 0.63 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,289 eligible voters in Kasaragod Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kasaragod :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | IUML | N. A. Nellikkunnu | 53,068 | 45.35 |
| | BJP | Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt | 43,330 | 37.02 |
| | INL | Azeez Kadappuram | 16,467 | 14.07 |
| | SDPI | A. H. Muneer | 1260 | 1.08 |
| | Independent | Govinda Raja Kuntikkanamata | 938 | 0.80 |
| | BSP | Saifudeen K. Makkodu | 807 | 0.69 |
| | Independent | Ajith Kumar Azad | 739 | 0.63 |
| | Independent | Abdulla | 422 | 0.36 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,738 | 8.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,031 | 73.47 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kasargod :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | M. S. Mogral | 19,258 | 47.26% | 47.26% |
| | KMPP | B. K. Sridharan | 11,450 | 28.10% | |
| | IUML | Mahin Sehammad | 8,855 | 21.73% | |
| | Socialist | K. Shankara | 1,184 | 2.91% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,808 | 19.16% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,747 | 58.78% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 69,324 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### Rest of the elections

| 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 |
| 2006 | 100179 (65.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 38774 | 38.70% | V. Ravindran | BJP | 28432 | 28.38% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | INL | 27790 | 27.74% | 10342 | 10.32% |
| 2001 | 109438 (68.90%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 51890 | 47.41% | P. K. Krishnadas | BJP | 33895 | 30.97% | A. G. Nair | CPI(M) | 21948 | 20.06% | 17995 | 16.44% |
| 1996 | 91629 (67.38%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 33932 | 37.03% | K. Madhava Herala | BJP | 30149 | 32.90% | N. A. Nellikkunnu | Ind. | 24254 | 26.47% | 3783 | 4.13% |
| 1991 | 85436 (66.61%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 39143 | 45.82% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 24269 | 28.41% | T. V. Gangadharan | CPI(M) | 21190 | 24.80% | 14874 | 17.41% |
| 1987 | 86600 (81.19%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 41407 | 47.81% | Sri Krishna Bhat | BJP | 27350 | 31.58% | M. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 17049 | 19.69% | 14057 | 16.23% |
| 1982 | 59692 (74.40%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 25676 | 43.01% | N. Narayana Bhat | BJP | 17657 | 29.58% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 15643 | 26.21% | 8019 | 13.43% |
| 1980 | 51401 (64.11%) | C. T. Ahammed Ali | IUML | 30793 | 59.91% | Gorvacis Areeckal | KEC | 14113 | 27.46% | Kayyar Kinhanna Rai | Ind. | 5742 | 11.17% | 16680 | 32.45% |
| 1977 | 53964 (79.04%) | T. A. Ibrahim | IUML | 29402 | 54.48% | B. M. Abdurahman | ML(O) | 22619 | 41.91% | M. A. Abdulla Mallath | Ind. | 1201 | 2.23% | 6783 | 12.57% |
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| 1970 | 59911 (80.02%) | B. M. Abdurahman | Ind. | 27113 | 45.26% | K. P. Ballakuraya | Ind. | 18736 | 31.27% | N. Ramanna Rai | CPI(M) | 14062 | 23.47% | 8377 | 13.99% |
| 1967 | 45904 (78.21%) | U. P. Kunikullaya | Ind. | 20635 | 44.95% | H. A. Schemnad | IUML | 20540 | 44.75% | V. K. S. Nair | INC | 4729 | 10.30% | 95 | 0.20% |
| 1965 | 46262 (75.89%) | E. Abdul Khader | Ind. | 21923 | 47.39% | K. A. Shetty | INC | 19784 | 42.77% | B. V. Kunhambu | CPI | 2335 | 5.05% | 2139 | 4.62% |
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| 1960 | 48809 (79.24%) | M. Kunhikkannan Nambiar | INC | 19399 | 39.74% | Anantharama Chetty | Ind. | 15747 | 32.26% | Ambu Nair | CPI | 13663 | 27.99% | 3652 | 7.48% |
| 1957 | 26865 (41.56%) | Kunhikrishnan Nair Cheripady | INC | 10290 | 38.30% | Narayanan Nambiar | PSP | 10096 | 37.58% | Ganspathy Kamath N. | CPI | 6479 | 24.12% | 194 | 0.72% |
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