# Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Dharmadam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Anjarakkandy | Grama Panchayat | Kannur |
| Chembilode | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Kadambur | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Muzhappilangad | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Peralasseri | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Dharmadom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Pinarayi | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Vengad | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Dharmadam Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 2011 | 13th | K. K. Narayanan | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Pinarayi Vijayan | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Pinarayi Vijayan | CPI(M) | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 95,522 | 59.61 | 2.77 |
| | INC | C. Raghunathan | 45,399 | 28.33 | 4.49 |
| | BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 14,623 | 9.13 | 0.82 |
| | SDPI | Basheer Kannadiparamba | 2,280 | 1.42 | N/A |
| | Independent | Valayar Bhagyavathi | 1,753 | 1.09 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 400 | 0.25 | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 50,123 | 31.28 | 7.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,247 | 82.82 | 0.48 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.77 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 87,329 | 56.84 | 3.71 |
| | INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 50,424 | 32.82 | 9.18 |
| | BJP | Mohanan Mananthery | 12,763 | 8.31 | 4.67 |
| | SDPI | Tharammal Niyas | 1,994 | 1.30 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 615 | 0.40 | N/A |
| | Independent | Divakaran M. Thiruvathira | 354 | 0.23 | N/A |
| | Independent | Divakaran Moottil House | 148 | 0.10 | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 36,905 | 24.02 | 12.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,53,627 | 83.30 | 0.10 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 3.71 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. K. Narayanan | 72,354 | 53.13 | |
| | INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 57,192 | 42.00 | |
| | BJP | C. P. Sangeetha | 4,963 | 3.64 | |
| | Independent | Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran | 871 | 0.64 | |
| | BSP | Madhu S. Vayanan | 797 | 0.59 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,162 | 11.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,36,177 | 83.20 | |
| | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) |