# Balussery Assembly constituency

Balussery is one of the largest 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency. Since May 2021 assembly elections, K M Sachin Dev of CPI(M), is MLA from Balussery preceded by Purushan Kadalundy.

## Local self-governed segments

Balussery Assembly Constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Atholi | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Balussery | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Kayanna | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Koorachundu | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Kottur | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Naduvannur | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Ulliyeri | Grama panchayat | Koyilandy |
| Panangad | Grama panchayat | Thamarassery |
| Unnikulam | Grama panchayat | Thamarassery |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC CPI(M) PSP INC(U) IC(S) BLD
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | M. Narayana Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | M. Narayana Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | A. K. Appu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Sankarankutty | Bharatiya Lok Dal | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian Congress | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian Congress | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Nationalist Congress Party | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | A. K. Saseendran | Nationalist Congress Party | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Purushan Kadalundi | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Purushan Kadalundi | Communist Party of India | 2016-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | K. M. Sachin Dev | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election Results
### 2021

There were 2,24,239 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balussery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. M. Sachin Dev | 91,839 | 50.39 | 2.89 |
| | INC | Dharmajan Bolgatty | 71,467 | 38.54 | − |
| | BJP | Libin Balussery | 16,490 | 9.04 | 2.03 |
| | WPOI | Chandrika | 889 | 0.48 | 0.11 |
| | BSP | Jobish Balussery | 476 | 0.26 | 0.12 |
| | Independent | Dharmendran | 247 | 0.13 | − |
| | RPI | Mohandas | 115 | 0.06 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,372 | TBD | TBD |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,253 | 81.27 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | TBD | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,09,667 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balusseri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundy | 82,914 | 47.50 | 1.68 |
| | IUML | U. C. Raman Padanilam | 67,450 | 38.64 | − |
| | BJP | P. K. Supran | 19,324 | 11.07 | 4.91 |
| | SDPI | Balan Nadavannur | 1,764 | 1.01 | 0.08 |
| | WPOI | Saseendran Bappankad | 959 | 0.59 | − |
| | Independent | Raman Thachampoyil Meethal | 710 | 0.41 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.37 | − |
| | Independent | K. T. Sivan | 497 | 0.28 | − |
| | Independent | Jayarajan | 312 | 0.18 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,464 | 8.86 | 2.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,74,568 | 83.26 | 1.68 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.68 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,85,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balusseri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundi | 74,259 | 49.18 |
| | INC | A. Balaram | 65,377 | 43.29 |
| | BJP | T. K. Raman | 9,304 | 6.16 |
| | SDPI | Bhadran M. P. | 1,404 | 0.93 |
| | BSP | K. K. Satheesh | 660 | 0.14 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,882 | 5.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,004 | 81.58 |
| | CPI(M) gain from NCP | CPI(M) gain from NCP | Swing | |