# Vengara Assembly constituency

Vengara 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Kunhalikutty of IUML.

## Local self governed segments

Vengara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Vengara | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 2 | Abdu Rahiman Nagar | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 3 | Kannamangalam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 4 | Oorakam | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 5 | Parappur | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |
| 6 | Othukkungal | Grama panchayat | Tirurangadi |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vengara Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:
Key
IUML
*indicates bypolls

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,85,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vengara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 70,381 | 53.50% | 0.31 |
| | CPI(M) | P. Jiji | 39,785 | 30.24% | 3.94 |
| | Independent | Sabah Kundupuzhakkal | 11,255 | 8.56% | 8.56 |
| | BJP | Preman Master | 5,968 | 4.54% | 0.13 |
| | WPOI | E. K. Kunhahammed Kutty Master | 2,051 | 1.56% | 1.56 |
| | BSP | Keeran | 1,060 | 0.81% | 0.81 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 787 | 0.60% | 0.19 |
| | DSJP | Ananyakumari Alex | 135 | 0.10% | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Adil Abdurahman Thangal | 129 | 0.10% | 0.10 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 30,596 | 23.26% | 4.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,551 | 70.97% | 1.16 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | 0.31 | |

### Niyama Sabha By-election 2017

Vengara assembly constituency faced a bypoll due to the election of the sitting MLA P. K. Kunhalikutty into Indian Lok Sabha in 2017. There were 1,70,006 registered voters for the subsequent by election.
2017 Kerala Legislative Assembly By-election: Vengara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | K. N. A. Khader | 65,227 | 53.19% | 6.82% |
| | CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 41,917 | 34.18% | 5.81% |
| | SDPI | Adv. K. C. Naseer | 8,648 | 7.05% | 4.51% |
| | BJP | K. Janachandran Master | 5,728 | 4.67% | 1.20% |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 502 | 0.41% | 0.03% |
| | Independent | Adv. Hamza Karumannil | 442 | 0.36% | N/A |
| | Independent | Sreenivas | 159 | 0.13% | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,310 | 19.01% | 12.63% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,22,623 | 72.13% | 1.23 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | 6.82% | |

### Niyama Sabha Election 2016

There were 1,69,639 registered voters in Vengara Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vengara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 72,181 | 60.01% | 3.43 |
| | CPI(M) | Adv. P. P. Basheer | 34,124 | 28.37% | 3.35 |
| | BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 7,055 | 5.87% | 2.44 |
| | SDPI | Kallen Aboobacker Master | 3,049 | 2.54% | 2.17 |
| | WPOI | Surendran Karippuzha | 1,864 | 1.55% | − |
| | PDP | Subair Swabahi | 1,472 | 1.22% | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 531 | 0.44% | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 38,057 | 31.64% | 6.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,20,276 | 70.90% | 1.93 |
| | IUML hold | IUML hold | Swing | 3.43 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,44,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vengara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | IUML | P. K. Kunhalikutty | 63,138 | 63.44% | |
| | INL | K. P. Ismayil | 24,901 | 25.02% | |
| | SDPI | Abduil Majeed Faizi | 4,683 | 4.71% | |
| | BJP | Subrahmanian | 3,417 | 3.43% | |
| | Independent | K. P. Ismayil (Kalluparamban) | 1,615 | 1.62% | |
| | Independent | Kunhalikutty K. P. | 1,079 | 1.08% | |
| | BSP | Safarudeen | 405 | 0.41% | |
| | Independent | Ismayil K. T. | 292 | 0.29% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 38,237 | 38.42% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,530 | 68.97% | |
| | IUML win (new seat) | IUML win (new seat) | IUML win (new seat) | IUML win (new seat) | IUML win (new seat) |