page_title: Kozhikode North (State Assembly constituency)
hierarchical_section_title: Kozhikode North (State Assembly constituency)
caption_attribution_description: English: For the people of Kozhikode, this pleasant stretch of rock studded beach is Kappakkadavu. To the tourist it is one of the most charming of Kerala's beaches. Kappad finds mention in history and geography texts as the gateway to the Malabar coast. Here, 501 years ago, 170 men led by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed in and stepped into Kerala to create a new chapter in history. The story of a long and tumultuous socio-political relationship between India and Europe. It was the spices and wealth of Malabar that first brought the Arabs, the Phoenicans, the Greeks, the Romans, the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English to Kerala. Kappad has witnessed many such landings.
context_page_description: Kozhikode North 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.
  As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. Pradeepkumar of CPI.
context_section_description: Kozhikode North State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കോഴിക്കോട് വടക്ക് നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.
   As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. Pradeepkumar of CPI(M).
caption: The historically important Kappad Beach in the Kozhikode North (State Assembly constituency).
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