Nadapuram Assembly constituency

Nadapuram
Nadapuram
Constituency No. 22 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Nadapuram Junction in Nadapuram Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1951
Total electors	2,16,141 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. M. Abhijith
Party	INC
Elected year	2026

Nadapuram State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K.M Abhijith of INC

Local self-governed segments

Nadapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Chekkiad	Grama panchayat	Vatakara
2	Edacheri
3	Kavilumpara
4	Kayakkodi
5	Maruthonkara
6	Nadapuram
7	Narippatta
8	Thuneri
9	Valayam
10	Vanimal

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	C. H. Kanaran	Communist Party of India	1957–1960
1960	2nd	Hameed Ali Shemnad	Indian Union Muslim League	1960–1965
1967	3rd	E. V. Kumaran	Communist Party of India	1967–1970
1970	4th	Kumaran Madathil	Communist Party of India	1970–1977
1977	5th	Kandalottu Kunhambu		1977–1980
1980	6th	K. T. Kanaran		1980–1982
1982	7th	K. T. Kanaran		1982–1987
1987	8th	Sathyan Mokeri		1987–1991
1991	9th			1991–1996
1996	10th			1996–2001
2001	11th	Binoy Viswam		2001–2006
2006	12th	Binoy Viswam		2006–2011
2011	13th	E. K. Vijayan		2011–2016
2016	14th			2016–2021
2021	15th			2021-2026
2026	16th	K.M. Abhijith	Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

2025

SEGMENT	LDF	NDA	UDF	IND	SDPI	WPI		LEADING ALLIANCE lMAJORITY VOTE
CHEKKIAD	4907	399	10154	183	0	0	15643	UDF
EDACHERI	9973	1463	7766	161	125	0	19488	LDF
KAVILUMPARA	7150	999	7503	0	0	0	15652	UDF
KAYAKKODI	8153	1357	7717	0	61	0	17288	LDF
MARUTHONKARA	7143	806	5361	734	335	285	14664	LDF
NADAPURAM	10365	1766	16020	0	161	0	28312	UDF
NARIPATTA	9047	2242	6306	478	0	0	18073	LDF
THUNERI	7213	901	9113	14	0	0	17241	UDF
VALAYAM	6881	1585	4603	0	0	0	13069	LDF
VANIMAL	7228	943	8235	0	425	0	16831	UDF
TOTAL	78060	12461	82778	1570	1107	285	176261
%	44.28659772	7.069629697	46.96331009	0.8907245505	0.6280459092	0.1616920362

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. M. Abhijith	99,763	52.87	7.71
	CPI	P. Vasantham	76,163	40.36	7.10
	BJP	C. P. Vipin Chandran	11,506	6.10	0.10
	Independent	Vasantha	314
	NOTA	None of the above	272
	Independent	Padmakumar	269
	Independent	Abhijith	218
	Independent	K. M. Abhijith	207
Margin of victory			23,600
Turnout			1,88,712
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

2021

There were 201,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	83,293	47.46	2.00
	INC	Praveenkumar	79,258	45.16	2.00
	BJP	M. P. Rajan	10,537	6.00	2.80
	SDPI	K. K. Nasar Master	1,676	0.95	0.39
	NOTA	None of the above	316	0.18	−0.09
	Independent	T.praveen Kumar	258	0.15	–
	Independent	Sreedharan K K	165	0.10	–
Margin of victory			4,035	2.12	0.60
Turnout			162,950	80.5	0.27

2016

There were 2,01,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	74,742	45.87	3.35
	INC	Praveenkumar	69,983	42.95	1.12
	BJP	M. P. Rajan	14,493	8.90	4.76
	SDPI	C. K. Abdul Rahim	2,183	1.34	0.07
	NOTA	None of the above	446	0.27	–
	BSP	K. K. Vasu	377	0.23	–
	Independent	E. K. Vijayan Komath	220	0.14	–
	Independent	Praveenkumar Thayyullathil	163	0.10	–
	Independent	Aluva Aneesh	151	0.09	–
Margin of victory			4,759	2.92	3.35
Turnout			1,62,929	80.77	1.50
	CPI hold		Swing	3.35

2011

There were 1,77,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. K. Vijayan	72,078	49.22
	INC	V. M. Chandran	64,532	44.07
	BJP	K. P. Prakash Babu	6,058	4.14
	SDPI	Ismail Kammana	1,865	1.27	–
	Independent	Chandran	745	0.51
	Independent	C. K. Vijayan	708	0.48
	Independent	K. P. Vijayan	444	0.30
Margin of victory			7,546	5.15
Turnout			1,46,430	82.27
	CPI hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Nadapuram^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. K. Sankara Varma Raja	18,173	40.86%	40.86%
	CPI	K. Thacharakandy	16,572	37.26%
	Socialist Party (India)	Sreedhara Arangil	9,736	21.89%
Margin of victory			1,601	3.60%
Turnout			44,481	70.96%
Registered electors			62,684
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[1] "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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