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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dharmadam
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 12
| map_image = File:Kannur district wise kerala assambly election 2016 constituency map.svg
| map_caption = Dharmadam within Kannur district
| state = [[Kerala]]
| district = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kannur Lok Sabha constituency|Kannur]]
| established = 2008
| electors = 2,06,000 (2021)<ref name="Electorate"/>
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Pinarayi Vijayan 1.jpg
| mla = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| party = {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
}}
'''Dharmadam State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]], India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the [[Kannur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://kannur.nic.in/constituencies
|website = kannur.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala
}}</ref> Since 2016, it has been represented by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]

It was established in 2008 by incorporating major parts of the [[Edakkad Assembly constituency]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Dharmadam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District
}}</ref>

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
| [[Anjarakkandy]]
| Grama Panchayat
| [[Kannur taluk|Kannur]]
|-
| Chembilode
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kannur taluk|Kannur]]
|-
| Kadambur
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kannur taluk|Kannur]]
|-
| [[Muzhappilangad]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kannur taluk|Kannur]]
|-
| [[Peralasseri]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kannur taluk|Kannur]]
|-
| [[Dharmadom]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thalassery#Villages in Thalassery Taluk|Thalassery]]
|-
| [[Pinarayi]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thalassery#Villages in Thalassery Taluk|Thalassery]]
|-
| [[Vengad]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thalassery#Villages in Thalassery Taluk|Thalassery]]
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Dharmadam Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/dharmadam-assembly-constituency-map.html
|website = www.mapsofindia.com
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Dharmadom
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama Sabha
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
!Tenure
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| [[K. K. Narayanan]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4}}
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| rowspan="3" |[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| 2016 - 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| 2021 – 2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 16th
| 2026 – present
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

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

===2026===
There were 2,06,000 registered voters in the Dharmadam constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.<ref name="Electorate">{{Cite web |title=Electorate Published as on 23 March 2026 |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ceokerala/pdf/govt_orders/legislative-assembly-2026/electorate-published-as-on-23-march-2026.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260507064812/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ceokerala/pdf/govt_orders/legislative-assembly-2026/electorate-published-as-on-23-march-2026.pdf |date=23 March 2026 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Dharmadam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|votes = 85,614
|percentage = 49.87
|change = {{loss}}9.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = V. P. Abdul Rasheed
|votes = 66,367
|percentage = 38.66
|change = {{gain}}10.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = K. Ranjith
|votes = 18,555
|percentage = 10.81
|change = {{gain}}1.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 813
|percentage = 0.47
|change = {{gain}}0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Vadi Hareendran
|votes = 193
|percentage = 0.11
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Vijayan A. M. s/o Kunhiraman
|votes = 117
|percentage = 0.07
|change = –
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 19,247
|percentage = 11.21
|change = {{loss}}19.95
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 171,659
|percentage = 83.32
|change = {{gain}}0.01
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{loss}}9.74
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/statistical_report.pdf |title=Legislative Assembly 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260121075941/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/statistical_report.pdf |website=ceo.kerala.gov.in |archive-date=21 January 2026|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Dharmadam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|votes = 95,522
|percentage = 59.61
|change = {{gain}}2.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = C. Raghunathan
|votes = 45,399
|percentage = 28.33
|change = {{loss}}4.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = C. K. Padmanabhan
|votes = 14,623
|percentage = 9.13
|change = {{gain}}0.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Basheer Kannadiparamba
|votes = 2,280
|percentage = 1.42
|change = {{gain}}0.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Valayar Bhagyavathi
|votes = 1,753
|percentage = 1.09
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 400
|percentage = 0.25
|change = {{loss}}0.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chovva Raghunathan
|votes = 137
|percentage = 0.09
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = C. P. Maharoof
|votes = 72
|percentage = 0.04
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Vadi Harindran
|votes = 61
|percentage = 0.04
|change = –
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 50,123
|percentage = 31.16
|change = {{gain}}7.14
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 161,232
|percentage = 83.33
|change = {{gain}}0.03
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{gain}}2.77
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website= eci.gov.in|title= Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Dharmadam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|votes = 87,329
|percentage = 56.84
|change = {{gain}} 3.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mambaram Divakaran
|votes = 50,424
|percentage = 32.82
|change = {{loss}}9.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mohanan Mananthery
|votes = 12,763
|percentage = 8.31
|change = {{gain}}4.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Tharammal Niyas
|votes = 1,994
|percentage = 1.30
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 615
|percentage = 0.40
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Divakaran M. Thiruvathira
|votes = 354
|percentage = 0.23
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Divakaran Moottil House
|votes = 148
|percentage = 0.10
|change = –
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 36,905
|percentage = 24.02
|change = {{gain}}12.89
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,53,627
|percentage = 83.30
|change = {{gain}}0.10
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{gain}}3.71
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Dharmadam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[K. K. Narayanan]]
|votes = 72,354
|percentage = 53.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mambaram Divakaran
|votes = 57,192
|percentage = 42.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = C. P. Sangeetha
|votes = 4,963
|percentage = 3.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =Independent politician
|candidate = Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran
|votes = 871
|percentage = 0.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Madhu S. Vayanan
|votes = 797
|percentage = 0.59
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 15,162
|percentage = 11.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,36,351
|percentage = 83.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Dharmadom]]
* [[Edakkad (State Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Kannur district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kannur district]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

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Dhwanika Joshi at 09:04, 7 May 2026