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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 = Irikkur
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 9
| map_image = Paithalmala.jpg
| map_caption = [[Paithalmala]] in Irikkur constituency
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,94,966 (2021)
| mla = [[Sajeev Joseph]]
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
}}
'''Irikkur State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[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> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 elections]], the current MLA is [[Sajeev Joseph]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

This Constituency Is Dominated By Migrant [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christians]],Predominantly [[Syro-Malabar Church|Syrian Catholics]] from Central Kerala.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/a-udf-bastion-for-long/article8379528.ece]

==Local self-governed segments==
Irikkur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District
|access-date = 7 March 2021
|archive-date = 23 April 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210423160037/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kannur.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Sreekandapuram]]
|Municipality
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|2
|[[Alakode, Kannur district|Alakode]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|3
|[[Chengalai|Chengalayi]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|4
|[[Eruvessi]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|5
|[[Irikkur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|6
|[[Naduvil and Kudianmala|Naduvil]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|7
|[[Payyavoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|8
|[[Udayagiri, Kannur|Udayagiri]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Taliparamba taluk|Taliparamba]]
|-
|9
|[[Ulikkal]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama Sabha
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
!Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
| rowspan="2" | [[T.C. Narayanan Nambiar|T. C. Narayanan Nambiar]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}
|1957 – 1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|1960 – 1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| E. P. Krishnan Nambiar
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| rowspan="2 "|4th
| A. Kunhikannan
|1970 – 1974
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| [[E. K. Nayanar]]
|1974 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| C. P. Govindan Nambiar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
| [[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| rowspan="8" |[[K. C. Joseph (Irikkur politician)|K. C. Joseph]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=9|Indian National Congress}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016 – 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[Sajeev Joseph]]
|Incumbent
|}

== Election results ==

===2026===

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|candidate = Sreenath Padmanabhan
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|candidate = Joseph P.V
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=== 2021 ===
There were 1,94,966 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election with a polling rate of 75.63%.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/kerala/irikkur-election-result-s11a009/ |title=Irikkur Election Results |work=[[News18 Kerala]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.oneindia.com/irikkur-assembly-elections-kl-9/ |title=Irikkur Assembly Elections 2021 |work=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref>
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Irikkur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sajeev Joseph]]|votes=76,764|percentage=50.33|change={{increase}}1.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=Saji Kuttiyanimattom|votes=66,754|percentage=43.77|change={{decrease}}1.29}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Aniyamma Rajendran|votes=7,825|percentage=5.13|change={{decrease}}0.47}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=459|percentage=0.30|change={{decrease}}0.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Chacko Karimbil|votes=311|percentage=0.20|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Sajan Kuttiyanikkal|votes=275|percentage=0.18|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Joy John|votes=128|percentage=0.08|change=-}}
{{Election box majority||votes=10,010|percentage=6.56|change={{increase}}0.04}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=152,516|percentage=75.63|change={{decrease}}2.96}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 194,966
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{increase}}1.77
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,88,416 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Irikkur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress |candidate=K. C. Joseph |votes=72,548|percentage=49.00|change={{decrease}}3.41|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M) |candidate=K. T. Jose|votes=62,901|percentage=42.48|change={{decrease}} 0.94|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=A. P. Gangadharan|votes=8,294|percentage=5.60|change={{increase}}2.90|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Binoy Thomas|votes=2,734|percentage=1.85|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joseph K. C. Kalayakkattil|votes=602|percentage=0.41|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=553|percentage=0.37|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rijo|votes=134|percentage=0.09|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajeev Joseph|votes=123|percentage=0.08|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=A. K. Shaji|votes=103|percentage=0.07|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Raveendran A. V.|votes=80|percentage=0.05|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,647|percentage=6.52|change={{decrease}} 2.47}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,072|percentage=78.59|change={{increase}} 1.37}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}3.41}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,69,262 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 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]]: Irikkur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. C. Joseph|votes=68,503|percentage=52.41|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=P. Santhosh Kumar|votes=56,746|percentage=43.42|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. G. Ramakrishnan Nair|votes=3,529|percentage=2.70|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joseph|votes=740|percentage=0.57|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ammini Krishnan|votes=633|percentage=0.48|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Biju Thomas|votes=552|percentage=0.42|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,757|percentage=8.99|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,30,703|percentage=77.22|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Irikkur]]
* [[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:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]

Irikkur Assembly constituency - Revision history

YaniraRolando4 at 12:31, 7 May 2026