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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kanhangad
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 4
| map_image = Kanhangad Combined places 2018.png
| map_caption = '''Left to right:''' [[Hosdurg Fort]], Nityananda Ashram, Old Bus Stand, [[Kanhangad railway station|Railway Station]], New Bus Stand, Gandhi Smriti Mandapam, Government District Hospital, [[Anandashram, Kanhangad|Anandashram]].
| established = 2008
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,14,209 (2021)
| mla = [[Govindan Pallikappil]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
}}
'''Kanhangad 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]] in [[Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://kasargod.gov.in/constituencies
|website = kasargod.gov.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026
assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Govindan Pallikappil]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

Kanhangad Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Hosdurg Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.

==Local self-governed segments==
Kanhangad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kasaragod.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District
|access-date = 7 March 2021
|archive-date = 23 April 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210423160033/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kasaragod.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
|[[Kanhangad]]
|Municipality
|[[Hosdurg taluk|Hosdurg]]
|-
|2
|[[Ajanur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Hosdurg taluk|Hosdurg]]
|-
|3
|[[Madikai]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Hosdurg taluk|Hosdurg]]
|-
|4
|[[Balal]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vellarikundu]]
|-
|5
|Kallar
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vellarikundu]]
|-
|6
|[[Kinanoor]]-[[Karindalam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vellarikundu]]
|-
|7
|[[Kodom|Kodom-Bellur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vellarikundu]]
|-
|8
|[[Panathady]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vellarikundu]]
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
===Hosdurg===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama<br/>Sabha
!Name
!colspan=2 |Party
!Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Chandrasekharan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Praja Socialist Party}}
| 1957 – 1960
|-
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| 2nd
| 1960 – 1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| rowspan="2" |N. K. Balakrishnan
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| rowspan="3" |[[K. T. Kumaran]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India}}
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| 1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| 1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| N. Manoharan Master
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| rowspan="2" |[[M. Narayanan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India}}
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| [[M. Kumaran]]
| 2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| [[Pallipram Balan]]
| 2006 – 2011
|}

===Kanhangad===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama<br/>Sabha
!Name
!colspan=2 |Party
!Tenure
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| rowspan="3" |[[E. Chandrasekharan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India}}
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| 2016-2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| 2021-2026
|-
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 16th
|[[Govindan Pallikappil]]
| 2026-
|}
{{notelist}}

== Election results ==

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanhangad}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Govindan Pallickappil|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress|candidate= Shaiji Ottappally|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Balraj|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Communist Party of India
|loser =Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===

{{Election box begin
|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanhangad}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate =[[E. Chandrasekharan]]
|votes = 84,615
|percentage =50.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Indian National Congress
|candidate =[[P. V. Suresh]]
|votes = 57,476
|percentage = 34.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Balraj
|votes = 21,570
|percentage =12.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate =[[Abdul Samad T.]]
|votes =775
|percentage =0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = NOTA
|candidate =[[None of the Above]]
|votes =637
|percentage =0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,139
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,66,835
|percentage =76.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors =2,18,836
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Communist Party of India
|loser =Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 2,04,931 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]]: Kanhangad}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Communist Party of India
|candidate=E. Chandrasekharan
|votes=80,558
|percentage=49.98
|change={{increase}}2.33
|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=Dhanya Suresh
|votes=54,547
|percentage=33.84
|change={{decrease}} 5.11
|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
|candidate=M. P. Raghavan
|votes=21,104
|percentage=13.09
|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Chandran Parappa|votes=965|percentage=0.60|change={{increase}}0.31|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Assainar Muttumthala|votes=959|percentage=0.59|change={{decrease}} 0.29|-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=856|percentage=0.53|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sajeevan R.|votes=663|percentage=0.41|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muhammed Ali V. V.|votes=420|percentage=0.26|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kookal Balakrishnan|votes=294|percentage=0.18|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Raghavan B. Poodamkallu|votes=272|percentage=0.17|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Balachandran Karimbil|votes=260|percentage=0.16|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. U. Krishnakumar|votes=186|percentage=0.12|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. Damodaran|votes=105|percentage=0.07|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=26,011|percentage=16.14|change={{increase}} 7.44}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,61,189|percentage=78.66|change={{increase}} 0.16}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{increase}}2.33}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,78,139 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]]: Kanhangad}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=E. Chandrasekharan|votes=66,640|percentage=47.65|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. C. Jose|votes=54,462|percentage=38.95|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Madikai Kammaran|votes=15,543|percentage=11.11|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. M. Joseph|votes=1,919|percentage=1.37|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Gopalan K.|votes=1,277|percentage=0.91|change=-|-}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,178|percentage=8.70|change=-}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,841|percentage=78.50|change=-}}
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India}}
{{Election box end}}

===1952===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Hosdurg]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Narayanan Nambiar |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=32,671 |percentage=46.77% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kunnikannan Nambiar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=17,917 |percentage=25.65% |change=25.65% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Padmanabha Nair |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=10,055 |percentage=14.39% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Hamid Hussain Sehammad |party=Independent politician |votes=9,211 |percentage=13.19% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,754 |percentage=21.12% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=69,854 |percentage=87.06% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 80,235 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

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

Kanhangad Assembly constituency - Revision history

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