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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kozhikode South<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 28<br />
| map_image = Calicut beach skyline.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Kozhikode Beach]]<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,57,275 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[Ahamed Devarkovil]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Indian National League}}<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Kozhikode South 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 [[Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala.<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Ahamed Devarkovil]] of [[Indian National League|INL]].<br />
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Kozhikode South constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Calicut-II from 1957 to 2008. <br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Kozhikode South Assembly constituency is composed of the following wards of the [[Kozhikode Municipal Corporation]]:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District<br />
|access-date = 7 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 8 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908212832/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" <br />
!width="20px" |Ward no.<br />
!width="75px" |Name<br />
!width="20px" |Ward no.<br />
!width="75px" |Name<br />
|-<br />
|22<br />
|Kovoor<br />
|23<br />
|Nellikode<br />
|-<br />
|27<br />
|Puthiyara<br />
|28<br />
|Kuthiravattom<br />
|-<br />
|29<br />
|[[Kottooli and Pottammal|Pottammal]]<br />
|30<br />
|Kommery<br />
|-<br />
|31<br />
|Kuttiyilthazham<br />
|32<br />
|[[Pokkunnu]]<br />
|-<br />
|33<br />
|[[Kinassery, Kozhikode|Kinassery]]<br />
|34<br />
|[[Mankavu]]<br />
|-<br />
|35<br />
|Azhchavattom<br />
|36<br />
|[[Kallayi]]<br />
|-<br />
|37<br />
|[[Panniyankara]]<br />
|38<br />
|Meenchanda<br />
|-<br />
|39<br />
|Thiruvannur<br />
|54<br />
|Kappakkal<br />
|-<br />
|55<br />
|[[Payyanakkal]]<br />
|56<br />
|Chakkumkadavu<br />
|-<br />
|57<br />
|Mukhador<br />
|58<br />
|[[Kuttichira Beach|Kuttichira]]<br />
|-<br />
|59<br />
|[[Chalappuram]]<br />
|60<br />
|Palayam<br />
|-<br />
|61<br />
|[[Kozhikode Beach|Valiyangadi]]<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
=== Calicut-II ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br/>Sabha<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| 1st <br />
| rowspan="2" |P. Kumaran<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
| 2nd<br />
| 1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| 3rd<br />
| [[P. M. Aboobacker]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
| 1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| 4th<br />
| Kalpally Madhava Menon<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}<br />
| 1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| 5th<br />
| rowspan="3"| P. M. Aboobacker<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Muslim League (Opposition)}}<br />
| 1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| 6th<br />
| 1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| 7th<br />
| 1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| 8th<br />
| C. P. Kunhu<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| 9th<br />
| [[M. K. Muneer]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
| 1991 – 1996<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| 10th<br />
| [[Elamaram Kareem]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| 11th <br />
| T. P. M. Zahir<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
| 2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| 12th<br />
| P. M. A. Salam<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National League}}<br />
| 2006 – 2011<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Kozhikode South ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br/>Sabha<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| 13th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[M. K. Muneer]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
| 2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| 14th<br />
| 2016-2021<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| 15th<br />
| [[Ahamed Devarkovil]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National League}}<br />
| [[Incumbent]]<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
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===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kozhikode South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National League|candidate= [[Ahamed Devarkovil]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=[[Faisal Babu]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. Raneesh|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
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{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 1,57,275 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 kerala election|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/partywiseresult-S11.htm?st=S11}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kozhikode South}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National League|candidate=[[Ahamed Devarkovil]]|votes=52,557|percentage=44.15%|change={{increase}}6.49}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=Noorbeena Rasheed|votes=40,098|percentage=33.68%|change={{decrease}}9.45}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Navya Haridas|votes=24,873|percentage=20.89%|change={{increase}}4.33}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=603|percentage=0.51%|change={{decrease}}0.17}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Mubeena|votes=513|percentage=0.43%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=P Hareendranath|votes=410|percentage=0.34%|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 12,459<br />
|percentage = 10.46%<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,19,054|percentage=75.69%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National League<br />
|loser = Indian Union Muslim League<br />
|swing =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,49,054 registered voters in Kozhikode South Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016<br />
|website = eci.gov.in<br />
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India<br />
}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kozhikode South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=[[M. K. Muneer]]|votes=49,863|percentage=43.13%|change={{decrease}}2.95}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National League|candidate=A. P. Abdul Vahab|votes=43,536|percentage=37.66%|change={{decrease}}7.09}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Satheesh Kuttiyil|votes=19,146|percentage=16.56%|change={{increase}}9.31}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=788|percentage=0.68%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=U. K. Deysi Balasubrahmanyan|votes=593|percentage=0.51%|change={{decrease}}0.21}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kamala Pavithran|votes=480|percentage=0.42%|change={{increase}}0.11}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A. P. Abdul Vahab|votes=287|percentage=0.25%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=A. K. Sajan|votes=227|percentage=0.20%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abdul Sathar|votes=211|percentage=0.18%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muneer Davari|votes=190|percentage=0.16%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Premanand T.|votes=166|percentage=0.14%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abdul Muneer|votes=130|percentage=0.11%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 6,327<br />
|percentage = 5.47%<br />
|change ={{increase}}3.44<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,15,617|percentage=77.57%|change={{increase}}0.51}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian Union Muslim League<br />
|loser = Indian National League<br />
|swing ={{decrease}}2.95<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,32,780 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><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kozhikode South}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=[[M. K. Muneer]]|votes=47,771|percentage=46.08%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. P. Musaffer Ahammed|votes=46,395|percentage=44.75%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Jaya Sadanandan|votes=7,512|percentage=7.25%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Faiz Mohammed|votes=749|percentage=0.72%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=T. T. Muneer|votes=488|percentage=0.47%|change=-}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Mussafar Ahammed|votes=433|percentage=0.42%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Muhammed Asharaf|votes=323|percentage=0.31%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 1,376<br />
|percentage = 2.03%<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,03,671|percentage=78.08%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Indian Union Muslim League}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* Kozhikode South<br />
* [[Kozhikode district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies established in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:Kozhikode]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]</div>JacquelynBelz49