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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 = Kuthuparamba
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 14
| map_image = File:Kuthuparamba.jpg
| map_caption = Kuthuparamba Martyrdom Memorial
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,94,124 (2021)
| mla = [[K. P. Mohanan|K. P Mohanan]]
| party = {{Party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
}}
'''Kuthuparamba 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 [[Vatakara 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 Assembly elections, the current MLA is [[K. P. Mohanan]] of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]].

== Local self-governed segments==
Seven out of the nine [[Local governance in Kerala|local bodies]] included by the [[Delimitation Commission of India|2008 delimitation]] in the current Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency were parts of the erstwhile [[Peringalam Assembly constituency]] before the delimitation. In 2015, the [[Gram panchayat]]s of Panoor, [[Peringalam]], and [[Kariyad]] were merged to form [[Panoor (Municipality)|Panoor Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/1285|title=Panoor Municipality Wards, 2015|website=Department of Local Self Governance, Government of Kerala}}</ref>

Kuthuparamba 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
|access-date = 6 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
|[[Kuthuparamba]]
|Municipality
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|2
|[[Panoor (Municipality)|Panoor]]
|Municipality
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|3
|[[Kottayam-Malabar]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|4
|[[Kunnothuparamba]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|5
|[[Mokeri]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|6
|[[Pattiom]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalassery]]
|-
|7
|[[Thrippangottur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Thalassery]]
|}

== 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
!Name
! colspan="2"|Party
!Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| rowspan="2" | [[P. R. Kurup]]
| {{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
|K. K. Abu
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| rowspan="2" |[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=10|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
|1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| [[M. V. Raghavan]]
|1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
|P. V. Kunhikannan
|1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
|K. P. Mamoo Master
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
|Pinarayi Vijayan
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
|[[K. K. Shailaja]]
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| rowspan="2" | 11th
| rowspan="3" |[[P. Jayarajan]]
| 2001 – 2005
|-
|2005*
|2005 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| 2006 – 2011
|-
| colspan=6 align=center|<small>''Major boundary changes''</small>
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
|[[K. P. Mohanan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Janata (Democratic)}}
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|K. K. Shailaja
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|2016 - 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|K. P. Mohanan
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Incumbent]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>by-election{{notelist}}

== Election results ==

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kuthumparamba}}
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|candidate = Jayanthi Rajan
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|candidate = Rafeed A.P
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=== 2021 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kuthuparamba}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|9,541|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=K.P. Mohanan|votes=70,626|percentage=45.36%|change={{loss}} 0.28}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|↓.9,541|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=Pottankandi Abdulla|votes=61,085|percentage=39.23%|change={{gain}} 1.96}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|LOST|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[C. Sadanandan Master]]|votes=21,212|percentage=13.62%|change={{loss}} 3.06}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|LOST|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mohanan Kunhiparambath Meethal|votes=1,360|percentage=0.87%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|LOST|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mohanan K.P. Kaithavecha Parambath|votes=543|percentage=0.35|change=-}}
{{Election box majority||votes=9,541|percentage=7.5|change=-0.87}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=154,826|percentage=79.76%|change=0.33}}
{{Election box Registered electors||reg. electors =1,94,124
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
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{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,81,095 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><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kuthuparamba}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. K. Shailaja]]|votes=67,013|percentage=45.64|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=K. P. Mohanan|votes=54,722|percentage=37.27|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[C. Sadanandan Master]]|votes=20,787|percentage=16.68|change={{increase}}7.43|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Muhammad Shabeer K. C.|votes=1,681|percentage=1.14|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. P. Mohanan Vedichalil|votes=1,041|percentage=0.71|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=501|percentage=0.34|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. P. Mohanan Hridayam|votes=355|percentage=0.24|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. Raghunathan|votes=296|percentage=0.20|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shylaja Prashanth|votes=265|percentage=0.18|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shylaja Nelliyulla Parambath|votes=163|percentage=0.11|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,291|percentage=8.37|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,46,824|percentage=79.43|change={{decrease}}0.36}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Socialist Janata (Democratic)|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,60,335 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]]: Kuthuparamba}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Janata (Democratic)|candidate=K. P. Mohanan|votes=57,164|percentage=44.68|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National League|candidate=S. A. Puthiya Valappil|votes=53,861|percentage=42.10|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=O. K .Vasu|votes=11,835|percentage=9.25|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. P. Mohanan|votes=1,982|percentage=1.55|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Poovalappil|votes=1,199|percentage=0.94|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. P. Mohanan|votes=1,130|percentage=0.88|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sulaim T. B.|votes=758|percentage=0.59|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=3,303|percentage=2.58|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,929|percentage=79.79|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Socialist Janata (Democratic)|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

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

Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency - Revision history

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