Balussery Assembly constituency
Balussery Assembly Constituency | |
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Constituency No. 24 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kozhikode |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 2,24,239 (2021) |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Balussery is one of the largest 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since May 2021 assembly elections, K M Sachin Dev of CPI(M), is MLA from Balussery preceded by Purushan Kadalundy.
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Balussery Assembly Constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC CPI(M) PSP INC(U) IC(S) BLD
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | M. Narayana Kurup | Praja Socialist Party | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | A. K. Appu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | P. K. Sankarankutty | Bharatiya Lok Dal | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | A. C. Shanmukhadas | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | Indian Congress | 1982 – 1987 | ||
1987 | 8th | Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | 1987 – 1991 | ||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | Indian Congress | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | Nationalist Congress Party | 2001 – 2006 | ||
2006 | 12th | A. K. Saseendran | 2006 – 2011 | ||
2011 | 13th | Purushan Kadalundi | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | K. M. Sachin Dev | Incumbent |
Election Results
[edit]2021
[edit]There were 2,24,239 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | K. M. Sachin Dev | 91,839 | 50.39 | 2.89 | |
INC | Dharmajan Bolgatty | 71,467 | 38.54 | − | |
BJP | Libin Balussery | 16,490 | 9.04 | 2.03 | |
WPOI | Chandrika | 889 | 0.48 | 0.11 | |
BSP | Jobish Balussery | 476 | 0.26 | 0.12 | |
Independent | Dharmendran | 247 | 0.13 | − | |
RPI | Mohandas | 115 | 0.06 | − | |
Margin of victory | 20,372 | TBD | TBD | ||
Turnout | 182,253 | 81.27 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | TBD |
There were 2,09,667 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundy | 82,914 | 47.50 | 1.68 | |
IUML | U. C. Raman Padanilam | 67,450 | 38.64 | − | |
BJP | P. K. Supran | 19,324 | 11.07 | 4.91 | |
SDPI | Balan Nadavannur | 1,764 | 1.01 | 0.08 | |
WPOI | Saseendran Bappankad | 959 | 0.59 | − | |
Independent | Raman Thachampoyil Meethal | 710 | 0.41 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.37 | − | |
Independent | K. T. Sivan | 497 | 0.28 | − | |
Independent | Jayarajan | 312 | 0.18 | − | |
Margin of victory | 15,464 | 8.86 | 2.97 | ||
Turnout | 1,74,568 | 83.26 | 1.68 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.68 |
There were 1,85,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Purushan Kadalundi | 74,259 | 49.18 | ||
INC | A. Balaram | 65,377 | 43.29 | ||
BJP | T. K. Raman | 9,304 | 6.16 | ||
SDPI | Bhadran M. P. | 1,404 | 0.93 | ||
BSP | K. K. Satheesh | 660 | 0.14 | ||
Margin of victory | 9,882 | 5.89 | |||
Turnout | 1,51,004 | 81.58 | |||
CPI(M) gain from NCP | Swing |
See also
[edit]- Balussery
- Kozhikode district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.