Edakkad was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in

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state in southern

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, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in

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until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in

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, and the MLA was

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. After the delimitation in 2008, Chelora, Edakkad, and Munderi Gram Panchayats became a part of

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, whereas

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, Chembilode, Kadambur,

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, and

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were added to the newly formed

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. Edakkad Assembly constituency came into existence in 1965. It was created by replacing Cannanore-II Assembly constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1965.

Local self-governed segments

Edakkad Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments: The Gram panchayats of Chelora and Edakkad has now merged with the

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in 2015.

Election history

** The 1991 Legislative Assembly election to Edakkad was declared void by

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for Electoral malpractice and K. Sudhakaran was declared as the winner on 14 August 1992. This decision was upheld by

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in 1996.

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2006

There were 1,60,984 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2001

There were 1,59,551 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

References

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* {{coords, 11.81, 75.44, display=title Former assembly constituencies of Kerala Politics of Kannur district Constituencies established in 1965 1965 establishments in Kerala Constituencies disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in India