Edakkad State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in

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, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was

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. After the delimitation in 2008,

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, Edakkad, and Munderi

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s became a part of the

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, whereas Anjarakkandy, Chembilode, Kadambur, Muzhappilangad, and Peralasseri were added to the newly formed Dharmadam (State Assembly constituency). Edakkad Assembly constituency came into existence in 1965. It was created by replacing the Cannanore-II Assembly Constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1965.

Local self governed segments

Edakkad Niyamasabha constituency was composed of the following local self governed segments: The

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and Edakkad has now merged with the Kannur Municipal Corporation in 2015.

Election history

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2006

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

Niyama Sabha Election 2001

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

References

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* {{Kerala Niyamasabha elections Former assembly constituencies of Kerala