Kannur Legislative Assembly Constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in

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in southern

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. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in

Kannur Lok Sabha constituency Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Assembly segments Kannur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliamen ...

. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Cong(S).

History

For the first election conducted to the

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

in 1957, Kannur city had two Assembly constituencies - Cannanore-I and Cannanore-II. Following the 1965 delimitation, Cannanore-I Assembly constituency was renamed to Kannur while Cannanore-II was replaced by the newly formed Edakkad Assembly constituency. In the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, a major portion of the erstwhile Kannur Assembly constituency was replaced by

Azhikode Assembly constituency Azhikode State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. A ...

. Edakkad Assembly constituency became defunct in 2011. A major portion of the erstwhile Edakkad Assembly constituency is now a part of Kannur Assembly constituency. Currently, the Kannur Municipal Corporation has two assembly constituencies: Kannur and Azhikode.

Local self-governed segments

Kannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of the

who have represented the constituency:

As Cannanore-I

As Kannur

*by-election

Election results

2021

There were 1,73,961 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2016

There were 1,63,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2011

There were 1,43,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

References

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections Assembly constituencies of Kerala State assembly constituencies in Kannur district Constituencies established in 1965 Kannur 1965 establishments in Kerala