Dharmadam Assembly constituency

Dharmadam
Dharmadam
Constituency No. 12 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Dharmadom Island and Muzhappilangad Beach
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur
Established	2008
Total electors	1,93,486 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Pinarayi Vijayan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Dharmadam 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.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Dharmadam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Anjarakkandy	Grama Panchayat	Kannur
Chembilode	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Kadambur	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Muzhappilangad	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Peralasseri	Grama panchayat	Kannur
Dharmadom	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
Pinarayi	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
Vengad	Grama panchayat	Thalassery

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Dharmadam Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
2011	13th	K. K. Narayanan	CPI(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Pinarayi Vijayan		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Pinarayi Vijayan		Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pinarayi Vijayan	95,522	59.61	2.77
	INC	C. Raghunathan	45,399	28.33	4.49
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	14,623	9.13	0.82
	SDPI	Basheer Kannadiparamba	2,280	1.42	N/A
	Independent	Valayar Bhagyavathi	1,753	1.09	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	400	0.25	N/A
Margin of victory			50,123	31.28	7.26
Turnout			160,247	82.82	0.48
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.77

2016

There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Pinarayi Vijayan	87,329	56.84	3.71
	INC	Mambaram Divakaran	50,424	32.82	9.18
	BJP	Mohanan Mananthery	12,763	8.31	4.67
	SDPI	Tharammal Niyas	1,994	1.30	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	615	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Divakaran M. Thiruvathira	354	0.23	N/A
	Independent	Divakaran Moottil House	148	0.10	N/A
Margin of victory			36,905	24.02	12.89
Turnout			1,53,627	83.30	0.10
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.71

2011

There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Dharmadam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Narayanan	72,354	53.13
	INC	Mambaram Divakaran	57,192	42.00
	BJP	C. P. Sangeetha	4,963	3.64
	Independent	Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran	871	0.64
	BSP	Madhu S. Vayanan	797	0.59
Margin of victory			15,162	11.13
Turnout			1,36,177	83.20
	CPI(M) win (new seat)