Perinthalmanna 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Najeeb Kanthapuram of IUML.
Local self-governed segments Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
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Pulamanthole, one of the grama panchayats in the constituency, is associated with the traditional Ashtavaidya Ayurveda heritage of Kerala.
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:
ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure 1957 1st P. Govindan Nambiar 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd E. P. Gopalan 1960 – 1965 1967 3rd Paloli Mohammed Kutty 1967 – 1970 1970 4th K. K. S. Thangal 1970 – 1977 1977 5th 1977 – 1980 1980 6th Nalakath Soopy 1980 – 1982 1982 7th 1982 – 1984 1987 8th 1987 – 1991 1991 9th 1991 – 1996 1996 10th 1996 – 2001 2001 11th 2001 – 2006 2006 12th V. Sasikumar 2006 – 2011 2011 13thManjalamkuzhi Ali 2011 – 2016 2016 14th 2016 - 2021 2021 15th Najeeb Kanthapuram 2021-2026202616th2026-
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026 References: https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/ConstituencywiseS1138.htm
Candidate Party Votes Total % EVM Postal Najeeb Kanthapuram Indian Union Muslim League 103,916 972 104,888 56.36 V. P. Mohammed Haneefa Communist Party of India (Marxist) 71,658 799 72,457 38.94 Adv. K. P. Baburaj Bharatiya Janata Party 7,130 110 7,240 3.89 Abdul Najeeb s/o Mohamed Independent 236 3 239 0.13 Mohammed Haneefa P s/o Alavi Independent 227 1 228 0.12 Haneefa Independent 203 2 205 0.11 Najeeb Independent 112 1 113 0.06 Abdul Najeeb s/o Veerappu Independent 54 0 54 0.03 NOTA None of the Above 655 9 664 0.36 Total 184,191 1,897 186,088 100.00
2021 There were 2,17,959 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 1,94,976 registered voters in Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,65,042 registered voters in Perinthalmanna Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.
See also Perinthalmanna Malappuram district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
External links Remaining Date for Perinthalmanna Municipality Election 2020
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