Payyanur 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Kunhikrishnan, an independent candidate contested for UDF party.
Local self-governed segments Payyanur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1PayyanurMunicipalityPayyanur2CherupuzhaGrama panchayatPayyanur3Eramam-KutturGrama panchayatPayyanur4Kankole-AlapadambaGrama panchayatPayyanur5Karivellur-PeralamGrama panchayatPayyanur6Peringome-VayakkaraGrama panchayatPayyanur7RamanthaliGrama panchayatPayyanur
Members of the Legislative Assembly ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure19673rdA.V. Kunjambu 1967 – 197019704th1970 – 197719775thN. Subrammaniya Shenoy1977 – 198019806th1980 – 198219827thM. V. Raghavan1982 – 198719878thC. P. Narayanan1987 – 199119919th1991 – 1996199610thPinarayi Vijayan1996 – 2001200111thP. K. Sreemathi2001 – 2006200612th2006 – 2011201113thC. Krishnan2011 – 2016201614th2016-2021202115thT. I. Madusoodhanan2021 - 2026202616thV. Kunhikrishnan (Independent)2026 – present
Election results
2026 There were 188,935 registered voters in the Payyanur constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.
Payyannur Assembly Constituency (AC-6) – Local Body EVM AnalysisMunicipality / PanchayatBoothsT. I. MadhusoodananV. KunhikrishnanA. P. GangadharanLeaderLeadKarivellur-Peralam1–2814,3668,6161,397T. I. Madhusoodanan5,750Kankole-Alapadamba29–352,9072,320277T. I. Madhusoodanan587Peringome-Vayakkara36–609,1369,9641,236V. Kunhikrishnan828Payyannur Municipality61–12419,50928,9022,155V. Kunhikrishnan9,393Ramanthali125–1394,5696,390742V. Kunhikrishnan1,821Eramam-Kuttoor140–1659,8718,2731,017T. I. Madhusoodanan1,598Cherupuzha166–1926,71910,6091,380V. Kunhikrishnan3,890TOTAL EVM19267,07775,0748,204V. Kunhikrishnan7,997
2021
There were 1,80,460 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2016 There were 1,75,438 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2011 There were 1,58,613 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
1952
See also Payyanur Kannur district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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