Kannur Legislative 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. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is T.O Mohanan of INC.
History Kannur Assembly Constituency, Unlike Kannur District Is A Tradional Bastion Of UDF.For the first election conducted to the Kerala Legislative Assembly 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. 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:
Sl no.NameLocal Body TypeTaluk1Kannur (40 wards out of the 55 wards)WardsMunicipal corporationKannur2MunderiGrama panchayatKannur
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
As Cannanore-I ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure19571stKannan Chaliyoth 1957 – 196019602ndR. Sankar 1960 – 1965
As Kannur ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure19673rdE. Ahamed 1967 – 197019704thN. K. Kumaram1970 – 197719775thP. Bhaskaran 1977 – 198019806th1980 – 198219827th1982 – 198719878th 1987 – 199119919thN. Ramakrishnan1991 – 1996199610thK. Sudhakaran1996 – 20012001 11th2001 – 2006200612th2006 – 20092009*12thA. P. Abdullakutty2009 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614thKadannappalli Ramachandran 2016 - 2021202115th2021 - 2026202616thT. O. Mohanan Incumbent *by-election
Election results
2026 There were 182,682 registered voters in the Kannur Assembly constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections.
Local BodyBoothsUDF VotesLDF VotesNDA/BJP VotesLeaderLeadMunderi228,6067,7751,569UDF831Kannur Corporation15760,84843,33814,338UDF17,510TOTAL17969,45451,11315,907UDF18,341
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.
See also Kannur Kannur district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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