Peringalam State Assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was K. P. Mohanan of JD(S).
After the delimitation in 2008, Kariyad, Kunnothuparamba, Mokeri, Panoor, Pattiom, Peringalam, and Thrippangottur Gram Panchayats became a part of Kuthuparamba Assembly constituency, whereas Chokli and Panniyannur were added to Thalassery Assembly constituency.
Local self-governed segments Peringalam Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukNow part of1KariyadGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency2KunnothuparambaGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency3MokeriGrama PanchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency4PanoorGrama panchayat (Now municipality)ThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency5PattiomGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency6PeringalamGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency7ThrippangotturGrama panchayatThalasseryKuthuparamba constituency8ChokliGrama panchayatThalasseryThalassery constituency9PanniyannurGrama panchayatThalasseryThalassery constituency
Election history ElectionVotes polledWinnerRunner-up 1Runner-up 2Margin of victory Year Name PartyVotes Name PartyVotes Name PartyVotes Votes PercentConstituency defunct as a result of delimitation (2011) 2006 111366 (74.8%) K. P. Mohanan 57840 51.94% Abdul Khader 38604 34.66% A. Ashokan 9381 8.42% 19236 17.27% 2001 111728 (77.3%) K. P. Mohanan 52657 47.14% K. K. Muhammad 45679 40.89% K. Satyaprakasan Master 9702 8.69% 6978 6.25% 1996 108621 (71.1%) P. R. Kurup 51921 50.02% K. M. Soopy 37841 36.45% Panniannur Chandran 10306 9.93% 14080 13.57% 1991 103745 (73.4%) K. M. Soopy 49183 48.81% P. R. Kurup 47534 47.17% O. K. Vasu Master 2186 2.17% 1649 1.64% 1987 91676 (79.4%) P. R. Kurup 41694 45.77% E. T. Mohammed Basheer 41338 45.38% Gopalan Parambath 7658 8.41% 356 0.39% 1985* 91676 (79.4%) E. T. Mohammed Basheer 42410 P. K. Muhammad 30668 C. K. Sreenivasan 4865 11742 1982 68444 (72.7%) N. A. Mammoo Haji 38825 57.25% K. Janardhanan 19973 29.45% Gopalan Parambath 7914 11.67% 18852 27.80% 1980 71349 (76.9%) A. K. Saseendran 33863 68.32% K. C. Marar 32159 45.26% Pattiom Sathyan 840 1.18% 1704 23.06% 1977 66790 (78.3%) P. R. Kurup 33916 51.49% B. K. Achuthan 31958 48.51%Only two candidates contested 1958 2.98%Major delimitation of constituency 1970 60685 (76.3%) K. M. Soopy 34003 57.09% V. Ashokan 25559 42.91%Only two candidates contested 8444 14.18% 1967 53360 (78.2%) P. R. Kurup 38701 74.81% N. M. Nambiar 13034 25.19%Only two candidates contested 25667 49.62% 1965 55341 (80.8%) P. R. Kurup 34580 63.59% N. Madhusoodhanan Nambiar 19797 36.41%Only two candidates contested 14783 27.18% * Bypoll
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2006 There were 1,48,842 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2001 There were 1,44,564 registered voters in Peringalam Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
See also Peringalam Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency) Kannur district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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