Meppayur 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. K. Lathika of CPI(M).
After the delimitation in 2008, Kunnummal, Kuttiady, Purameri, Ayancheri, Thiruvallur, Maniyur, and Velom Gram Panchayats became a part of the newly formed Kuttiady Assembly constituency, whereas Cheruvannur and Meppayur were added to the Perambra Assembly constituency.
Local self-governed segments Meppayur Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukNow part of1KunnummalGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency2KuttiadyGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency3PurameriGrama PanchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency4AyancheriGrama panchayat VatakaraKuttiady constituency5ThiruvallurGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency6ManiyurGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency7VelomGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency8CheruvannurGrama panchayatKoyilandyPerambra constituency9MeppayurGrama panchayatKoyilandyPerambra 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 133702 (82.6%) K. K. Lathika 70369 52.63% T. T. Ismail 54482 40.75% T. T. Prabhakaran Master 5370 4.02% 15887 11.89% 2001 130884 (82.8%) Mathai Chacko 63709 48.97% P. Ammed Master 58953 45.31% M. M. Radhakrishnan Master 5156 3.96% 4756 3.66% 1996 123247 (78.6%) A. Kanaran 65932 53.94% P. V. Muhammad Areekode 49388 40.40% M. Mohanan 5832 4.77% 16544 13.54% 1991 117174 (80.2%) A. Kanaran 58362 50.61% Kadameri Balakrishnan 49038 42.53% K. P. Achuthan 4176 3.62% 9324 8.08% 1987 97788 (85.0%) A. Kanaran 48337 49.68% A. V. Abdurahman Haji 44663 45.90% P. K. Sreedharan 3595 3.69% 3674 3.78% 1982 80576 (78.8%) A. V. Abdurahman Haji 42022 52.62% A. C. Abdulla 34835 43.62% Chulliyil Narayanan 2386 2.99% 7187 9.00% 1980 81651 (81.0%) A. V. Abdurahman Haji 43851 54.01% P. K. K. Bava 36044 44.39% I. T. Narayanan 1301 1.60% 7807 9.62% 1977 77430 (85.8%) Panarath Kunhimuhammad 40642 53.87% A. V. Abdurahman Haji 34808 46.13%Only two candidates contested 5834 7.74%Major delimitation of constituency 1970 63675 (85.4%) A. V. Abdurahman 30759 48.99% M. K. Kelu 28408 45.25% C. H. Kunhikrishnakurup 3618 5.76% 2351 3.74% 1967 50992 (79.6%) M. K. Kelu 33365 68.09% C. K. Kurup 15639 31.91%Only two candidates contested 17726 36.18% 1965 54445 (84.4%) M. K. Kelu 23998 45.04% K. Gopalan 15555 29.19% M. Hakkimji Saheb 13727 25.76% 8443 15.85%
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2006 There were 1,61,852 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2001 There were 1,58,091 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
See also Meppayur Kuttiady (State Assembly constituency) Kozhikode district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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