Edakkad was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kannur Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006, and the MLA was Kadannappalli Ramachandran of Congress (Secular).

After the delimitation in 2008, Chelora, Edakkad, and Munderi Gram Panchayats became a part of Kannur Assembly constituency, whereas Anjarakkandy, Chembilode, Kadambur, Muzhappilangad, and Peralasseri were added to the newly formed Dharmadam Assembly constituency.

Edakkad Assembly constituency came into existence in 1965. It was created by replacing Cannanore-II Assembly constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1965.

Local self-governed segments Edakkad Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukNow part of1CheloraGrama panchayatKannurKannur constituency2EdakkadGrama panchayatKannurKannur constituency3MunderiGrama PanchayatKannurKannur constituency4AnjarakkandyGrama panchayatKannurDharmadam constituency5ChembilodeGrama panchayatKannurDharmadam constituency6KadamburGrama panchayatKannurDharmadam constituency7MuzhappilangadGrama panchayatKannurDharmadam constituency8PeralasseriGrama panchayatKannurDharmadam constituency

The Gram panchayats of Chelora and Edakkad has now merged with the Kannur Municipal Corporation in 2015.

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 125022 (77.7%) Kadannappalli Ramachandran 72579 58.07% K. C. Kadambooran 41907 33.53% N. K. E. Chandrasekharan Master 4334 3.47% 30672 24.54% 2001 129807 (81.4%) M. V. Jayarajan 65835 50.74% N Ramakrishnan 60506 46.63% R. V. Sreekanth 2440 1.88% 5329 4.11% 1996 116603 (78.0%) M. V. Jayarajan 59239 51.52% A. D. Musthafa 51955 45.18% U. T. Jayanandan 3049 2.65% 7284 6.34% 1991** 112591 (83.1%) O. Bharathan 54965 49.02% K. Sudhakaran 54746 48.83% P. Krishnan 2413 2.15% 219 0.19% 1987 92235 (85.5%) O. Bharathan 45008 49.00% A. P. Jayaseelan 41012 44.65% M. K. Saseendran 3832 4.17% 3996 4.35% 1982 73217 (80.5%) A. K. Saseendran 38837 53.38% K. Sudhakaran 31294 43.02% K. V. Mohanan 1261 1.73% 7543 10.36% 1980 70913 (80.1%) P. P. V. Moosa 39843 56.37% K. Sudhakaran 29886 42.28% K. V. Koran 617 0.87% 9957 14.09% 1977 67594 (83.8%) P. P. V. Moosa 34266 51.91% N Ramakrishnan 30947 46.88% P. P. Mammu Saheb 394 0.60% 3319 5.03%Major delimitation of constituency 1970 64164 (81.3%) N Ramakrishnan 31199 49.06% C. Kannan 27559 43.34% T. K. Sreenivasan 4835 7.60% 3640 5.72% 1967 56372 (82.4%) C. Kannan 32563 58.99% P. P. Lakshmanan 22125 40.08% A. P. C. Moidu 512 0.93% 10348 18.91% 1965 54771 (81.7%) C. Kannan 30716 57.11% P. P. Lakshmanan 23072 42.89%Only two candidates contested 7644 14.22% ** The 1991 Legislative Assembly election to Edakkad was declared void by Kerala High Court for Electoral malpractice and K. Sudhakaran was declared as the winner on 14 August 1992. This decision was upheld by Supreme Court of India in 1996.

Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2006 There were 1,60,984 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2001 There were 1,59,551 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

See also Edakkad Kannur (State Assembly constituency) Dharmadam (State Assembly constituency) Kannur district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

External links