Eranad Assembly constituency

Eranad
Constituency No. 34 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chaliyar River flowing through Edavanna
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	2011 - present
Total electors	1,79,786 (2021)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. K. Basheer
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Eranad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Basheer of IUML.

Local self governed segments

Eranad Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[3]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Areekode	Grama panchayat	Eranad
Keezhuparamba	Grama panchayat	Eranad
Urangattiri	Grama panchayat	Eranad
Edavanna	Grama panchayat	Eranad
Kavanoor	Grama panchayat	Eranad
Kuzhimanna	Grama panchayat	Kondotty
Chaliyar	Grama panchayat	Nilambur

Eranad (State Assembly constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Eranad Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[4]

Key

  IUML

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	P. K. Basheer		IUML	2011 – 16
2016	14th				2016 - 21
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,79,786 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eranad^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. K. Basheer	78,076	54.49%	3.66
	LDF	K. T. Abdurahman	55,530	38.76%	2.58
	BJP	Adv. C. Dinesh	6,683	4.66%	0.20
	BSP	Velayudhan	1,247	0.87%	0.22
	Independent	Adv. Sebastian	1,100	0.77%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	636	0.44%	0.10
Margin of victory			22,546	15.73%	6.24
Turnout			1,43,272[1][5]	79.69%[1]	2.13
	IUML hold		Swing	3.66

Niyama Sabha Election 2016

There were 1,66,044 registered voters in Eranad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eranad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. K. Basheer	69,048	50.83%	0.46
	LDF	K. T. Abdurahiman	56,155	41.34%	0.13
	BJP	K. P. Baburaj	6,055	4.46%	1.45
	SP	Adv. Ummer Chelakkode	1,298	0.96%	−
	BSP	Velayudhan	885	0.65%	−
	Independent	K. T. Abdul Rahiman	825	0.61%	−
	PDP	Farooq Chengara	536	0.39%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	461	0.34%	−
	Independent	V. K. Basheer Vallakkaatt Thodi	245	0.18	−
	Independent	Shahanas	193	0.14	−
	Independent	P. K. Basheer Palattukuyyan	149	0.11	−
Margin of victory			12,893	9.49%	0.33
Turnout			1,35,850	81.82%	1.14
	IUML hold		Swing	0.46

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,945 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eranad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. K. Basheer	58,698	51.29%	−
	Independent	P. V. Anvar	47,452	41.47%	−
	BJP	K. P. Baburaj	3,448	3.01%	−
	CPI	Ashrafali Kaliyath	2,700	2.36%	−
	SDPI	P. P. Showkathali	2,137	1.87%	−
Margin of victory			11,246	9.82%
Turnout			1,14,435	80.68%
	IUML win (new seat)

See also

• Eranad
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
2. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
3. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
4. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Eranad".
5. "GENERAL ELECTION TO KERALA NIYAMA SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021 (34-ERANAD)". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.