| Dharmadam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 12 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Dharmadam within Kannur district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,93,486 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140state legislative assembly constituencies inKerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute theKannur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2016, it has been represented byPinarayi Vijayan of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist), the 12thChief Minister of Kerala.
Dharmadam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Anjarakkandy | Grama Panchayat | Kannur |
| Chembilode | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Kadambur | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Muzhappilangad | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Peralasseri | Grama panchayat | Kannur |
| Dharmadom | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Pinarayi | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| Vengad | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
The following list contains all members ofKerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Dharmadam Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | K. K. Narayanan | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Pinarayi Vijayan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,93,486 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 95,522 | 59.61 |  2.77 | |
| INC | C. Raghunathan | 45,399 | 28.33 |  4.49 | |
| BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 14,623 | 9.13 | 0.82 | |
| SDPI | Basheer Kannadiparamba | 2,280 | 1.42 | 0.12 | |
| Independent | Valayar Bhagyavathi | 1,753 | 1.09 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 400 | 0.25 | 0.15 | |
| Independent | Chovva Raghunathan | 137 | 0.09 | – | |
| Independent | C. P. Maharoof | 72 | 0.04 | – | |
| Independent | Vadi Harindran | 61 | 0.04 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 50,123 | 31.16 | 7.14 | ||
| Turnout | 161,232 | 83.33 | 0.03 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 2.77 | |||
There were 1,84,431 registered voters in Dharmadam constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Pinarayi Vijayan | 87,329 | 56.84 | 3.71 | |
| INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 50,424 | 32.82 | 9.18 | |
| BJP | Mohanan Mananthery | 12,763 | 8.31 | 4.67 | |
| SDPI | Tharammal Niyas | 1,994 | 1.30 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 615 | 0.40 | New | |
| Independent | Divakaran M. Thiruvathira | 354 | 0.23 | – | |
| Independent | Divakaran Moottil House | 148 | 0.10 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 36,905 | 24.02 | 12.89 | ||
| Turnout | 1,53,627 | 83.30 | 0.10 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 3.71 | |||
There were 1,63,674 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Narayanan | 72,354 | 53.13 | ||
| INC | Mambaram Divakaran | 57,192 | 42.00 | ||
| BJP | C. P. Sangeetha | 4,963 | 3.64 | ||
| Independent | Poyilore Kunnumbrom Divakaran | 871 | 0.64 | ||
| BSP | Madhu S. Vayanan | 797 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,162 | 11.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,351 | 83.31 | |||
| CPI(M)win (new seat) | |||||