Vallikkunnu (State Assembly constituency)

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Vallikunnu
Constituency No. 42 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictMalappuram
Established2008
Total electors1,98,814 (2021)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  IUML
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2026

Vallikunnu State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.[2] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is T. V. Ibrahim of IUML.

Local self-governed segments

Vallikunnu Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[3]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Vallikunnu Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
2 Peruvallur Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
3 Tenhipalam Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
4 Moonniyur Grama panchayat Tirurangadi
5 Chelembra Grama panchayat Kondotty
6 Pallikkal Grama panchayat Kondotty
Vallikunnu Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Vallikunnu Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]

Key

  IUML

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th K. N. A. Khader IUML 2011 – 2016
2016 14th P. Abdul Hameed 2016 - 2021
2021 15th 2021-2026
2026 16th T. V. Ibrahim 2026-

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML T. V. Ibrahim 100,718
LDF C. P. Musthafa 49,429
BJP M. Preman Master 23,283
Independent Muhamed Musthafa Pamangadan 3,698
AAP Abdul Azeez Kadalundi 1,575
NOTA None of the above 1,261
Independent Muhammed Aslam V. P. 1,058
Margin of victory 51,289
Turnout 1,81,022
IUML hold Swing

2021

There were 1,98,814 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikkunnu[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. Abdul Hameed 71,823 47.43 Increase3.99
INL A. P. Abdul Wahab 57,707 38.11 Increase3.84
BJP Peethambaran Palat 19,853 13.11 Decrease3.54
NOTA None of the above 1,150 0.76 Increase0.21
BSP Sasi Kizhakkan 881 0.58 Increase0.07
Margin of victory 14,116 9.32 Increase0.15
Turnout 1,51,414[5][1] 76.16[1] Increase1.30
IUML hold Swing Increase3.99

2016

There were 1,83,645 registered voters in Vallikunnu Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. Abdul Hameed 59,720 43.44 Decrease7.09
INL Adv. O. K. Thangal 47,110 34.27 Decrease0.26
BJP K. Janachandran Master 22,887 16.65 Increase6.85
PDP Nissar Methar 2,975 2.16 Decrease0.19
SDPI Haneefa Haji 2,499 1.82 Decrease0.45
NOTA None of the above 752 0.55 −
BSP Praveen Kumar 705 0.51 Decrease0.01
Margin of victory 12,610 9.17 Decrease6.83
Turnout 1,37,484 74.86 Increase2.47
IUML hold Swing Decrease7.09

2011

There were 1,56,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vallikunnu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML K. N. A. Khader 57,250 50.53
Independent K .V. Sankaranarayanan 39,128 34.53
BJP Preman 11,099 9.80
PDP Salam Mooonniyur 2,666 2.35
SDPI Abdul Latheef 2,571 2.27
BSP Neelakantan Chelari 590 0.52
Margin of victory 18,122 16.00
Turnout 1,13,304 72.49
IUML win (new seat)

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