Irikkur Assembly constituency

Irikkur
Irikkur
Constituency No. 9 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Paithalmala in Irikkur constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,94,966 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sajeev Joseph
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Irikkur 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 elections, the current MLA is Sajeev Joseph of INC.

Local self governed segments

Irikkur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Sreekandapuram	Municipality	Taliparamba
2	Alakode	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
3	Chengalayi	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
4	Eruvessi	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
5	Irikkur	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
6	Naduvil	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
7	Payyavoor	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
8	Udayagiri	Grama panchayat	Taliparamba
9	Ulikkal	Grama panchayat	Iritty

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	T. C. Narayanan Nambiar	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	T. C. Narayanan Nambiar	Communist Party of India	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E. P. Krishnan Nambiar	Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	A. Kunhikannan		1970 – 1974
1970	4th	E.K. Nayanar		1974 – 1977
1977	5th	C. P. Govindan Nambiar	Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. C. Joseph	Indian National Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Sajeev Joseph		Incumbent

There were 1,94,966 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election with a poling rate of 75.63%.^[3]^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Irikkur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sajeev Joseph	76,764	50.33	1.77
	KC(M)	Saji Kuttiyanimattom	66,754	43.77	1.29
	BJP	Aniyamma Rajendran	7,825	5.13	0.47
	NOTA	None of the above	459	0.30	0.07
	Independent	Chacko Karimbil	311	0.20	-
	Independent	Sajan Kuttiyanikkal	275	0.18	-
	Independent	Joy John	128	0.08	-
Majority			10,010	6.56	0.04
Turnout			152,516	75.63	2.96
Registered electors			194,966
	INC hold		Swing	1.77

There were 1,88,416 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irikkur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. C. Joseph	72,548	49.00	3.41
	CPI	K. T. Jose	62,901	42.48	0.94
	BJP	A. P. Gangadharan	8,294	5.60	2.90
	Independent	Binoy Thomas	2,734	1.85	-
	Independent	Joseph K. C. Kalayakkattil	602	0.41	-
	NOTA	None of the above	553	0.37	-
	Independent	Rijo	134	0.09	-
	Independent	Rajeev Joseph	123	0.08	-
	Independent	A. K. Shaji	103	0.07	-
	Independent	Raveendran A. V.	80	0.05	-
Margin of victory			9,647	6.52	2.47
Turnout			1,48,072	78.59	1.37
	INC hold		Swing	3.41

There were 1,69,262 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Irikkur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. C. Joseph	68,503	52.41
	CPI	P. Santhosh Kumar	56,746	43.42
	BJP	M. G. Ramakrishnan Nair	3,529	2.70
	Independent	Joseph	740	0.57
	Independent	Ammini Krishnan	633	0.48
	BSP	Biju Thomas	552	0.42
Margin of victory			11,757	8.99
Turnout			1,30,703	77.22
	INC hold		Swing