Balussery Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Balussery Assembly Constituency

| type = SLA

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 24

| map_image = Balussery Town.jpg

| map_caption = Balussery Bus Terminal

| established = 1957

| reservation = SC

| district = Kozhikode

| mla = K. M. Sachin Dev

| party = CPI(M)

| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| electors = 2,24,239 (2021)

}}

Balussery is one of the largest 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala.

|access-date = 7 September 2019

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908212832/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html

|archive-date = 8 September 2019

|url-status = dead

}} Since the May 2021 assembly elections, K. M. Sachin Dev of CPI(M), has been the MLA from Balussery, preceded by Purushan Kadalundy.

Local self-governed segments

Balussery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kozhikode.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District

}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"

! width="100px" | Name

! width="130px" | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)

! width="100px" | Taluk

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} {{Party index link|Praja Socialist Party}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress (Urs)}} {{Party index link|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}{{Party index link|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}

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! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama

Sabha

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure

1957

|1st

| rowspan="2" |M. Narayana Kurup

| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}

|1957 – 1960

1960

|2nd

|1960 – 1965

1967

|3rd

|A. K. Appu

| {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}

|1967 – 1970

1970

|4th

|A. C. Shanmukhadas

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|1970 – 1977

1977

|5th

|P. K. Sankarankutty

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}

|1977 – 1980

1980

|6th

| rowspan="6" |A. C. Shanmukhadas

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}

|1980 – 1982

1982

|7th

| {{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}

|1982 – 1987

1987

|8th

| {{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|rowspan=2}}

|1987 – 1991

1991

|9th

|1991 – 1996

1996

|10th

| {{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}

|1996 – 2001

2001

|11th

| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party|rowspan=2}}

|2001 – 2006

2006

|12th

|A. K. Saseendran

|2006 – 2011

2011

|13th

| rowspan="2" |Purushan Kadalundi

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3}}

|2011 – 2016

2016

|14th

|2016-2021

2021

|15th

|K. M. Sachin Dev

|Incumbent

Election results

= 2021 =

There were 2,24,239 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balussery}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. M. Sachin Dev|votes=91,839|percentage=50.39|change={{increase}}2.89}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Dharmajan Bolgatty|votes=71,467|percentage=38.54|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Libin Balussery|votes=16,490|percentage=9.04|change={{decrease}}2.03}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Chandrika|votes=889|percentage=0.48|change={{decrease}}0.11}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jobish Balussery|votes=476|percentage=0.26|change={{decrease}}0.12}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Dharmendran|votes=247|percentage=0.13|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of India|candidate=Mohandas|votes=115|percentage=0.06|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,372|percentage=TBD|change=TBD}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=182,253|percentage=81.27|change=}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=TBD}}{{Election box end}}

= [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] =

There were 2,09,667 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balusseri}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Purushan Kadalundy|votes=82,914|percentage=47.50|change={{decrease}}1.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=U. C. Raman Padanilam|votes=67,450|percentage=38.64|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. K. Supran|votes=19,324|percentage=11.07|change={{increase}}4.91}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Balan Nadavannur|votes=1,764|percentage=1.01|change={{decrease}}0.08}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Saseendran Bappankad|votes=959|percentage=0.59|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Raman Thachampoyil Meethal|votes=710|percentage=0.41|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=638|percentage=0.37|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. T. Sivan|votes=497|percentage=0.28|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jayarajan|votes=312|percentage=0.18|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=15,464|percentage=8.86|change={{increase}}2.97}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,74,568|percentage=83.26|change={{increase}}1.68}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}1.68}}{{Election box end}}

= [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] =

There were 1,85,109 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Balusseri}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Purushan Kadalundi|votes=74,259|percentage=49.18|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. Balaram|votes=65,377|percentage=43.29|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. K. Raman|votes=9,304|percentage=6.16|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Bhadran M. P.|votes=1,404|percentage=0.93|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. K. Satheesh|votes=660|percentage=0.14|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,882|percentage=5.89|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,51,004|percentage=81.58|change=}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Nationalist Congress Party|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

References

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala

Category:State assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district

Category:Constituencies established in 1957

Category:1957 establishments in Kerala

Balussery Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

= 2021 =

= [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] =

= [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] =

See also

References