Edakkad State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in

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state in southern

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, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the

Kannur Lok Sabha constituency Kannur Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, കണ്ണൂര്‍ ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Assembly Segments Kannur Lok Sabha constituency ...

until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in

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, and the MLA was

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. After the delimitation in 2008, Chelora,

Edakkad Edakkad is part of the Kannur Municipal Corporation in Kannur District of Kerala state, in India. History Edakkad grama panchayat of Kannur in ancient times was referred to as Madhya-adavi (in Sanskrit'' Madhya'' means middle and ''Adavi'' mea ...

, and Munderi

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s became a part of the

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, whereas

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, Chembilode, Kadambur,

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, and

Peralasseri Peralasseri is a census town and Panchayat headquarters in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala, situated on the Kannur-Kuthuparamba State Highway 38 (Kerala), 12 km from Kannur city, on the bank of Anjarakandy river. Geograph ...

were added to the newly formed

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. Edakkad Assembly constituency came into existence in 1965. It was created by replacing the Cannanore-II Assembly Constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1965.

Local self governed segments

Edakkad Niyamasabha constituency was composed of the following local self governed segments: The

Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s of Chelora and

has now merged with the

Kannur Municipal Corporation The Kannur Corporation, also known as Corporation of Cannanore, is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kannur (Cannanore), Kerala. Established in 2015, the Corporation's first mayor was E. P. Latha. Kannur Corporation has two ...

in 2015.

Election history

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2006

There were 1,60,984 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyama Sabha Election 2001

There were 1,59,551 registered voters in Edakkad Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

References

External Links

* {{Kerala Niyamasabha elections Former assembly constituencies of Kerala