Udma Assembly constituency

Udma
Udma
Constituency No. 3 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Established	1977 - present
Total electors	2,14,209 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. H. Kunhambu
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Udma 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. H. Kunhambu of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Bedadka	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
2	Chemnad	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
3	Delampady	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
4	Kuttikole	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
5	Muliyar	Grama panchayat	Kasaragod
6	Pallikkara	Grama panchayat	Hosdurg
7	Pullur-Periya	Grama panchayat	Hosdurg
8	Udma	Grama panchayat	Hosdurg

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

Key

CPI(M) Independent INC

Election	Niyamasabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1977	5th	N. K. Balakrishnan	Ind.	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. Purushottaman	CPI(M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. Kunhiraman Nambiar	Ind.	1982 – 1985
1985*	7th	K. Purushottaman	CPI(M)	1985-1987
1987	8th	K. P. Kunhikannan	INC	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. Raghavan	CPI(M)	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. Raghavan		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	K. V. Kunhiraman		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. V. Kunhiraman		2006 – 2011
2011	13th	K. Kunhiraman		2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. Kunhiraman		2016 – 2021
2021	15th	C. H. Kunhambu		Incumbent

* indicates by-polls

There were 2,14,209 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. H. Kunhambu	78,664	47.58	3.64
	INC	Periya Balakrishnan	65,342	39.52	2.03
	BJP	A. Velayudhan	20,360	12.31	0.89
	NOTA	None of the above	434	0.26
	Independent	Rameshan K.	207	0.13	0.01
	API	Govindan B. Alinthazhe	194	0.12	0.02
	Independent	Kunhanbu K.	140	0.08
Margin of victory			13,322	8.06
Turnout			1,65,341	77.31
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.64

There were 1,99,962 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Kunhiraman	70,679	43.94	3.99
	INC	K. Sudhakaran	66,487	41.55	2.47
	BJP	K. Shreenath	21,231	13.20	3.04
	NOTA	None Of the Above	405	0.25	−
	PDP	Gopi Kuthirakallu	353	0.22	0.29
	Independent	Damodaran P.	349	0.22	−
	SDPI	Mohammed Pakyara	331	0.21	0.77
	Independent	Sudhakaran Cherukulam	208	0.13	−
	API	Govindan B. Alinthakhe	165	0.10	−
	Independent	Abbas Mothalappara	157	0.10	−
	Independent	K. Kunhiraman Periyanganam	145	0.09	−
Margin of victory			3,882	2.39	6.46
Turnout			1,60,870	80.45	6.30
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.99

There were 1,73,459 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Kunhiraman	61,646	47.93
	INC	C. K. Sreedharan	50,266	39.08
	BJP	Sunita Prasanth	13,073	10.16
	SDPI	Faisal Koliyadukkam	1,265	0.98
	BSP	P. Damodaran	1,096	0.85
	Independent	Krishnankutty	866	0.67	−
	Independent	Kunhiraman	414	0.32
Margin of victory			11,380	8.85
Turnout			1,28,626	74.15
	CPI(M) hold		Swing