About Irikkur Assembly Constituency
Irikkur is constituency No. 9 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Kannur district and comes under the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved constituency.
According to the Election Commission of India, this constituency has 1,69,262 registered voters. It comprises 83,684 male and 85,578 female registered voters.
In the 2011 assembly elections, the INC won this seat by a margin of 11,757 votes. K.C. Joseph, the winning INC candidate, got 68,503 votes. CPI's P. Santhosh Kumar, the runner-up, got 56,746 votes. The voter turnout was 77.26 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Irikkur Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Irikkur assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1960 | 110 | Irikkur | GEN | T. C. Narayanaan Nambiar | M | CPI | 31769 | M. P. Moidu Hajee Melekandy | M | INC | 30489 |
| 1965 | 10 | Irikkur | GEN | E.P. Krishnan Nambiar | M | CPI(M) | 27284 | A. Narayanana Nambissan | M | INC | 17033 |
| 1967 | 10 | Irikkur | GEN | E.P.K.Nambiar | M | CPM | 31590 | K.R. Karunakaran | M | INC | 16679 |
| 1970 | 10 | Irikkur | GEN | A. Kunhikannan | M | CPM | 28766 | T. Lohithakshan | M | RSP | 27098 |
| 1980 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | Ram Chandran Kacannoppally | M | INC(U) | 37440 | Dr. K. C. Joseph | M | KCJ | 31992 |
| 1982 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | K .C. Joseph | M | IND | 39261 | S. K. Madhavan | M | JNP | 30037 |
| 1987 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | K. C. Joseph | M | INC | 51437 | James Mathew | M | CPM | 43961 |
| 1991 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | K.C. Joseph | M | INC | 62395 | Goorge Sebastian | M | KEC | 45647 |
| 1996 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | K.C. Joseph | M | INC | 62407 | A.J. Joseph | M | KEC | 44575 |
| 2001 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | K.C.Joseph | M | INC | 67788 | Prof.Mercy John | F | KEC | 50884 |
| 2006 | 6 | Irikkur | GEN | Advocate K C Joseph | M | INC | 63649 | James Mathew | M | CPI(M) | 61818 |
| 2011 | 9 | Irikkur | GEN | K. C. Joseph | M | INC | 68503 | Adv. P. Santhosh Kumar | M | CPI | 56746 |
| 2016 | 9 | Irikkur | GEN | K. C. Joseph | M | INC | 72548 | K.T. Jose | M | CPI | 62901 |
| 2021 | 9 | Irikkur | GEN | Saju Joseph | M | INC | 76764 | Saji Kuttiyanimattam | M | CPI | 66754 |
Last Updated on July 28, 2021