About Ponnani Assembly Constituency
Ponnani is constituency No. 48 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Malappuram district and comes under Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved assembly seat.
According to the Election Commission of India, Ponnani has 1,58,680 registered voters. It comprises 74,353 male, and 84,327 female registered voters.
In the 2011 assembly elections, this assembly seat was won by the CPI(M). P. Sreeramakrishnan, the winning candidate, secured 57,615 votes. He defeated his nearest contender by a narrow margin of 4,101 votes. Congress candidate P.T. Ajay Mohan was the runner-up with 53,514 votes. The voter turnout was 76.36%.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Ponnani Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Ponnani 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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| 1957 | 74 | Ponnani | (SC) | Kunhambu Kallayan | M | INC | 22784 | Kunhan Eliyath Tharayil | M | CPI | 20535 |
| 1960 | 74 | Ponnani | GEN | Kunhambu Kallen | M | INC | 45326 | Cherukoya Thangal | M | ML | 43360 |
| 1965 | 35 | Ponnani | GEN | K.G. Karunakaramenon | M | INC | 15881 | V.P.C. Thangal | M | ML | 14609 |
| 1967 | 35 | Ponnani | GEN | V.P.C.Thangal | M | MUL | 30251 | K.G.K.Menon | M | INC | 16430 |
| 1970 | 36 | Ponnani | GEN | Hajee M. V. Hydros | M | IND | 31329 | V. P. Cherukoyathangal | M | MUL | 27207 |
| 1977 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | M. P. Gangadharan | M | INC | 38083 | E. K. Imbichi Bava | M | CPM | 28334 |
| 1980 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | K. Sreedharan | M | CPM | 38791 | P. T. Kohanakrishnan | M | INC(I) | 36475 |
| 1982 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | M. P. Gangadharan | M | INC | 33187 | K. Sreedaran | M | CPM | 33094 |
| 1987 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | P. T. Mohanakrishnan | M | INC | 44432 | E.K. Imbichi Bava | M | CPM | 42299 |
| 1991 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | E.K. Imbichibava | M | CPM | 49264 | P.T. Mohankrishnan | M | INC | 44180 |
| 1996 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | Muhammedkutty Paloli | M | CPM | 49594 | P.T.Mohanakrishnan | M | INC | 40976 |
| 2001 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | M.P.Gangadharan | M | INC | 58054 | T.K.Hamza | M | CPM | 51447 |
| 2006 | 39 | Ponnani | GEN | Paloli Mohamedkutty | M | CPI(M) | 63018 | M.P. Gangadharan | M | 34648 | 34671 |
| 2011 | 48 | Ponnani | GEN | P.Sreeramakrishnan | M | CPM | 57615 | P.T.Ajay Mohan | M | INC | 53514 |
| 2016 | 48 | Ponnani | GEN | P.Sreeramakrishnan | M | CPM | 69332 | P.T.Ajay Mohan | M | INC | 53692 |
| 2021 | 48 | Ponnani | GEN | P. Nandakumar | M | CPM | 74668 | A M Rohit | M | INC | 57625 |
Last Updated on July 29, 2021