Kanhangad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is Govindan Pallikappil of CPI.
Kanhangad Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Hosdurg Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.
Local self-governed segments Kanhangad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1KanhangadMunicipalityHosdurg2AjanurGrama panchayatHosdurg3MadikaiGrama panchayatHosdurg4BalalGrama panchayatVellarikundu5KallarGrama panchayatVellarikundu6Kinanoor-KarindalamGrama panchayatVellarikundu7Kodom-BellurGrama panchayatVellarikundu8PanathadyGrama panchayatVellarikundu
Members of Legislative Assembly Hosdurg ElectionNiyamaSabhaNamePartyTenure 1957 1st K. Chandrasekharan 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd 1960 – 1965 1967 3rdN. K. Balakrishnan 1967 – 1970 1970 4th 1970 – 1977 1977 5thK. T. Kumaran 1977 – 1980 1980 6th 1980 – 1982 1982 7th 1982 – 1987 1987 8th N. Manoharan Master 1987 – 1991 1991 9thM. Narayanan 1991 – 1996 1996 10th 1996 – 2001 2001 11th M. Kumaran 2001 – 2006 2006 12th Pallipram Balan 2006 – 2011
Kanhangad ElectionNiyamaSabhaNamePartyTenure 2011 13thE. Chandrasekharan 2011 – 2016 2016 14th 2016-2021 2021 15th 2021-2026 2026 16thGovindan Pallikappil 2026-
Election results
2026
Local BodyBoothsLDF VotesUDF VotesNDA/BJP VotesLeading FrontLeadLDF Booth LeadsUDF Booth LeadsNDA Booth LeadsTied BoothsAjanur4514,49212,4025,066LDF2,090192060Madikai2211,4811,4703,259LDF8,22220020Kodom-Belur3511,1627,3073,705LDF3,855221030Kallar214,6525,7432,809UDF1,09141520Panathady154,9494,4991,572LDF4508700Balal173,9176,7951,205UDF2,87821500Kanhangad Municipality6018,14619,1287,065UDF982243240Kinanoor-Karindalam249,6646,4601,927LDF3,20419500TOTAL23978,46363,80426,608LDF14,659118104170
2021
2016 There were 2,04,931 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2011 There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
1952
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