Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kozhikode (formerly known as Calicut) is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

1. Balusseri
2. Koduvally
3. Kozhikode North
4. Kozhikode South
5. Beypore
6. Kunnamangalam
7. Elathur

Members of Parliament

Madras

• 1951: Achuthan Damodaran Menon, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
• 1957: K.P. Kutti Krishnan Nair, Indian National Congress

Kerala

• 1962: C.H. Mohammed Koya, Indian Union Muslim League
• 1967: Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, Indian Union Muslim League
• 1971: Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, Indian Union Muslim League
• 1977: V.A. Seyid Muhammad, Indian National Congress
• 1980: E. K. Imbichi Bava, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1984: K.G. Adiyodi, Indian National Congress
• 1989: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
• 1991: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
• 1996: M.P. Veerendra Kumar, Janata Dal
• 1998: P. Sankaran, Indian National Congress
• 1999: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
• 2004: M.P. Veerendra Kumar, Janata Dal (Secular)
• 2009: M. K. Raghavan, Indian National Congress
• 2014: M. K. Raghavan, Indian National Congress

Indian general election, 2014

Veteran parliamentarian A. Vijayaraghavan will be the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate from Kozhikode constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Sitting MP M. K. Raghavan will contest as the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate and C. K. Padmanabhan as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. ^[2]

Indian general election, 2014 : Kozhikode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M K Raghavan	397,615	42.16	-0.76
	CPI(M)	A Vijayaraghavan	380,732	40.37	-2.47
	BJP	C K Padmanabhan	1,15,760	12.28	+1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	6,381	0.68
Margin of victory			16,883	1.79	+1.68
Turnout			943,009	79.80
	INC hold		Swing

Election results

Percentage Changes are based on numbers from the 1999 elections.

Indian general elections, 2004: Kozhikode
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	M.P.Veerendra Kumar	340,111	43.54	+3.04
	INC	Adv. V. Balaram	274,785	35.18	-11.45
	BJP	M.T.Ramesh	97,889	12.53	+2.33
Margin of victory			65,326	8.36	+2.23
Turnout			781,146	70.41	-2.88

See also

• Kozhikode
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)

References

1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
2. http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=431287 BJP Candidate List Mathrubhumi - Feb 19, 2014

External links

• Election Commission of India: http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp