The Assembly constituency is
currently held by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
MLA Pinarayi Vijayan who
defeated Mambaram
Divakaran of Congress in 2016. The
seat, one of Kerala’s 140 Assembly constituencies, falls under the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.

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The Kannur
Lok Sabha constituency is currently held by K Sudhakarn of
Congress, who defeated PK Sreemathy of CPM.

The Dharmadam
assembly constituency is an
unreserved seat. Since 2011, the seat has been held by CPM. From 2011 to 2016,
KK Narayanan was the MLA from this seat, followed by Kerala CM Pinarayi
Vijayan.

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Here are a few details about
the Dharmadam
assembly seat

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Dharmadam, Kannur district

Lok Sabha constituency: Kannur

Polling date: April 6

2016 candidates: Pinarayi Vijayan (CPM), Mambaram
Divakaran (Congress)

2021 candidates: C Raghunath
(Congress), Pinarayi
Vijayan (CPM)

Sitting MLA, party: Pinarayi Vijayan (CPM)

Winning margin in 2016: 36,905 votes
(24.02%)

Runner up name, party: Mambaram Divakaran (Congress)

Number of voters in 2016: 153,680

Percentage of votes polled
in 2016: 83.33%

Number of women voters in
2016: 84,631

Number of polling booths in
2016: 139