Political Divisions of Kannur

Map of Kannur District

Kannur District came into existence as an administrative unit on January 1, 1957, when the erstwhile Malabar District and Kasaragod taluk of Madras state were reconstituted into three revenue districts, viz; Kannur, Kozhikode and Palakkad. At the time of its formation, the district consisted of seven taluks, viz, Kasaragod, Hosdurg, Taliparamba, Kannur, Thalassery, North Wayanad and South Wayanad. Subsequently, the South Wayanad taluk was included in Kozhikode district with effect from 15 March 1957. Later, on first November 1980, Wayanad District was formed carving out South Wayanad and North Wayanad taluks. The two northernmost taluks of Kannur District, viz; Kasaragod and Hosdurg were separated on 24 May 1984 for the formation of Kasaragod District.A new taluk of Iritty was formed in 2014 dividing Thalassery and Thaliparamba taluks. Thus Kannur District now has four taluks, viz., Kannur, Taliparamba, Thalassery and Iritty. Thalassery is also known as Tellicherry.

There are nine development blocks comprising 82 panchayats. The development blocks are Kannur, Edakkad, Irikkur, Iritty, Kuthuparamba, Payyannur, Peravoor, Taliparamba and Thalassery.

There are One Municipal Corporation and 9 Municipalities in Kannur district. Kannur is the only one Corporation and the Municipalities are Thalassery, Taliparamba, Payyannur, Kuthuparamba, Mattannur, Anthoor, Panoor, Iritty, and Sreekandapuram.

The state legislative constituencies of the District are: Irikkur, Payyannur, Taliparamba, Kalliasseri, Azhikode, Kannur, Dharmadam, Thalassery, Mattannur, Kuthuparamba and Peravoor.

Kannur Parliament Constituency

Kannur is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Previously named as Cannanore, it was created in 1977.

Assembly segments

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

  1. Taliparamba
  2. Azhicode
  3. Kannur
  4. Irikkur
  5. Dharmadam
  6. Mattannur
  7. Peravoor

Members of Parliament

Travancore-Cochin

Indian general election, 2014

Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fielded former minister P. K. Sreemathy as the candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Sitting MP K. Sudhakaran will be the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate.

Indian general election, 2014 : Kannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) P K Sreemathy 4,27,622 45.15% +0.03%
INC K Sudhakaran 4,21,056 44.46% -5.65%
BJP P C Mohanan 51,636 5.45% +2.31
NOTA None of the above 7,026 0.74% ---
Margin of victory 6,566 0.69% -4.30%
Turnout 9,47,117 81.32%
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HPCs - LACs" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-04-10.

External links

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