Kozhikode North Assembly constituency
constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Kozhikode North 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 included in Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, current MLA is K.Jayanth of INC.
Kozhikode North Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Calicut-I from 1957 to 2008.
Local self-governed segments
Kozhikode North Assembly constituency is composed of the following wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation:
Members of Legislative Assembly
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Election results
Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021
There were 1,80,909 registered voters in Kozhikode North Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016
There were 1,69,752 registered voters in Kozhikode North Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011
There were 1,50,4325 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
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