Meppayur Assembly constituency


Meppayur State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India, before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Vatakara [Lok Sabha constituency] until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006 [Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006], and the MLA was K. K. Lathika of Communist Party of [India (Marxist)|CPI(M)].
After the delimitation in 2008, Kunnummal, Kuttiady, Purameri, Ayancheri, Thiruvallur, Maniyur, and Velom Gram Panchayats became a part of the newly formed Kuttiady [Assembly constituency], whereas Cheruvannur and Meppayur were added to the Perambra Assembly constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Meppayur Assembly constituency was composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus TalukNow part of
1KunnummalGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
2KuttiadyGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
3PurameriGrama PanchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
4AyancheriGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
5ThiruvallurGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
6ManiyurGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
7VelomGrama panchayatVatakaraKuttiady constituency
8CheruvannurGrama panchayatKoyilandyPerambra constituency
9MeppayurGrama panchayatKoyilandyPerambra constituency

Election results

Percentage change denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.

2006

There were 1,61,852 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2006 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2001

There were 1,58,091 registered voters in Meppayur Constituency for the 2001 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.