In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
The parliamentary constituency of Ponnani, is a pivotal vote bank of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) which has continuously represented this seat from as early as the Lok Sabha elections of 1977. is It covers a portion of the Malappuram district, which is one of the three districts of the Central Travancore region in the southern coastal state of Kerala. The Ponnani Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 7) has a total of 997,075 electorates out of which 522,848 are females and 474,227 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. Seven assembly segments make up the parliamentary constituency of Ponnani. Out of these, the coastal town city of Ponnani, which is one of the significant seven Vidhan Sabha segments in his constituency, is a coastal municipality in the Malappuram district.
The constituency holds a population of 83,704 people, according to the Census of India 2011. This constituency is renowned for its excellent rates of literacy in the state, being an important centre for education in religious philosophies, especially Islam. It is also known as the town of mosques.
Situated in the Malabar Coast, Ponnani city is one of the oldest ports in the state, contributing substantially to the economy of this constituency through fishing and other trading activities. Agriculture remains the primary aspect of the economic backbone of this constituency, as rice, arecanut and coconut are grown in superior qualities in this region.
Ponnani Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
| E. T. Mohammed Basheer | Indian Union Muslim League | 521824 | 51.3 | Winner |
| P.V. Anvar Puthan Veetil | Independent | 328551 | 32.3 | 1st Runner-up |
| Rema | Bharatiya Janata Party | 110603 | 10.87 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Adv. K.C. Nazeer | Social Democratic Party Of India | 18124 | 1.78 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Sameera Pa | Independent | 16288 | 1.6 | 4th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 6231 | 0.61 | 5th Runner-up |
| Poonthura Siraj | Independent | 6122 | 0.6 | 6th Runner-up |
| Anvar P.V. Raseena Manzil | Independent | 3109 | 0.31 | 7th Runner-up |
| Muhammed Basheer Mangalassery | Independent | 1957 | 0.19 | 8th Runner-up |
| Anwar P.V. Alumkuzhi | Independent | 1784 | 0.18 | 9th Runner-up |
| Muhammed Basheer Nechiyan | Independent | 1315 | 0.13 | 10th Runner-up |
| Muhammed Basheer Koyissery | Independent | 693 | 0.07 | 11th Runner-up |
| Bindu | Independent | 664 | 0.07 | 12th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Ponnani Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Ponnani parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Ponnani constituency is Shri E. T. Mohammed Basheer of IUML.
| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote | | 2014 | 7 | Ponnani | GEN | E. T. Mohammed Basheer | M | IUML | 378503 | V.Abdurahman | M | IND | 353093 |
| 2009 | 7 | Ponnani | GEN | Basheer,Shri E. T. Mohammed | M | IUML | 385801 | Dr. Hussain Randathani | M | IND | 303117 |
| 2004 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | E. Ahammed | M | MUL | 354051 | P P Suneer | M | CPI | 251293 |
| 1999 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G.M. Banatwalla | M | MUL | 372572 | P.P. Suneer | M | CPI | 243094 |
| 1998 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G.M. Banatwalla | M | MUL | 344461 | Minu Mumthas | M | CPI | 240217 |
| 1996 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G.M.Banatwalla | M | MUL | 354808 | Mokkath Rahmathulla | M | CPI | 275513 |
| 1991 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait | M | MUL | 339766 | Kattisseri Hamza Kunju | M | CPI | 244060 |
| 1989 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G. M. Banat Walia | M | MUL | 378347 | M. Rahmathulia | M | CPI | 270828 |
| 1984 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G. M. Banatwalla | M | MUL | 288216 | Koladi Govindankutty | M | CPI | 185890 |
| 1980 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | Banatwala Gulam Mehmood | M | MUL | 222834 | Ariadan Mohamed | M | INC(U) | 171971 |
| 1977 | 6 | Ponnani | GEN | G. M. Banatwala | M | MUL | 269491 | M. Moideen Kutty Haji | M | MLO | 151945 |
| 1971 | 6 | Ponnani | (SC) | M. K. Krishnan | M | CPM | 146186 | K. Kunhambu | M | INC | 134263 |
| 1967 | 6 | Ponnani | (SC) | C. K. Chakrapani | M | CPM | 157753 | V. Eacharan | M | INC | 94973 |
| 1962 | 7 | Ponnani | GEN | Imbichi Bava Ezhukudikkal | M | CPI | 128288 | K. S. Achuthan | M | INC | 70489 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Ponnani Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Ponnani parliamentary constituency.
Last Updated on July 04, 2020