Former Kerala state minister A C Shanmukhadas got a mammoth lead from this Grama Panchayat as part of Balussery assembly constituency, and he was elected continuously for the past 25 years as MLA.

[citation needed] Left Democratic Front has been ruling this village for years.

But recently in 2015 local body elections UDF improved its position to 8 seats State Highway 34 which connects Edavanna-Koyilandi and State Highway 38, connecting Puthiyangadi-Ulliyeri-Perambra-Chovva(Kannur) passes through Ulliyeri.

Another milestone in the development of Ulliyeri in the field of education is the launching of an Engineering College atop the Palora Hill named after M. Dasan the late Communist-Marxist leader who represented Kozhikode-1 in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

The College is in the co-operative sector and caters to the needs of the young men and women in and around Ulliyeri to pursue studies in the IT field.