Mananthavady Assembly constituency
| Mananthavady | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Wayanad district |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Wayanad |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,95,048 (2021) |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Mananthavady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).
Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Mananthavady Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk | Ruling alliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mananthavady | Municipality | Mananthavady | UDF |
| 2 | Edavaka | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | UDF |
| 3 | Panamaram | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | UDF |
| 4 | Thavinhal | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | UDF |
| 5 | Thirunelly | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | LDF |
| 6 | Thondernad | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | UDF |
| 7 | Vellamunda | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady | UDF |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Mananthavady Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
North Wynad
[edit | edit source]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | K. K. Annan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. V. Rajan | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | K. Raghavan Master | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | Radha Raghavan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. C. Kunhiraman | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
Mananthavady
[edit | edit source]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | P. K. Jayalakshmi | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | O. R. Kelu | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. R. Kelu | 72,536 | 47.54 | ||
| INC | P. K. Jayalakshmi | 63,254 | 41.46 | ||
| BJP | Palliyara Mukundan | 13,142 | 8.62 | ||
| SDPI | Babitha Sreenu | 1992 | 1.31 | ||
| Majority | 9282 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. R. Kelu | 62,436 | 43.10 | Increase2.58 | |
| INC | P. K. Jayalakshmi | 61,129 | 42.20 | Decrease8.58 | |
| BJP | K. Mohandas | 16,230 | 11.20 | Increase6.58 | |
| SDPI | Soman P. N. | 1,377 | 0.95 | Decrease0.94 | |
| Independent | Lakshmi | 1,300 | 0.89 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,050 | 0.72 | − | |
| BSP | Annan Madakkimala | 679 | 0.47 | Decrease0.31 | |
| Independent | Kelu Chayimmal | 583 | 0.40 | − | |
| CPI(ML)L | Vijayan | 224 | 0.15 | − | |
| Independent | Usha K. | 205 | 0.14 | − | |
| Independent | Kelu Kolliyil | 196 | 0.13 | − | |
| Independent | Nittamani K. Kunhiraman | 183 | 0.13 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 1,307 | 0.90 | |||
| Turnout | 1,87,377 | 77.30 | Increase3.06 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. K. Jayalakshmi | 62,996 | 50.78 | ||
| CPI(M) | K. C. Kunhiraman | 50,262 | 40.52 | ||
| BJP | Irumuttoor Kunhiraman | 5,732 | 4.62 | ||
| SDPI | A. Gopakumar | 2,342 | 1.89 | ||
| Independent | P. U. Babu | 1,712 | 1.38 | ||
| BSP | Annan Madakkimala | 1,008 | 0.81 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,734 | 10.26 | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,052 | 74.24 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Mananthavady
- Wayanad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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