Mananthavady Assembly constituency

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Mananthavady
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kabani River.jpg
Kabani River Situated On The Banks Of Mananthavady
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Wayanad district
Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad
Established2008
Total electors1,95,048 (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).

Contents

Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.This Constituency Has A Significant ST Population,With Around 22% Of Total Population,Heavily concentrated Around Thirunelly. [2]

Local self-governed segments

Mananthavady Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [3]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Ruling alliance
1 Mananthavady Municipality Mananthavady UDF
2 Edavaka Grama panchayatMananthavady UDF
3 Panamaram Grama panchayatMananthavady UDF
4 Thavinhal Grama panchayatMananthavady UDF
5 Thirunelly Grama panchayatMananthavady LDF
6 Thondernad Grama panchayatMananthavady UDF
7 Vellamunda Grama panchayatMananthavady UDF

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Mananthavady Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: [4]

As Wynad/North Wynad/Mananthavady

ElectionNameParty
1957 Kunjikrishnan Nair N. K. Indian National Congress
1960 Balakrishnan Nambiar Indian National Congress
1965 K. K. Annan Communist Party of India
1967 K. K. Annan Communist Party of India
1970 M. V. Rajan Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1982
1987 K. Raghavan Master
1991
1996 Radha Raghavan
2001
2006 K. C. Kunhiraman Communist Party of India
2011 P. K. Jayalakshmi Indian National Congress
2016 O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India
2021 O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India

Election results

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

2025

SEGMENTSLDFNDAUDFINDSDPIAAPLEADING ALLIANCE
MANANTHAVADY13063220214183308263030019UDF
EDAVAKA8267259510638034021534UDF
PANAMARAM91414016123661590218027331UDF
THAVINHAL910041251095539332024551UDF
THIRUNELLY8756179464643990017413LDF
THONDERNADU5189253166832653014482UDF
VELLAMUNDA825529461183565510979024590UDF
TOTAL61771202097312430171009790159920
38.6261880912.6369434745.725362681.8865682840.63094047020.4939969985

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manathavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu
INC Usha Vijayan
BJP P. Shyam Raj
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu 72,536 47.54 Increase2.svg4.3
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 63,25441.46Decrease2.svg0.8
BJP Palliyara Mukundan13,1428.62Decrease2.svg2.6
SDPI Babitha Sreenu19921.31
Majority 92826.1Increase2.svg5.20
Turnout 1,51,784
Registered electors 1,86,656
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly election. [5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu 62,436 43.10 Increase2.svg2.58
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 61,12942.20Decrease2.svg8.58
BJP K. Mohandas16,23011.20Increase2.svg6.58
SDPI Soman P. N.1,3770.95Decrease2.svg0.94
Independent Lakshmi1,3000.89−
NOTA None of the above1,0500.72−
BSP Annan Madakkimala6790.47Decrease2.svg0.31
Independent Kelu Chayimmal5830.40−
CPI(ML)L Vijayan2240.15−
Independent Usha K.2050.14−
Independent Kelu Kolliyil1960.13−
Independent Nittamani K. Kunhiraman1830.13−
Margin of victory1,3070.90
Turnout 1,87,37777.30Increase2.svg3.06
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2011

There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 62,99650.78
CPI(M) K. C. Kunhiraman50,26240.52
BJP Irumuttoor Kunhiraman5,7324.62
SDPI A. Gopakumar2,3421.89
Independent P. U. Babu1,7121.38
BSP Annan Madakkimala1,0080.81
Margin of victory12,73410.26
Turnout 1,24,05274.24
INC win (new seat)

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mananthavady Taluk Population Wayanad, Kerala, List of Villages & Towns in Mananthavady Taluk". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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