Mananthavady Assembly constituency

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Mananthavady
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Wayanad
Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad
Established2011
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 state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).

Contents

Mananthavady constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2011.

Local self governed segments

The Mananthavady constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [2]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Mananthavady Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]


As North Wynad

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
1967 3rdK. K. Annan Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4thM. V. Rajan Indian National Congress 1970 – 1977
1977 5th1977 – 1980
1980 6th Indian National Congress 1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8thK. Raghavan Master Indian National Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9th1991 – 1996
1996 10th Radha Raghavan 1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12thK. C. Kunhiraman Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
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

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Constituency for the 2016 Niyamasabha Election. [4]

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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

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.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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