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 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.After the 2008 delimitation,Panamaram was added while Kottiyoor and Kelakam was removed and added to Peravoor Assembly constituency.

Local self-governed segments

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

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: [3]

North Wynad/Mananthavady

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
2011 13th P. K. Jayalakshmi Indian National Congress 2011-2016
2016 14th O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India 2016-2021
2021 15th O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India Incumbent

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.

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu 72,53647.54
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 63,25441.46
BJP Palliyara Mukundan13,1428.62
SDPI Babitha Sreenu19921.31
Majority 92826.1
Turnout
Registered electors
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly 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

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)

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. C. Kunhiraman61,97054.1
IUML P Balan 46,85541.9
BJP P Ramachandran 6,1874.9
Margin of victory15,11511.92
Turnout 70.9
CPI(M) gain from IUML Swing 


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. ↑ "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.
  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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