Mattanur Assembly constituency

Mattanur
Constituency No. 15 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kannur International Airport, located in Mattanur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Established	1951
Total electors	1,89,308 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. K. Shailaja
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Mattanur State assembly constituency 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. K. Shailaja of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Mattannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (grama panchayat/municipality)	Taluk
1	Mattanur	Municipality	Iritty
2	Chittariparamba	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
3	Keezhallur	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
4	Kolayad	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
5	Koodali	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
6	Maloor	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
7	Mangattidam	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
8	Padiyoor-Kalliad	Grama panchayat	Iritty
9	Thillenkeri	Grama panchayat	Iritty

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	N. E. Balaram		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
2011	13th	E. P. Jayarajan		Communist Party of India	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th	K. K. Shailaja			Incumbent

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Election results

2021

There were 1,89,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. ^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mattanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja	96,129	61.97	5.35
	RSP	Illikkal Augusthy	35,166	22.67	−
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	18,223	11.75	0.77
	SDPI	Rafeekh Keecheri	4,201	2.71	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	796	0.51	0.45
	Independent	Agusthy N A	619	0.4	−
Margin of victory			60,963	39.30	10.12
Turnout			1,55,134	83.36	0.21
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.35

2016

There were 1,77,911 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mattanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	E. P. Jayarajan	84,030	56.62	0.07
	JD(U)	K. P. Prashanth	40,649	27.34	−
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	18,620	12.52	5.97
	SDPI	Rafeekh Keecheri	3,188	2.14	0.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,420	0.96	−
	Independent	Kodippadi Prashanth	770	0.52	−
Margin of victory			43,381	29.18	6.23
Turnout			1,48,677	83.57	0.85
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.36

2011

There were 1,60,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mattanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	E. P. Jayarajan	75,177	56.55
	SJ(D)	Joseph Chaavara	44,665	33.60
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	8,707	6.55
	SDPI	K. C. Muhammad Sabeer	2,757	2.07	−
	Independent	Joseph	858	0.65
	Independent	Hameed	783	0.59
Margin of victory			30,512	22.95
Turnout			1,32,947	82.72
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mattanur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Madhavan Nambiar, Kallorath	29,257	62.32%
	INC	Subbarao	11,430	24.35%	24.35%
	Socialist	Chattu Kutty Nambiar, Ayilath Kutteri	5,576	11.88%
	Independent	Balakrishnan Nambiar, Kudali Thazhathveethil	683	1.45%
Margin of victory			17,827	37.97%
Turnout			46,946	69.64%
Registered electors			67,408
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• Mattanur
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kannur District".
2. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
3. "GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MAY-2021".
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.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.