Mananthavady Assembly constituency
| Mananthavady | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Pakshi Pathalam Bird Sanctuary | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Wayanad |
| LS constituency | Wayanad |
| Established | 2011 |
| 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 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).
Mananthavady constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2011.
Local self governed segments
[edit]The Mananthavady constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mananthavady | Municipality | Mananthavady |
| 2 | Edavaka | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
| 3 | Panamaram | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
| 4 | Thavinhal | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
| 5 | Thirunelly | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
| 6 | Thondernad | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
| 7 | Vellamunda | Grama panchayat | Mananthavady |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]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
| 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 | |
| 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]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2016
[edit]There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Constituency for the 2016 Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. R. Kelu | 62,436 | 43.10 |  2.58
| |
| INC | P. K. Jayalakshmi | 61,129 | 42.20 |  8.58
| |
| BJP | K. Mohandas | 16,230 | 11.20 | 6.58
| |
| SDPI | Soman P. N. | 1,377 | 0.95 | 0.94
| |
| Independent | Lakshmi | 1,300 | 0.89 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,050 | 0.72 | − | |
| BSP | Annan Madakkimala | 679 | 0.47 | 0.31
| |
| 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 | 3.06
| ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]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]- Mananthavady
- Wayanad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
