Mananthavady (State Assembly constituency)

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Mananthavady
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
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Constituency details
DistrictWayanad
Established2011 - present
Total electors1,95,048 (2021)
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAO. R. Kelu
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Mananthavady State assembly constituency 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[]

Mananthavady Niyamasabha 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 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]

Key

  CPI(M)     INC     INC(I)  

As North Wynad

Election Niyama
Sabha
Member Party Tenure
1967 3rd K. K. Annan CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th M. V. Rajan INC 1970 – 1977
1977 5th 1977 – 1980
1980 6th INC(I) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th K. Raghavan Master INC 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Radha Raghavan 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th K. C. Kunhiraman CPI(M) 2006 – 2011

As Mananthavady

Election Niyama
Sabha
Member Party Tenure
2011 13th P. K. Jayalakshmi INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th O. R. Kelu CPI(M) 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016[]

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu 62,436 43.10 Increase2.58
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 61,129 42.20 Decrease8.58
BJP K. Mohandas 16,230 11.20 Increase6.58
SDPI Soman P. N. 1,377 0.95 Decrease0.94
Independent Lakshmi 1,300 0.89 -
NOTA None of the above 1,050 0.72 -
BSP Annan Madakkimala 679 0.47 Decrease0.31
Independent Kelu Chayimmal 583 0.40 -
CPI(M) 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 Increase3.06
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011[]

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
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[]

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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