Mananthavady Assembly constituency

Mananthavady
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pakshi Pathalam Bird Sanctuary
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictWayanad
LS constituencyWayanad
Established2011
Total electors1,95,048 (2021)
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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

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

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

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

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(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 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.