Mananthavady (State Assembly constituency)

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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).

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Mananthavady
മാനന്തവാടി
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
The Mananthavady hills in the Mananthavady (State Assembly constituency).
Existence2011 - present
ReservationST
Electorate1,87,760 (2016)
Current MLAO. R. Kelu
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictWayanad

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:[2]

Key

  CPI (M)     INC  

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th P. K. Jayalakshmi INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th O. R. Kelu CPI(M) Incumbent

    Election Results

    Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Constituency for the 2016 Niyamasabha Election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
    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 (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 3.06
    CPI (M) gain from INC Swing

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    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. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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