Mananthavady Assembly constituency

Mananthavady
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pazhassi Tomb
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictWayanad district
Lok Sabha constituencyWayanad
Established2008
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 in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).

Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.After the 2008 delimitation,Panamaram was added while Kottiyoor and Kelakam was removed and added to Peravoor Assembly constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Mananthavady Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Ruling alliance
1 Mananthavady Municipality Mananthavady UDF
2 Edavaka Grama panchayat Mananthavady UDF
3 Panamaram Grama panchayat Mananthavady UDF
4 Thavinhal Grama panchayat Mananthavady UDF
5 Thirunelly Grama panchayat Mananthavady LDF
6 Thondernad Grama panchayat Mananthavady UDF
7 Vellamunda Grama panchayat Mananthavady UDF



Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Mananthavady Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

North Wynad/Mananthavady

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
2011 13th P. K. Jayalakshmi Indian National Congress 2011-2016
2016 14th O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India 2016-2021
2021 15th O. R. Kelu Communist Party of India Incumbent

Election results

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

2025

SEGMENTS LDF NDA UDF IND SDPI AAP LEADING ALLIANCE
MANANTHAVADY 13063 2202 14183 308 263 0 30019 UDF
EDAVAKA 8267 2595 10638 0 34 0 21534 UDF
PANAMARAM 9141 4016 12366 1590 218 0 27331 UDF
THAVINHAL 9100 4125 10955 39 332 0 24551 UDF
THIRUNELLY 8756 1794 6464 399 0 0 17413 LDF
THONDERNADU 5189 2531 6683 26 53 0 14482 UDF
VELLAMUNDA 8255 2946 11835 655 109 790 24590 UDF
TOTAL 61771 20209 73124 3017 1009 790 159920
38.62618809 12.63694347 45.72536268 1.886568284 0.6309404702 0.4939969985

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manathavady
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF
UDF
NDA
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) O. R. Kelu 72,536 47.54 Increase4.3
INC P. K. Jayalakshmi 63,254 41.46 Decrease0.8
BJP Palliyara Mukundan 13,142 8.62 Decrease2.6
SDPI Babitha Sreenu 1992 1.31
Majority 9282 6.1 Increase5.20
Turnout 1,51,784
Registered electors 1,86,656
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly 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

2011

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

2011 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)

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. C. Kunhiraman 61,970 54.1
IUML P Balan 46,855 41.9
BJP P Ramachandran 6,187 4.9
Margin of victory 15,115 11.92
Turnout 70.9
CPI(M) gain from IUML Swing 


See Also

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  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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