| Mananthavady | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Pakshi Pathalam Bird Sanctuary
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| 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. KeluofCPI(M).
Mananthavady constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2011.
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 |
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 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
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
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| INC | P. K. Jayalakshmi | 61,129 | 42.20 |  8.58
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| BJP | K. Mohandas | 16,230 | 11.20 | 6.58
| |
| SDPI | Soman P. N. | 1,377 | 0.95 | 0.94
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| 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
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| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
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) | |||||
