Mananthavady Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India

LDFElected 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]

Key

CPI(M) INC INC(I)

As North Wynad

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

As Mananthavady

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	P. K. Jayalakshmi		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	O. R. Kelu	CPI(M)		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	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 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	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(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
	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)

References

^ "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.