Manjeshwar Assembly constituency

Manjeshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. K. M. Ashraf of Indian Union Muslim League.

Manjeshwaram
Constituency No. 1 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Manjeshwaram Harbour situated in the Manjeshwar (State Assembly constituency).
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
LS constituencyKasaragod
Established1957 - present
Total electors2,21,682 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  IUML
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments

Manjeshwar Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Enmakaje Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
2 Kumbla Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
3 Mangalpady Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
4 Manjeshwar Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
5 Meenja Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
6 Paivalike Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
7 Puthige Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram
8 Vorkady Grama panchayat Manjeshwaram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Manjeshwar Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Year Member Party
1957 M Umesh Rao Independent
1960 K Mahabala Bhandary
1965 Indian National Congress
1967 Independent
1970 M. Ramappa Communist Party of India
1977
1980 A. Subba Rao
1982
1987 Cherkalam Abdullah Indian Union Muslim League
1991
1996
2001
2006 C. H. Kunhambu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 P. B. Abdul Razak Indian Union Muslim League
2016
2019^ M. C. Kamaruddin
2021 A. K. M. Ashraf

^ indicates bypolls

Election results

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

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election

There were 221,682 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML A. K. M. Ashraf 65,858 38.14% Decrease2.05
BJP K. Surendran 65,013 37.7% Increase2.38
CPI(M) V. V. Rameshan 40,639 23.57% Increase0.38
Anna DHRM Praveen Kumar S 251 0.15%
Independent John D'Souza I 181 0.1%
Independent Surendran M 197 0.11%
NOTA None of the above 387 0.22% Decrease0.13
Majority 745 0.44%
Turnout 1,70,431 76.88% Increase1.1
IUML hold Swing Decrease2.05

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly By-election

Due to the death of sitting MLA P. B. Abdul Razak, a bypoll as held on 21 October 2019.

There were 2,14,779 registered voters in Manjeshwar constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7923 votes in the election.[5]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Manjeshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML M. C. Kamaruddin 65,407 40.19% Increase4.40
BJP Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar 57,484 35.32% Decrease0.42
CPI(M) M. Shankara Rai 38,233 23.49% Decrease3.30
NOTA None of the above 574 0.35% Decrease0.06
Independent Govindan B. Alinthazhe 337 0.21% N/A
Independent John D. Souza 277 0.17% Increase0.04
Independent Rajesh B. 232 0.14% N/A
Independent Kamarudheen M. C. 211 0.13% N/A
Margin of victory 7,923 4.87% Increase4.82
Turnout 1,62,755 75.78% Decrease0.55
IUML hold Swing Increase4.40

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwar Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Manjeshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. B. Abdul Razak 56,870 35.79% Decrease1.67
BJP K. Surendran 56,781 35.74% Increase2.66
CPI(M) Adv. C. H. Kunhambu 42,565 26.79% Increase0.42
PDP Basheer Ahammad S. M. 759 0.48% -
NOTA None of the above 646 0.41% -
Independent Sundara K. 467 0.29% -
BSP Ravichandra 365 0.23% Decrease0.23
Independent K. P. Muneer 224 0.14%
Independent John D. Souza 207 0.13%
Margin of victory 89 0.05 Decrease4.33
Turnout 1,58,884 76.33% Increase1.13
IUML hold Swing Decrease1.67

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

There were 1,76,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election :Manjeshwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. B. Abdul Razak 49,817 37.46
BJP K. Surendran 43,989 33.08
CPI(M) C. H. Kunhambu 35,067 26.37
Independent Hafsa Muneer 1,076 0.81
BSP Abdul Majeed 869 0.65
Independent Abdulla Timber 547 0.41
Independent Kunhambu 490 0.37
Independent Abdul Razzak K, 465 0.35
Independent Abbas M. 391 0.29
Independent Abdulla P. M. 262 0.20
Margin of victory 5,828 4.38
Turnout 1,32,973 75.20
IUML hold Swing

See also

References

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