Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency

Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Kasaragod KL-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Manjeshwar Kasaragod Udma Kanhangad Trikaripur Payyanur Kalliasseri
Established	1957
Total electors	14,52,230[1] (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Rajmohan Unnithan
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
1	Manjeshwar	Kasaragod	A. K. M. Ashraf		IUML		INC
2	Kasaragod		N. A. Nellikkunnu		IUML		INC
3	Udma		C. H. Kunhambu		CPI(M)		INC
4	Kanhangad		E. Chandrasekharan		CPI		INC
5	Trikaripur		M. Rajagopalan		CPI(M)		INC
6	Payyanur	Kannur	T. I. Madhusoodanan		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
7	Kalliasseri		M. Vijin		CPI(M)		CPI(M)

Members of Parliament

Most Successful parties from Kasaragod Lok Sabha

1. CPI(M) (10 Times) (62.5%)
2. INC (4 Times) (25.0%)
3. CPI (2 Times) (12.5%)

Year	Member	Party
1957	A. K. Gopalan		Communist Party of India
1962
1967			Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	Kadannappalli Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
1977
1980	Ramanna Rai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	I. Rama Rai		Indian National Congress (I)
1989	Ramanna Rai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996	T. Govindan
1998
1999
2004	P. Karunakaran
2009
2014
2019	Rajmohan Unnithan		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			44.10%
2019			43.50%
2014			39.52%
2009			45.51%
2004			48.50%
1999			45.77%
1998			45.69%
1996			46.63%
1991			44.82%
1989			44.99%
1984			45.54%
1980			56.95%
1977			50.56%
1971			45.98%
1967			61.47%
1962			62.17%
1957			51.02%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kasaragod^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajmohan Unnithan	490,659	44.10	+0.60
	CPI(M)	M. V. Balakrishnan	3,90,010	35.06	−4.75
	BJP	M. L. Ashwini	2,19,558	19.73	+3.60
	NOTA	None of the above	7,112	0.64
Majority			1,00,649	9.04	+5.34
Turnout			11,17,221	76.76
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Kasaragod^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajmohan Unnithan	474,961	43.50	4.70
	CPI(M)	K. P. Satheesh Chandran	4,34,523	39.80	0.29
	BJP	Ravisha Thanthri Kuntar	1,76,049	16.13	−1.61
Margin of victory			40,438	3.70	2.99
Turnout			10,91,752	80.66	1.71
Registered electors			13,63,937		9.67
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	3.99

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Kasaragod^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Karunakaran	384,964	39.52	−6.00
	INC	T. Siddique	3,78,043	38.80	0.90
	BJP	K. Surendran	1,72,826	17.74	2.93
	SDPI	N. U. Abdul Salam	9,713	1.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,103	0.63
	AAP	Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan	4,996	0.51
Margin of victory			6,921	0.71	−6.90
Turnout			9,74,215	78.41	2.28
Registered electors			12,43,730		11.66
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-6.00

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Karunakaran	385,522	45.51	−2.99
	INC	Shahida Kamal	3,21,095	37.91	1.41
	BJP	K. Surendran	1,25,482	14.81	2.58
	BSP	K. H. Madhavi	5,518	0.65	−0.01
	Independent	P. K. Raman	5,008	0.59
Margin of victory			64,427	7.61	−4.40
Turnout			8,47,096	76.15	−1.67
Registered electors			11,13,892		−3.99
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-2.99

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Karunakaran	437,284	48.50	2.73
	INC	N. A. Mohammed	3,29,028	36.49	−5.87
	BJP	V. Balakrishna Shetty	1,10,328	12.24	1.22
	Independent	P. Sivanandan	7,726	0.86
	BSP	Sukumaran	5,947	0.66
	Independent	M. A. Mohammed	4,652	0.52
Margin of victory			1,08,256	12.01	8.59
Turnout			9,01,603	77.77	0.08
Registered electors			11,60,134		−3.32
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.73

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	T. Govindan	423,564	45.77	0.08
	INC	Khader Mangad	3,91,986	42.36	2.24
	BJP	P. K. Krishna Das	1,01,934	11.02	−0.88
Margin of victory			31,578	3.41	−2.15
Turnout			9,25,384	77.64	5.09
Registered electors			11,99,964		5.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-0.85

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	T. Govindan	395,910	45.69	−0.94
	INC	Khader Mangad	3,47,670	40.12	2.86
	BJP	P. K. Krishna Das	1,03,093	11.90	−0.33
	INL	N. A. Nellikunnu	17,736	2.05
Margin of victory			48,240	5.57	−3.80
Turnout			8,66,525	76.41	3.86
Registered electors			11,41,067		1.91
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-0.94

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	T. Govindan	371,997	46.63	1.81
	INC	I. Rama Rai	2,97,267	37.26	−6.33
	BJP	P. K. Krishnadas	97,577	12.23	2.34
	Independent	T. M. Kunhi	4,446	0.56
	Independent	B. K. Ahammed Kunhi	4,155	0.52
Margin of victory			74,730	9.37	8.14
Turnout			7,97,847	72.55	−2.23
Registered electors			11,19,715		7.99
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.81

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramanna Rai	344,536	44.82	−0.18
	INC	K. C. Venugopal	3,35,113	43.59	−1.21
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	76,067	9.89	1.19
	Independent	L. Ismail	3,590	0.47
Margin of victory			9,423	1.23	1.03
Turnout			7,68,757	74.78	−4.67
Registered electors			10,36,913		2.64
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-0.18

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramanna Rai	358,723	44.99	1.42
	INC	I. Rama Rai	3,57,177	44.80	−0.74
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	69,419	8.71	−1.52
Margin of victory			1,546	0.19	−1.78
Turnout			7,97,296	79.46	1.28
Registered electors			10,10,280		35.57
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.55

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. Rama Rai	262,904	45.54
	CPI(M)	Balanandan	2,51,535	43.57	−13.38
	BJP	K. G. Marar	59,021	10.22
	Independent	N. M. Mohamood	2,787	0.48
Margin of victory			11,369	1.97	−13.92
Turnout			5,77,331	78.17	9.35
Registered electors			7,45,222		9.84
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-11.41

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ramanna Rai	263,673	56.95	7.51
	JP	O. Rajagopal	1,90,086	41.05
	Independent	Pattathil Raghavan	4,360	0.94
	Independent	M. A. Abdulla Mallath	2,492	0.54
	Independent	K. V. Balakrishnan	2,415	0.52
Margin of victory			73,587	15.89	14.77
Turnout			4,63,026	68.83	−11.19
Registered electors			6,78,476		17.29
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	6.38

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	227,305	50.56	4.58
	CPI(M)	M. Ramanna Rai	2,22,263	49.44	10.35
Margin of victory			5,042	1.12	−5.77
Turnout			4,49,568	80.02	8.23
Registered electors			5,78,474		−0.11
	INC hold		Swing	4.58

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	189,486	45.98	19.80
	CPI(M)	E. K. Nayanar	1,61,082	39.09	−22.38
	ABJS	U. Ishwara Bhat	43,564	10.57
	Independent	Pattathil Raghavan	17,930	4.35
Margin of victory			28,404	6.89	−28.39
Turnout			4,12,062	71.79	−3.33
Registered electors			5,79,127		23.91
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-15.48

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Gopalan	206,480	61.47	New
	INC	T. V. C. Nair	87,970	26.19	N/A
	ABJS	M. U. Rao	41,471	12.35	10.10
Margin of victory			1,18,510	35.28	7.77
Turnout			3,35,921	75.12	8.12
Registered electors			4,67,371		1.52
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	0.70

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	A. K. Gopalan	188,384	62.17	11.15
	PSP	K. R. Karanth	1,05,021	34.66	N/A
	ABJS	Govinda Menoki Illath	6,816	2.25	N/A
	Independent	C. V. Ebrayan	2,806	0.93	N/A
Margin of victory			83,363	27.51	25.47
Turnout			3,03,027	67.00	10.80
Registered electors			4,60,358		2.46
	CPI hold		Swing	11.15

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Kasaragod

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	A. K. Gopalan	128,839	51.02
	Independent	B. Achutha Shenoy	1,23,694	48.98
Margin of victory			5,145	2.04
Turnout			2,52,533	56.21
Registered electors			4,49,300
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• Kasaragod district
• Kannur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• 2019 Indian general election in Kerala