Mananthavady Assembly constituency

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
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pakshi Pathalam Bird Sanctuary
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Wayanad
Lok Sabha constituency	Wayanad
Established	2008
Total electors	1,95,048 (2021)
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent O. R. Kelu
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.

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
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 Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

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

Mananthavady

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

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. R. Kelu	72,536	47.54
	INC	P. K. Jayalakshmi	63,254	41.46
	BJP	Palliyara Mukundan	13,142	8.62
	SDPI	Babitha Sreenu	1992	1.31
Majority			9282	6.1
Turnout
Registered electors
	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	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

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)

See also

• Mananthavady
• Wayanad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election