Manjeri Assembly constituency

Manjeri State assembly constituency 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 Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is U. A. Latheef of IUML.

Manjeri
Constituency No. 37 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Manjeri town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1957
Total electors	2,06,960 (2021)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent U. A. Latheef
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Manjeri Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[3]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Manjeri	Municipality	Eranad
2	Trikkalangode	Grama panchayat	Eranad
3	Pandikkad	Grama panchayat	Eranad
4	Keezhattur	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna
5	Edappatta	Grama panchayat	Perinthalmanna

Manjeri Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Manjeri Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[4]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. P. Ummer Koya		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
		Chandayan Muniadan		Indian Union Muslim League
1960	2nd	P. P. Ummer Koya		Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
		Chandayan Muniadan		Indian Union Muslim League
1967	3rd	M. Chadayan			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. P. Raman			1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. P. M. Abdulla Kurikkal			1977 - 1980
1980	6th	C. H. Mohammed Koya			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1984
1984*		M. P. M. Ishaq Kurikkal			1984 - 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. K. Abdu Rabb			2006 – 2011
2011	13th	M. Ummer			2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th	U. A. Latheef			Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,06,960 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[1]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeri^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	U. A. Latheef	78,836	50.22%
	CPI	Nazar Debona	64,263	40.93%	4.83
	BJP	P. R. Rashmilnath	11,350	7.23%	0.85
	Independent	Palathingal Aboobacker	1,341	0.85%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,202	0.77%	0.11
Margin of victory			14,573	9.29%	4.83
Turnout			1,56,992[5][1]	75.86%[1]	2.84
	IUML hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,90,277 registered voters in Manjeri Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	M. Ummer	69,779	50.22%	7.77%
	CPI	Adv. K. Mohandas	50,163	36.10%	3.05%
	BJP	Adv. C. Dinesh	11,223	8.08%	2.66%
	WPOI	K. A. Savad	2,503	1.80%	−
	SDPI	Dr. C. H. Ashraf	2,357	1.70%	0.79%
	PDP	Moyin Bappu	1,121	0.81%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	913	0.66%	−
	Independent	V. M. Musthafa	887	0.64%	−
Margin of victory			19,616	14.12%	10.82%
Turnout			1,38,946	73.02%	2.01%
	IUML hold		Swing	7.77%

2011

There were 1,64,144 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	M. Ummer	67,594	57.99%
	CPI	P. Gouri	38,515	33.05%
	BJP	P. G. Upendran	6,319	5.42%
	SDPI	Jaleel Neelambra	2,906	2.49%
	Independent	Feroz Babu Ishtadanam	653	0.56%
	BSP	Shamsudheen Aslami	566	0.49
Margin of victory			29,079	24.94%
Turnout			1,16,553	71.01%
	IUML hold		Swing

See also

• Manjeri
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election