Manjeshwar Assembly constituency

Manjeshwara 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 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
Manjeshwara Harbour is situated in Manjeshwar Assembly constituency.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Lok Sabha constituency	Kasaragod
Established	1957
Total electors	2,21,682 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. K. M. Ashraf
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Manjeshwar Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Manjeshwar Assembly constituency

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

Election	Name	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
2011	P. B. Abdul Razak		Indian Union Muslim League
2016
2019^	M. C. Kamaruddin
2021	A. K. M. Ashraf

^by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 221,682 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	A. K. M. Ashraf	65,858	38.14%	2.05
	BJP	K. Surendran	65,013	37.7%	2.38
	CPI(M)	V. V. Rameshan	40,639	23.57%	0.38
	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%	0.13
Majority			855	0.44%
Turnout			1,70,431	76.88%	1.1
	IUML hold		Swing	2.05

2019 by-election

Due to the death of sitting MLA P. B. Abdul Razak, a by-election was held on 21 October 2019.

There were 2,14,779 registered voters in Manjeshwar Assembly constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7,923 votes.^[5]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manjeshwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	M. C. Kamaruddin	65,407	40.19%	4.40
	BJP	Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar	57,484	35.32%	0.42
	CPI(M)	M. Shankara Rai	38,233	23.49%	3.30
	NOTA	None of the above	574	0.35%	0.06
	Independent	Govindan B. Alinthazhe	337	0.21%	N/A
	Independent	John D. Souza	277	0.17%	0.04
	Independent	Rajesh B.	232	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	Kamarudheen M. C.	211	0.13%	N/A
Margin of victory			7,923	4.87%	4.82
Turnout			1,62,755	75.78%	0.55
	IUML hold		Swing	4.40

2016

There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwar Assembly constiteuncy for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. B. Abdul Razak	56,870	35.79%	1.67
	BJP	K. Surendran	56,781	35.74%	2.66
	CPI(M)	Adv. C. H. Kunhambu	42,565	26.79%	0.42
	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%	0.23
	Independent	K. P. Muneer	224	0.14%
	Independent	John D. Souza	207	0.13%
Margin of victory			89	0.05	4.33
Turnout			1,58,884	76.33%	1.13
	IUML hold		Swing	1.67

2011

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

• Manjeshwaram
• Kasaragod district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections