Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency

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

Vatakara KL-3
Lok Sabha constituency
Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Thalassery Kuthuparamba Vatakara Kuttiady Nadapuram Koyilandy Perambra
Established	1957
Total electors	12,86,250 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Shafi Parambil
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan

Assembly segments

Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
13	Thalassery	Kannur	A. N. Shamseer		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
14	Kuthuparamba		K. P. Mohanan		LJD		INC
20	Vatakara	Kozhikode	K. K. Rema		RMPI		INC
21	Kuttiady		K P Kunhammadkutty		CPI(M)		INC
22	Nadapuram		E. K. Vijayan		CPI		INC
23	Koyilandy		Kanathil Jameela		CPI(M)		INC
24	Perambra		T. P. Ramakrishnan		CPI(M)		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1957	K. B. Menon		Praja Socialist Party
1962	A. V. Raghavan		Independent
1967	A. Sreedharan		Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	K. P. Unnikrishnan		Indian National Congress
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (U)
1984			Indian Congress (Socialist)
1989			Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1991
1996	O. Bharathan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998	A.K. Premajam
1999
2004	P. Satheedevi
2009	Mullappally Ramachandran		Indian National Congress
2014
2019	K. Muraleedharan
2024	Shafi Parambil

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			49.65%
2019			49.81%
2014			43.41%
2009			48.82%
2004			51.81%
1999			47.15%
1998			48.50%
1996			51.17%
1991			49.97%
1989			46.76%
1984			46.67%
1980			54.15%
1977			50.81%
1971			52.88%
1967			65.20%
1962			60.86%
1957			37.68%

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Vatakara^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shafi Parambil	557,528	49.65%	0.16%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja	4,43,022	39.45%	2.36%
	BJP	C. R. Praful Krishnan	1,11,979	9.97%	2.39%
	Independent	Shafi T. P	3,764	0.34%
	Independent	K. K. Shylaja	1,179	0.1%
	Independent	Kunhikannan Payyoli	869	0.08%
	Independent	Shylaja	680	0.06%
	Independent	Shafi	422	0.04%
	Independent	Sylaja. P	326	0.03%
	Independent	Muralidharan	269	0.02%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,909	0.26%	.06%
Majority			1,14,506	10.19	2.18
Turnout			11,29,256	79.26
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing	.16%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Muraleedharan	526,755	49.81%	6.40%
	CPI(M)	P. Jayarajan	4,42,092	41.81%	−1.26%
	BJP	V. K. Sajeevan	80,128	7.58%	−0.38%
	SDPI	Musthafa Kommeri	5,544	0.52%	−1.05%
	National Labour Party	Jatheesh.A.P	2,833	0.27%
	Independent	Santhosh Kumar	1,295	0.12%
	Independent	Muraleedharan.K Sandram	910	0.09%
	Independent	Jayarajan Pandaraparambil	690	0.06%
	Independent	C. O. T. Naseer	612	0.06%
	Independent	Muraleedharan. K Kuttiyil Veedu	597	0.06%
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Advocate K. Sudhakaran	507	0.05%
	Independent	Aluva Aneesh	241	0.02%
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,473	0.32%	−0.32%
Margin of victory			84,663	8.01%	7.66%
Turnout			10,57,440	82.70%	0.91%
Registered electors			12,88,926		9.00%
	INC hold		Swing	6.40%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	416,479	43.37%	−5.45%
	CPI(M)	A. N. Shamseer	4,13,173	43.03%	0.72%
	BJP	V. K. Sajeevan	76,313	7.95%	3.27%
	Independent	P. Kumarankutty	17,229	1.79%
	SDPI	P. Abdul Hameed Master	15,058	1.57%
	AAP	Ali Akbar	6,245	0.65%
	Independent	A. P. Shamseer	3,485	0.36%
	BSP	Saseendran	2,150	0.22%
	Independent	P. Sharafudeen	1,679	0.17%
	Independent	Attuveppil Kunhikkannan	731	0.08%
	Independent	A. M. Smitha	693	0.07%
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,107	0.64%
Margin of victory			3,306	0.34%	−6.17%
Turnout			9,59,342	81.21%	0.58%
Registered electors			11,82,504		10.39%
	INC hold		Swing	-5.41%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	421,255	48.82%	12.77%
	CPI(M)	P. Satheedevi	3,65,069	42.31%	−9.50%
	BJP	K. P Sreesan	40,391	4.68%	−5.20%
	Independent	T. P. Chandrasekharan	21,833	2.53%
	BSP	K. Noorudheen Musaliar	4,481	0.52%
	Independent	Satheedevi	3836	0.44%
	Independent	P. Sathidevi Pallikkal	3,228	0.37%
	Independent	Naroth Ramachandran	2,751	0.32%
Margin of victory			56,186	6.51%	−9.25%
Turnout			8,62,844	80.58%	4.74%
Registered electors			10,71,171		−1.98%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-2.99%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Sathidevi	429,294	51.81%	4.67%
	INC	M. T. Padma	2,98,705	36.05%	−8.08%
	BJP	K. P. Sreesan	81,901	9.89%	2.59%
	Independent	K. T. Kunhikannan	7,482	0.90%
	Independent	Dr. K. N. Ajoy Kumar	7,306	0.88%
	Independent	T. K. Kalandan Haje	3,845	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,30,589	15.76%	12.75%
Turnout			8,28,533	75.83%	1.25%
Registered electors			10,92,826		−5.46%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.67%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Premajam	404,355	47.15%	−1.35%
	INC	P. M. Suresh Babu	3,78,511	44.13%	2.67%
	BJP	O. K. Vasumaster	62,593	7.30%	−0.97%
	Independent	Dr. K. N. Ajoy Kumar	10,708	1.25%
	Independent	Kalanthan Haji T. K	894	0.10%
	Independent	Ramachandran	577	0.97%
Margin of victory			25,844	3.01%	−4.02%
Turnout			8,57,638	74.57%	−1.16%
Registered electors			11,55,934		2.74%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-4.02%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Premajam	407,876	48.50%	−2.67%
	INC	P. M. Suresh Babu	3,48,715	41.47%	0.13%
	BJP	Chettoor Balakrishnan Master	69,564	8.27%	2.12%
	INL	P. K. Radhakrishnan	11,965	1.42%
Margin of victory			59,161	7.03%	−2.80%
Turnout			8,40,958	75.13%	−0.60%
Registered electors			11,25,076		3.24%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-2.67%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. Bharathan	415,895	51.17%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	3,35,950	41.33%
	BJP	A. D. Nair	49,971	6.15%
Margin of victory			79,945	9.84%	7.63%
Turnout			8,12,773	75.73%	−1.95%
Registered electors			10,89,716		5.77%
	CPI(M) gain from INS(SCS)		Swing	1.20%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	395,501	49.97%
	Independent	M. Ratnasingh	3,78,012	47.76%
	Independent	P. Unnikrishnan	8,566	1.08%
	JP	S. K. Madhavan	4,213	0.53%
Margin of victory			17,489	2.21%	1.17%
Turnout			7,91,474	77.67%	−3.18%
Registered electors			10,30,244		4.67%
	INS(SCS) hold		Swing	3.21%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	370,434	46.76%
	INC	A. Sujanapal	3,62,225	45.73%
	BJP	P. K. Krishnadas	45,558	5.75%	−0.08%
	Independent	T. K. Kalandan Haji	6,198	0.78%
Margin of victory			8,209	1.04%	−0.86%
Turnout			7,92,162	80.85%	2.04%
Registered electors			9,84,309		32.94%
	INS(SCS) gain from IC(S)		Swing	0.10%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IC(S)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	270,416	46.67%
	Independent	K. M. Radhakrishnan	2,59,437	44.77%
	BJP	A. D. Nair	33,781	5.83%
	Independent	B. M. Sasthri	10,556	1.82%
Margin of victory			10,979	1.89%	−6.41%
Turnout			5,79,462	78.81%	4.96%
Registered electors			7,40,431		7.99%
	IC(S) gain from INC(U)		Swing	-7.49%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	271,796	54.15%
	INC(I)	Mullappally Ramachandran	2,30,114	45.85%
Margin of victory			41,682	8.30%	6.69%
Turnout			5,01,910	73.85%	−9.13%
Registered electors			6,85,632		12.20%
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	3.34%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	253,462	50.81%	−2.07%
	BLD	Arangil Sreedharan	2,45,392	49.19%
Margin of victory			8,070	1.62%	−13.75%
Turnout			4,98,854	82.98%	15.92%
Registered electors			6,11,107		7.83%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.07%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	198,939	52.88%	18.08%
	Independent	A. V. Raghavan	1,41,135	37.52%
	Indian Socialist Party	Arangil Sreedharan	33,893	9.01%
	Independent	Leela Damodara Menon	2,236	0.59%
Margin of victory			57,804	15.37%	−15.03%
Turnout			3,76,203	67.06%	−7.46%
Registered electors			5,66,738		22.39%
	INC gain from SSP		Swing	-12.32%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Arangil Sreedharan	215,597	65.20%
	INC	M. K. Prabhakaran	1,15,094	34.80%
Margin of victory			1,00,503	30.39%	8.68%
Turnout			3,30,691	74.51%	0.44%
Registered electors			4,63,046		−0.10%
	SSP gain from Independent		Swing	4.34%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. Raghavan	204,315	60.86%
	PSP	K. B. Menon	1,31,408	39.14%
Margin of victory			72,907	21.72%	15.35%
Turnout			3,35,723	74.07%	7.94%
Registered electors			4,63,498		3.66%
	Independent gain from PSP		Swing	23.17%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Vatakara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	K. B. Menon	111,425	37.68%
	INC	Gopalan Karipur	92,606	31.32%
	CPI	P. Ramunni Nambiar	91,651	31.00%
Margin of victory			18,819	6.36%
Turnout			2,95,682	66.13%
Registered electors			4,47,129
	PSP win (new seat)

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Kerala
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Vatakara