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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Members of Parliament: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=User:PrimeBOT/24&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User:PrimeBOT/24 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Task 24&lt;/a&gt;: template update following &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2021_August_26&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 August 26&quot;&gt;a TFD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency&lt;br /&gt;
 |Name                   = Vatakara&lt;br /&gt;
 |image                  = Vatakara Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 |image_size             = 300px&lt;br /&gt;
 |caption                = Map of Vatakara Parliament Constituency&lt;br /&gt;
 |Existence              = 1957&lt;br /&gt;
 |Reservation            = None&lt;br /&gt;
 |CurrentMPParty         = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]&lt;br /&gt;
 |CurrentMP              = [[K. Muraleedharan]]&lt;br /&gt;
 |ElectedByYear          = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]&lt;br /&gt;
 |State                  = [[Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
 |SuccessfulParty       = [[Indian National Congress]] (5 times)&lt;br /&gt;
 |AssemblyConstituencies =  [[Thalassery (State Assembly constituency)|Thalassery]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Kuthuparamba]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Vatakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vatakara]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Kuttiady (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttiady]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Nadapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Nadapuram]]&lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Koyilandy (State Assembly constituency)|Koyilandy]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Perambra (State Assembly constituency)|Perambra]]&lt;br /&gt;
 |Electorate             = 12,86,250 (2019)&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ml|വടകര ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം}}) is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Assembly segments==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
 |url          = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
 |title        = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies&lt;br /&gt;
 |access-date   = 2008-10-19&lt;br /&gt;
 |work         = Kerala&lt;br /&gt;
 |publisher    = Election Commission of India&lt;br /&gt;
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030085443/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf&lt;br /&gt;
 |archive-date = 2008-10-30&lt;br /&gt;
 |url-status   = dead&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;500px&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|- align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;50px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:75%&amp;quot;|Constituency number&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:95%&amp;quot;|Name&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;100px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:75%&amp;quot;|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:95%&amp;quot;|District&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|13&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Thalassery (State Assembly constituency)|Thalassery]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kannur district|Kannur]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|14&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Kuthuparamba]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kannur district|Kannur]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|20&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Vatakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vatakara]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|21&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kuttiady (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttiady]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|22&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Nadapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Nadapuram]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None  &lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|23&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Koyilandy (State Assembly constituency)|Koyilandy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|24&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Perambra (State Assembly constituency)|Perambra]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Members of Parliament==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;50%&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
! Election&lt;br /&gt;
! Lok Sabha&lt;br /&gt;
! Member&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Party&lt;br /&gt;
! Tenure&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]&lt;br /&gt;
| [[K. B. Menon]]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1957-1962&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]&lt;br /&gt;
|A.V. Raghavan&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1962-1967&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|A. Sreedharan&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1967-1971&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot; |[[K.P. Unnikrishnan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Indian National Congress|INC]] &lt;br /&gt;
|1971-1977&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1977-1980&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]&lt;br /&gt;
| width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1980-1984&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |[[Indian Congress (Socialist)|IC(S)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1984-1989&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1989-1991&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1991-1996&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|O. Bharathan&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1996-1998&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[A. K. Premajam|A.K. Premajam]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1998-1999&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1999-2004&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[P. Sathidevi|P. Satheedevi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2004-2009&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;4px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2009-2014&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2014-2019&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[K. Muraleedharan]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Incumbent]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Election results==&lt;br /&gt;
===General Election 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]] : [[Vatakara]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[K. Muraleedharan]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 5,26,755&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 49.43&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[P. Jayarajan]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,42,092&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 41.49&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = VK Sajeevan&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 80,128&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 7.52&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Social Democratic Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Mustafa Kommery&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 5,544&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = .52&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = ,&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Independent politician&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Jatheesh A P&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,833&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = .27&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = ,&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory&lt;br /&gt;
|  |votes      = 84,663&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 7.94&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = 81,636&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
|  |votes      = 10,65,932&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 82.70&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General Election 2014===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]] : [[Vatakara]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]|votes=416,479|percentage=43.37|change=-5.45}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Adv. A.N. Shamseer|votes=413,173|percentage=43.03|change=+0.72}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V.K. Sajeevan|votes=76,313|percentage=7.95|change=+3.27}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Adv. P. Kumarankutty|votes=17,229|percentage=1.79|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=P. Abdul Hameed|votes=15,058|percentage=1.57|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Ali Akbar|votes=6,245|percentage=0.65|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=A.P. Shamseer|votes=3,485|percentage=0.36|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Saseendran|votes=2,150|percentage=0.22|change=-0.30}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. Sharafudeen|votes=1,679|percentage=0.17|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Attuveppil Kunhikkannan|votes=731|percentage=0.08|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star|candidate=A.M. Smitha|votes=693|percentage=0.07|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,107|percentage=0.64|change=---}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory&lt;br /&gt;
|  |votes      = 3,306&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.34&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -6.17&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout||votes=959,342|percentage=81.61|change=}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General Election 2009===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]] : [[Vatakara]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Mullappally Ramachandran]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,21,255&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Adv. P. Satheedevi&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,65,069&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = K.P Sreesan&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 40,391&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = &lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = ---&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box margin of victory&lt;br /&gt;
|  |votes      = 56,186&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
|  |votes      = &lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = &lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
|  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Vatakara]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-vadakara-lok-sabha-constituency-election-results-candidates-list.html 2019 Vadakara Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/kerala/vadakara/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Vadakara Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{coord missing|Kerala}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vatakara (Lok Sabha Constituency)}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Politics of Kozhikode district]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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