Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kasaragod
Kasaragod
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Map of Kasaragod Parliament Constituency
Incumbent	Rajmohan Unnithan
Parliamentary Party	INC
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1957
Reservation	None
State	Kerala
Total Electors	13,60,827 (2019)
Most Successful Party	CPI (M) (10 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Manjeshwar; Kasaragod; Udma; Kanhangad; Trikaripur; Payyanur; Kalliasseri

Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: കാസർഗോഡ് ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments[edit]

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
1	Manjeshwar	None	Kasaragod
2	Kasaragod	None	Kasaragod
3	Udma	None	Kasaragod
4	Kanhangad	None	Kasaragod
5	Trikaripur	None	Kasaragod
6	Payyanur	None	Kannur
7	Kalliasseri	None	Kannur

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	2nd	A.K. Gopalan	CPI	1957 – 1962
1962	3rd		CPI	1962 – 1967
1967	4th		CPI(M)	1967 – 1971
1971	5th	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	INC	1971 – 1977
1977	6th	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	7th	Ramanna Rai	CPI(M)	1980 – 1984
1984	8th	I. Rama Rai	INC (I)	1984 – 1989
1989	9th	Ramanna Rai	CPI(M)	1989 – 1991
1991	10th	Ramanna Rai		1991 – 1996
1996	11th	T. Govindan		1996 – 1998
1998	12th			1998 – 1999
1999	13th			1999 – 2004
2004	14th	P. Karunakaran		2004 – 2009
2009	15th			2009 – 2014
2014	16th			2014 – 2019
2019	17th	Rajmohan Unnithan	INC	Incumbent

Election results[edit]

General Election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections : Kasaragod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajmohan Unnithan	4,74,961	43.18	+4.41
	CPI (M)	K P Sathishchandran	4,34,523	39.50	+0.02
	BJP	Ravisha Thanthri Kuntar	1,76,049	16.00	-1.72
	BSP	Adv Basheer Alady	1,910	0.17	-0.15
	NOTA	None of the above	4,417	0.40	-0.23
Margin of victory			40,438	3.68
Turnout			11,00,099	80.66	+2.17
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

General Election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections : Kasaragod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	P Karunakaran	384,964	39.48	-6.03
	INC	Adv. T. Siddique	378,043	38.77	+0.86
	BJP	K. Surendran	172,826	17.72	+2.91
	SDPI	Abdul Salam N.U.	9,713	1.00	"N/A"
	AAP	Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan	4,996	0.51	N/A
	Independent	Manoharan K.	4,194	0.43	N/A
	BSP	Adv. Basheer Alady	3,104	0.32	-0.33
	Independent	K.K. Ashokan	3,057	0.31	N/A
	Independent	Gothra Moopan Nellikadan Kannan	2,655	0.27	N/A
	Independent	P.K. Raman	1,222	0.13	N/A
	Independent	Karunakaran Paingappadan	1,002	0.10	N/A
	Independent	Aboobacker Siddiq	880	0.09	N/A
	Independent	Karunakaran Kalippurayil	824	0.08	N/A
	AITC	Abbas Mothalappara	632	0.06	-0.23
	NOTA	None of the above	6,103	0.63	---
Margin of victory			6,921	0.71	-6.89
Turnout			974,215	78.49
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General Election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections : Kasaragod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	P Karunakaran	xxx	xxx	-xxxx
	INC	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx
	BJP	xxx	xx	xxx	xx
	NOTA	None of the above	xxx	xxx	---
Margin of victory			xxx	xx	xx
Turnout			xxx	xxx
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

External links[edit]

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala

Coordinates: 12°31′N 74°59′E / 12.51°N 74.98°E / 12.51; 74.98

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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