Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Kasaragod
Lok Sabha Constituency
Kasaragod Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
Map of Kasaragod Parliament Constituency
IncumbentRajmohan Unnithan
Parliamentary PartyINC
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1957
ReservationNone
StateKerala
Total Electors13,60,827 (2019)
Most Successful PartyCPI (M) (10 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesManjeshwar
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 Party Tenure
1957 2nd A.K. Gopalan CPI 1957 – 1962
1962 3rd 1962 – 1967
1967 4th CPI(M) 1967 – 1971
1971 5th Ramachandran Kadannappalli INC 1971 – 1977
1977 6th 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 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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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