Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency

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Manjeshwaram
Constituency No. 1 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Manjeshwara Harbour is situated in Manjeshwara Assembly constituency.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragodu
Lok Sabha constituencyKasaragodu
Established1957
Total electors2,21,682 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  IUML  
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2026

Manjeshwaram 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.

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

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

Map
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[edit | edit source]

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
2026

^by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

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

2026[edit | edit source]

There were 2,30,113 registered voters in the assembly in 2026 election

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML A. K. M. Ashraf 96,948 51.62% Increase13.48
BJP K. Surendran 67,696 36.05% Decrease1.65
CPI(M) K. R. Jayananda 21,212 11.29% Decrease12.28
BSP Sanjeeva 212 0.11% New
Independent Kannur Abdulla Master 285 0.15% New
Independent Gean Lavina Monterio 523 0.28% New
Independent John D' Souza I 46 0.02% New
Independent Mohammad Ashraf 78 0.04% New
Independent Mohammed Ashraf K A 64 0.03% New
Independent Abdul Latheef I 79 0.04% New
NOTA None of the above 455 0.24% 0.02
Margin of victory 29,252 15.59% Increase15.15
Turnout 1,87,598 73.5% Decrease3.38
IUML hold Swing Increase15.15

2021[edit | edit source]

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

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML A. K. M. Ashraf 65,858 38.14% Decrease2.05
BJP K. Surendran 65,013 37.70% Increase2.38
CPI(M) V. V. Rameshan 40,639 23.57% Increase0.38
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% Decrease0.13
Majority 845 0.44%
Turnout 1,70,431 76.88% Increase1.1
IUML hold Swing Decrease2.05

By local self-governed segment:

Status (Gram panchayat) Votes
UDF NDA LDF
Manjeshwaram 12,172 9,290 5,010
Vorkady 4,772 5,616 4,231
Meenja 5,267 7,324 3,639
Mangalpady 15,384 9,583 6,309
Paivalike 6,405 9,227 5,366
Kumbala 12,844 9,556 6,439
Puthige 3,893 4,635 4,591
Enmakaje 4,453 8,769 4,071
Postal Ballots 568 1,013 541

2019 by-election[edit | edit source]

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 Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7,923 votes.[5]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML M. C. Kamaruddin 65,407 40.19% Increase4.40
BJP Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar 57,484 35.32% Decrease0.42
CPI(M) M. Shankara Rai 38,233 23.49% Decrease3.30
NOTA None of the above 574 0.35% Decrease0.06
Independent Govindan B. Alinthazhe 337 0.21% N/A
Independent John D. Souza 277 0.17% Increase0.04
Independent Rajesh B. 232 0.14% N/A
Independent Kamarudheen M. C. 211 0.13% N/A
Margin of victory 7,923 4.87% Increase4.82
Turnout 1,62,755 75.78% Decrease0.55
IUML hold Swing Increase4.40

2016[edit | edit source]

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. B. Abdul Razak 56,870 35.79% Decrease1.67
BJP K. Surendran 56,781 35.74% Increase2.66
CPI(M) C. H. Kunhambu 42,565 26.79% Increase0.42
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% Decrease0.23
Independent K. P. Muneer 224 0.14%
Independent John D. Souza 207 0.13%
Margin of victory 89 0.05 Decrease4.33
Turnout 1,58,884 76.33% Increase1.13
IUML hold Swing Decrease1.67

2011[edit | edit source]

There were 176,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IUML P. B. Abdul Razak 49,817 37.46 Increase6.35
BJP K. Surendran 43,989 33.08 Increase1.76
CPI(M) C. H. Kunhambu 35,067 26.37 Decrease9.34
Independent Hafsa Muneer 1,076 0.81
BSP Abdul Majeed 869 0.65 Decrease1.20
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 Decrease0.01
Turnout 1,32,973 75.20
IUML gain from CPI (M) Swing Increase6.35

2006[edit | edit source]

There were 154,288 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.[8]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) C. H. Kunhambu 39,242 35.71
BJP Narayana Bhat 34,413 31.32
IUML Cherkalam Abdullah 34,186 31.11
BSP Madhave Manjeshway 2,037 1.85
Margin of victory 4,829 4.39
Turnout 1,32,973 75.20
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Manjeshwara". www.mapsofindia.com.
  4. ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "മഞ്ചേശ്വരത്ത് യുഡിഎഫിന്റെ തേരോട്ടം; ബിജെപി രണ്ടാമത്, നേട്ടമില്ലാതെ സിപിഎം" [UDF leads in Manjeshwar; BJP second, CPM without gain]. ManoramaOnline (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India".

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