Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)

Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Mattanur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. K. Shailaja of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments[edit]

Mattannur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Mattanur	Municipality	Thalassery
2	Chittariparamba	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
3	Keezhallur	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
4	Kolayad	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
5	Koodali	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
6	Maloor	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
7	Mangattidam	Grama panchayat	Thalassery
8	Padiyoor-Kalliad	Grama panchayat	Iritty
9	Thillenkeri	Grama panchayat	Iritty

Key

CPI CPI (M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	N. E. Balaram	CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	N. E. Balaram	CPI	1960 – 1965
2011	13th	E. P. Jayarajan	CPI(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	E. P. Jayarajan		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. K. Shailaja		Incumbent

There were 1,89,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Mattanur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. K. Shailaja	96,129	61.97	5.35
	[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)\|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]]	Illikkal Augusthy	35,166	22.67	-
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	18,223	11.75	0.77
	SDPI	Rafeekh Keecheri	4,201	2.71	0.57
	NOTA	None of the above	796	0.51	-
	Independent	Agusthy N A	619	0.4	-
Margin of victory			60,963	39.30	10.12
Turnout			1,55,134	83.36	0.21
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	5.35

There were 1,77,911 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Mattanur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	E. P. Jayarajan	84,030	56.62	0.07
	JD(U)	K. P. Prashanth	40,649	27.34	-
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	18,620	12.52	5.97
	SDPI	Rafeekh Keecheri	3,188	2.14	0.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,420	0.96	-
	Independent	Kodippadi Prashanth	770	0.52	-
Margin of victory			43,381	29.18	6.23
Turnout			1,48,677	83.57	0.85
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	0.36

There were 1,60,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Mattanur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	E. P. Jayarajan	75,177	56.55
	[[Socialist Janata (Democratic)\|Template:Socialist Janata (Democratic)/meta/shortname]]	Joseph Chaavara	44,665	33.60
	BJP	Biju Elakkuzhi	8,707	6.55
	SDPI	K. C. Muhammad Sabeer	2,757	2.07	-
	Independent	Joseph	858	0.65
	Independent	Hameed	783	0.59
Margin of victory			30,512	22.95
Turnout			1,32,947	82.72
	CPI (M) win (new seat)