Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)

Mattanur
Mattanur
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
District	Kannur
Party	CPI(M)

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 | edit source]

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
	RSP	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
	SJ(D)	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)