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Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Vatakara | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Map of Vatakara Parliament Constituency | |
| Incumbent | K. Muraleedharan |
| Parliamentary Party | INC |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| State | Kerala |
| Total Electors | 12,86,250 (2019) |
| Most Successful Party | Indian National Congress (5 times) |
| Assembly Constituencies | Thalassery Kuthuparamba Vatakara Kuttiady Nadapuram Koyilandy Perambra |
Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: വടകര ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
Assembly segments[edit]
Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Thalassery | None | Kannur |
| 14 | Kuthuparamba | None | Kannur |
| 20 | Vatakara | None | Kozhikode |
| 21 | Kuttiady | None | Kozhikode |
| 22 | Nadapuram | None | Kozhikode |
| 23 | Koyilandy | None | Kozhikode |
| 24 | Perambra | None | Kozhikode |
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Election | Lok Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 2nd | K. B. Menon | PSP | 1957-1962 | |
| 1962 | 3rd | A.V. Raghavan | IND | 1962-1967 | |
| 1967 | 4th | A. Sreedharan | SSP | 1967-1971 | |
| 1971 | 5th | K.P. Unnikrishnan | INC | 1971-1977 | |
| 1977 | 6th | 1977-1980 | |||
| 1980 | 7th | INC(U) | 1980-1984 | ||
| 1984 | 8th | IC(S) | 1984-1989 | ||
| 1989 | 9th | 1989-1991 | |||
| 1991 | 10th | 1991-1996 | |||
| 1996 | 11th | O. Bharathan | CPI(M) | 1996-1998 | |
| 1998 | 12th | A.K. Premajam | 1998-1999 | ||
| 1999 | 13th | 1999-2004 | |||
| 2004 | 14th | P. Satheedevi | 2004-2009 | ||
| 2009 | 15th | Mullappally Ramachandran | INC | 2009-2014 | |
| 2014 | 16th | 2014-2019 | |||
| 2019 | 17th | K. Muraleedharan | Incumbent | ||
Election results[edit]
General Election 2019[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Muraleedharan | 5,26,755 | 49.43 | ||
| CPI (M) | P. Jayarajan | 4,42,092 | 41.49 | ||
| BJP | VK Sajeevan | 80,128 | 7.52 | ||
| SDPI | Mustafa Kommery | 5,544 | .52 | , | |
| Independent | Jatheesh A P | 2,833 | .27 | , | |
| Margin of victory | 84,663 | 7.94 | 81,636 | ||
| Turnout | 10,65,932 | 82.70 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2014[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mullappally Ramachandran | 416,479 | 43.37 | -5.45 | |
| CPI (M) | Adv. A.N. Shamseer | 413,173 | 43.03 | +0.72 | |
| BJP | V.K. Sajeevan | 76,313 | 7.95 | +3.27 | |
| Independent | Adv. P. Kumarankutty | 17,229 | 1.79 | N/A | |
| SDPI | P. Abdul Hameed | 15,058 | 1.57 | N/A | |
| AAP | Ali Akbar | 6,245 | 0.65 | N/A | |
| Independent | A.P. Shamseer | 3,485 | 0.36 | N/A | |
| BSP | Saseendran | 2,150 | 0.22 | -0.30 | |
| Independent | P. Sharafudeen | 1,679 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| Independent | Attuveppil Kunhikkannan | 731 | 0.08 | N/A | |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star/meta/shortname]] | A.M. Smitha | 693 | 0.07 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,107 | 0.64 | --- | |
| Margin of victory | 3,306 | 0.34 | -6.17 | ||
| Turnout | 959,342 | 81.61 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2009[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mullappally Ramachandran | 4,21,255 | - | ||
| CPI (M) | Adv. P. Satheedevi | 3,65,069 | |||
| BJP | K.P Sreesan | 40,391 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | --- | |||
| Margin of victory | 56,186 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.