Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)

Vatakara
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

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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		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		INC	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	A.K. Premajam		1999-2004
2004	14th	P. Satheedevi		2004-2009
2009	15th	Mullappally Ramachandran	INC	2009-2014
2014	16th	Mullappally Ramachandran		2014-2019
2019	17th	K. Muraleedharan		Incumbent

Election results[edit]

General Election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections : Vatakara
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]

2014 Indian general elections : Vatakara
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]

2009 Indian general elections : Vatakara
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

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.

External links[edit]

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala

[1] "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.

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