Mananthavady Assembly constituency

Mananthavady
Mananthavady
Constituency No. 17 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Pazhassi Raja Tomb
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Wayanad district
Lok Sabha constituency	Wayanad
Established	2008
Total electors	1,95,048 (2021)
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent O. R. Kelu
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Mananthavady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).

Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.After the 2008 delimitation,Panamaram was added while Kottiyoor and Kelakam was removed and added to Peravoor Assembly constituency.

Demographics

Mananthavady Assembly Constituency,Which Include The Entire Mananthavady Taluk Has Around 47% Hindus,29% Muslims And 24% Christians.^[2]This Constituency Also Has The Highest Proportion Of Scheduled Tribes Population In Kerala,With Around 22% Of Total Population.^[3]

Local self-governed segments

Mananthavady Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[4]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk	Ruling alliance
1	Mananthavady	Municipality	Mananthavady	UDF
2	Edavaka	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	UDF
3	Panamaram	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	UDF
4	Thavinhal	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	UDF
5	Thirunelly	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	LDF
6	Thondernad	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	UDF
7	Vellamunda	Grama panchayat	Mananthavady	UDF

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Mananthavady Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[5]

As Wynad/North Wynad/Mananthavady

Election	Name
1957	Kunjikrishnan Nair N. K.	Indian National Congress
1960	Balakrishnan Nambiar	Indian National Congress
1965	K. K. Annan	Communist Party of India
1967	K. K. Annan	Communist Party of India
1970	M. V. Rajan	Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1982
1987	K. Raghavan Master
1991	K. Raghavan Master
1996	Radha Raghavan
2001	Radha Raghavan
2006	K. C. Kunhiraman	Communist Party of India
2011	P. K. Jayalakshmi	Indian National Congress
2016	O. R. Kelu	Communist Party of India
2021	O. R. Kelu	Communist Party of India

Election results

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

2025

SEGMENTS	LDF	NDA	UDF	IND	SDPI	AAP		LEADING ALLIANCE
MANANTHAVADY	13063	2202	14183	308	263	0	30019	UDF
EDAVAKA	8267	2595	10638	0	34	0	21534	UDF
PANAMARAM	9141	4016	12366	1590	218	0	27331	UDF
THAVINHAL	9100	4125	10955	39	332	0	24551	UDF
THIRUNELLY	8756	1794	6464	399	0	0	17413	LDF
THONDERNADU	5189	2531	6683	26	53	0	14482	UDF
VELLAMUNDA	8255	2946	11835	655	109	790	24590	UDF
TOTAL	61771	20209	73124	3017	1009	790	159920
	38.62618809	12.63694347	45.72536268	1.886568284	0.6309404702	0.4939969985

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manathavady
Party		Candidate	Votes
	LDF
	UDF
	NDA
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. R. Kelu	72,536	47.54	4.3
	INC	P. K. Jayalakshmi	63,254	41.46	0.8
	BJP	Palliyara Mukundan	13,142	8.62	2.6
	SDPI	Babitha Sreenu	1992	1.31
Majority			9282	6.1	5.20
Turnout			1,51,784
Registered electors			1,86,656
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. R. Kelu	62,436	43.10	2.58
	INC	P. K. Jayalakshmi	61,129	42.20	8.58
	BJP	K. Mohandas	16,230	11.20	6.58
	SDPI	Soman P. N.	1,377	0.95	0.94
	Independent	Lakshmi	1,300	0.89	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,050	0.72	−
	BSP	Annan Madakkimala	679	0.47	0.31
	Independent	Kelu Chayimmal	583	0.40	−
	CPI(ML)L	Vijayan	224	0.15	−
	Independent	Usha K.	205	0.14	−
	Independent	Kelu Kolliyil	196	0.13	−
	Independent	Nittamani K. Kunhiraman	183	0.13	−
Margin of victory			1,307	0.90
Turnout			1,87,377	77.30	3.06
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	P. K. Jayalakshmi	62,996	50.78
	CPI(M)	K. C. Kunhiraman	50,262	40.52
	BJP	Irumuttoor Kunhiraman	5,732	4.62
	SDPI	A. Gopakumar	2,342	1.89
	Independent	P. U. Babu	1,712	1.38
	BSP	Annan Madakkimala	1,008	0.81
Margin of victory			12,734	10.26
Turnout			1,24,052	74.24
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Rahul Gandhi Faces INDIA Ally in Wayanad: Decoding the Minority Status of the Lok Sabha Constituency in Kerala - News18". www.news18.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
^ "Mananthavady Taluk Population Wayanad, Kerala, List of Villages & Towns in Mananthavady Taluk". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[2] "Rahul Gandhi Faces INDIA Ally in Wayanad: Decoding the Minority Status of the Lok Sabha Constituency in Kerala - News18". www.news18.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

[3] "Mananthavady Taluk Population Wayanad, Kerala, List of Villages & Towns in Mananthavady Taluk". Censusindia2011.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[4] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[5] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady". www.mapsofindia.com.

[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.

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