Mannarkkad Assembly constituency

Mannarkkad
Mannarkkad
Constituency No. 54 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Established	1957
Total electors	1,98,223 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent N. Samsudheen
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Mannarkkad 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is N. Samsudheen of IUML.

Local self-governed segments

Mannarkkad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Mannarkkad Assembly constituency

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Mannarkkad	Municipality	Mannarkkad
2	Agali	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
3	Alanallur	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
4	Kottoppadam	Grama Panchayat	Mannarkkad
5	Kumaramputhur	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
6	Thenkara	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
7	Pudur	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad
8	Sholayur	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Mannarkkad Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	Kongasseri Krishnan	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	Kongasseri Krishnan	Communist Party of India	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E. K. Imbichi Bava	Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	John Manforan	Communist Party of India	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	A. N. Yusuff	Communist Party of India	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	A. P. Hamza	Indian Union Muslim League	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. Kumaran	Communist Party of India	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Kalladi Mohammed	Indian Union Muslim League	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Kalladi Mohammed	Indian Union Muslim League	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Jose Baby	Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Kalathil Abdulla	Indian Union Muslim League	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Jose Baby	Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	N. Samsudheen	Indian Union Muslim League	2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th			2021–Present

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,89,455 registered voters in Mannarkkad Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mannarkkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	N. Samsudheen	73,163	49.27%	0.29
	CPI	K. P. Suresh Raj	60,838	40.97%	1.87
	BDJS	Kesavadev Puthumanna	10,170	6.85%	2.18
	WPOI	M. Sulaiman	1,112	0.75%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	927	0.62%	−
	Independent	Shamsudheen Thottassery	622	0.42%	−
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Ajikumar K.	478	0.32%	−
	Independent	George Kutty E. V.	445	0.30%	−
	SDPI	A. Yoosaf Alanalloor	412	0.28%	0.74
	SS	Suresh Babu M.	331	0.22%	−
Margin of victory			12,325	8.30%	1.48
Turnout			1,48,498	78.38%	5.49
	IUML hold		Swing	0.29

2011

There were 1,66,275 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mannarkkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IUML	N. Samsudheen	60,191	49.66%
	CPI	V. Chamunni	51,921	42.84%
	BJP	O. P. Vasudevanunni	5,655	4.67%
	SDPI	Muhammed Gafoor Madani	1,238	1.02%
	BSP	Ramakrishnan A.	820	0.68%
Margin of victory			8,270	6.82%
Turnout			1,21,195	72.89%
	IUML gain from CPI		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Mannarghat^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. C. Gopalanunni	15,726	38.79%
	Independent	Kurikal Ahamed	9,512	23.46%
	INC	K. Gopalakrishna Nair	8,995	22.19%	22.19%
	Independent	K. P. V. Eswaravarier	6,310	15.56%
Margin of victory			6,214	15.33%
Turnout			40,543	50.11%
Registered electors			80,910
	Independent win (new seat)