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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Kasaragod
|image = Kasaragod Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
|caption = Map of Kasaragod Parliament Constituency
|image_size = 300px
|Existence = 1957
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|CurrentMP = [[Rajmohan Unnithan]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[Kerala]]
|SuccessfulParty = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] (10 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Manjeshwaram (State Assembly constituency)|Manjeshwar]] [[Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)|Kasaragod]] [[Udma (State Assembly constituency)|Udma]] [[Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)|Kanhangad]] [[Thrikaripur (State Assembly constituency)|Trikaripur]] [[Payyanur (State Assembly constituency)|Payyanur]] [[Kalliasseri (State Assembly constituency)|Kalliasseri]]
|Electorate = 13,60,827 (2019)
}}
'''Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency''' ({{lang-ml|കാസർഗോഡ് ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം }}) is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].

==Assembly segments==
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-18
|work=Kerala
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|archive-date=2009-03-04
}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"
|- align="center"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px" style="font-size:95%"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px" style="font-size:95%"|District
|-
|1
|[[Manjeshwaram (State Assembly constituency)|Manjeshwar]]
|None
|[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
|-
|2
|[[Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)|Kasaragod]]
|None
|[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
|-
|3
|[[Udma (State Assembly constituency)|Udma]]
|None
|[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
|-
|4
|[[Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)|Kanhangad]]
|None
|[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
|-
|5
|[[Thrikaripur (State Assembly constituency)|Trikaripur]]
|None
|[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
|-
|6
|[[Payyanur (State Assembly constituency)|Payyanur]]
|None
|[[Kannur district|Kannur]]
|-
|7
|[[Kalliasseri (State Assembly constituency)|Kalliasseri]]
|None
|[[Kannur district|Kannur]]
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
!colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]
| rowspan="3" |[[A.K. Gopalan]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 1957 – 1962
|-
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]
| 1962 – 1967
|-
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 1967 – 1971
|-
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramachandran Kadannappalli]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 1971 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]
| [[Ramanna Rai]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 1980 – 1984
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]
| [[I. Rama Rai]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (I)|INC (I)]]
| 1984 – 1989
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramanna Rai]]
| rowspan="8" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="8" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 1989 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
| rowspan="3" |[[T. Govindan]]
| 1996 – 1998
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| 1998 – 1999
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
| 1999 – 2004
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
| rowspan="3" |[[P. Karunakaran]]
| 2004 – 2009
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
| 2009 – 2014
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
| 2014 – 2019
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
| [[Rajmohan Unnithan]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Incumbent]]
|}
{{notelist}}

==Election results==
===General Election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]] : [[Kasaragod]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rajmohan Unnithan|votes= 4,74,961|percentage= 43.18|change=+4.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K P Sathishchandran|votes= 4,34,523|percentage= 39.50|change=+0.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ravisha Thanthri Kuntar|votes= 1,76,049|percentage= 16.00|change=-1.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Adv Basheer Alady|votes= 1,910|percentage= 0.17|change=-0.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes= 4,417|percentage= 0.40|change=-0.23}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 40,438
|percentage = 3.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=11,00,099|percentage=80.66|change=+2.17}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]] : [[Kasaragod]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. Karunakaran|P Karunakaran]]|votes=384,964|percentage=39.48|change=-6.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Adv. T. Siddique|votes=378,043|percentage=38.77|change=+0.86}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Surendran|votes=172,826|percentage=17.72|change=+2.91}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Abdul Salam N.U.|votes=9,713|percentage=1.00|change="N/A"}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Ambalathara Kunhikrishnan|votes=4,996|percentage=0.51|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Manoharan K.|votes=4,194|percentage=0.43|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Adv. Basheer Alady|votes=3,104|percentage=0.32|change=-0.33}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K.K. Ashokan|votes=3,057|percentage=0.31|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Gothra Moopan Nellikadan Kannan|votes=2,655|percentage=0.27|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P.K. Raman|votes=1,222|percentage=0.13|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Karunakaran Paingappadan|votes=1,002|percentage=0.10|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aboobacker Siddiq|votes=880|percentage=0.09|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Karunakaran Kalippurayil|votes=824|percentage=0.08|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Abbas Mothalappara|votes=632|percentage=0.06|change=-0.23}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,103|percentage=0.63|change=---}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 6,921
|percentage = 0.71
|change = -6.89
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=974,215|percentage=78.49|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]] : [[Kasaragod]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[P. Karunakaran|P Karunakaran]]
|votes = xxx
|percentage = xxx
|change = -xxxx
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = xxx
|votes = xxx
|percentage = xxx
|change = xxx
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = xxx
|votes = xx
|percentage = xxx
|change = xx
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = xxx
|percentage = xxx
|change = ---
}}

{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = xxx
|percentage = xx
|change = xx
}}
{{Election box turnout
| |votes = xxx
|percentage = xxx
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kasaragod district]]
* [[Kannur district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[2019 Indian general election in Kerala]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Election Commission of India]]: http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp]
*[https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-kasaragod-lok-sabha-constituency-election-results-candidates-list.html 2019 Kasaragod Lok Sabha Constituency Election Results and Candidates List ]
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/kerala/kasaragod/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Kasaragod Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019]

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