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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Mananthavady<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 17<br />
| map_image = Kabani River.jpg<br />
| map_caption = Kabani River, Situated At The Banks Of Mananthavady<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| reservation = ST<br />
| incumbent_image = <br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency|Wayanad]]<br />
| district = [[Wayanad district]]<br />
| mla = [[Usha Vijayan]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#022398|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| electors = 1,95,048 (2021)<br />
}} <br />
'''Mananthavady''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/wayanad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 6 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 23 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190923040516/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/wayanad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Usha Vijayan]] of [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
<br />
Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. From 1965 to 2008, it was known as North Wynad.<br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Mananthavady Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/wayanad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Wayanad District<br />
|access-date = 6 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 23 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190923040516/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/wayanad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
!width="60px" |[[2025 Kerala local elections|Ruling alliance]]<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Mananthavady]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Mananthavady]]<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[united Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Edavaka, Mananthavady|Edavaka]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Panamaram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Thalappuzha, Wayanad|Thavinhal]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Thirunelly]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''LDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Thondernad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Vellamunda (gram panchayat)|Vellamunda]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Mananthavady<br />
| style="text-align: center; background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|<span style="color:white;">'''UDF'''</span>]] <br />
|}<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Mananthavady Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/mananthavady-st-assembly-constituency-map.html<br />
|website = www.mapsofindia.com<br />
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Mananthavady<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
===As North Wynad/Mananthavady===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1965]] <br />
|K. K. Annan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| K. K. Annan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| rowspan="4" | M. V. Rajan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=8|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | K. Raghavan Master<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Radha Raghavan]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| K. C. Kunhiraman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|[[P. K. Jayalakshmi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|[[O. R. Kelu]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|[[O. R. Kelu]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|[[Usha Vijayan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Manathavady}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Usha Vijayan]]|votes=77,425|percentage=46.92%|change={{gain}}5.46}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[O. R. Kelu]]|votes=66,882|percentage=40.53%|change={{loss}}7.01}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=P. Shyamraj|votes=19,681|percentage=11.93|change={{gain}}3.31}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1018|percentage=0.62|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes =10543 <br />
|percentage =6.39% <br />
|change ={{gain}}1.19 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=165006|percentage=75.89%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{gain}}6.39}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Mananthavady}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[O. R. Kelu]]|votes=72,536|percentage=47.54|change={{increase}}4.3}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. K. Jayalakshmi]]|votes=63,254|percentage=41.46|change={{decrease}}0.8}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Palliyara Mukundan|votes=13,142|percentage=8.62|change={{decrease}}2.6}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Babitha Sreenu|votes=1992|percentage=1.31|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=9282|percentage=6.1|change={{increase}}5.20}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,51,784|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors|<br />
|reg. electors =1,86,656<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner= Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|loser=[[PK Jayalaxmi]] <br />
|swing=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2016===<br />
There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016<br />
|website = eci.gov.in<br />
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India<br />
}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Mananthavady]]}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[O. R. Kelu]]|votes=62,436|percentage=43.10|change={{increase}}2.58}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. K. Jayalakshmi]]|votes=61,129|percentage=42.20|change={{decrease}}8.58}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Mohandas|votes=16,230|percentage=11.20|change={{increase}}6.58}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Soman P. N.|votes=1,377|percentage=0.95|change={{decrease}}0.94}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Lakshmi|votes=1,300|percentage=0.89|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,050|percentage=0.72|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Annan Madakkimala|votes=679|percentage=0.47|change={{decrease}}0.31}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kelu Chayimmal|votes=583|percentage=0.40|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Vijayan|votes=224|percentage=0.15|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Usha K.|votes=205|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kelu Kolliyil|votes=196|percentage=0.13|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nittamani K. Kunhiraman|votes=183|percentage=0.13|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,307|percentage=0.90|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,87,377|percentage=77.30|change={{increase}}3.06}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner= Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|loser= Indian National Congress<br />
|swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Mananthavady]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. K. Jayalakshmi]]|votes=62,996|percentage=50.78|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. C. Kunhiraman|votes=50,262|percentage=40.52|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Irumuttoor Kunhiraman|votes=5,732|percentage=4.62|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. Gopakumar|votes=2,342|percentage=1.89|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. U. Babu|votes=1,712|percentage=1.38|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Annan Madakkimala|votes=1,008|percentage=0.81|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,734|percentage=10.26|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,24,052|percentage=74.24|change=}}{{Election box new seat win|winner=Indian National Congress}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
<br />
* [[Mananthavady]]<br />
* [[Wayanad district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Wayanad district]]<br />
[[Category:Mananthavady Area]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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