Manjeshwar Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Manjeshwaram

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 1

| map_image = File:Manjeshwar harbour.jpg

| map_caption = Manjeshwara Harbour is situated in Manjeshwar Assembly constituency.

| state = Kerala

| established = 1957

| reservation = None

| electors = 2,21,682 (2021)

| mla = A. K. M. Ashraf

| party = {{Party index link|Indian Union Muslim League}}

| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|UDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Kasaragod

| loksabha_cons = Kasaragod

}}

Manjeshwara State assembly constituency 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = https://kasargod.gov.in/constituencies

|website = kasargod.gov.in

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala

}} As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. K. M. Ashraf of Indian Union Muslim League.

Local self-governed segments

Manjeshwar Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kasaragod.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District

}}

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!width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)

!width="50px" |Taluk

|Grama panchayat

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Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Manjeshwar Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:{{cite web

|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/manjeshwar-assembly-constituency-map.html

|website = www.mapsofindia.com

|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Manjeshwara

}}

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! Election

! Name

! colspan=2|Party

1957

|M Umesh Rao

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Independent (politician)}}

1960

| rowspan="3" |K Mahabala Bhandary

1965

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1970

| rowspan="2" |M. Ramappa

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India}}

1977

1980

| rowspan="2" |A. Subba Rao

1982

1987

| rowspan="4" |Cherkalam Abdullah

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian Union Muslim League}}

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

2011

| rowspan="2" |P. B. Abdul Razak

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian Union Muslim League}}

^by-election

Election results

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

= 2021 =

There were 221,682 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf}}

{{Election box begin |title=Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwar}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=A. K. M. Ashraf|party=Indian Union Muslim League|votes=65,858|percentage=38.14%|change={{loss}}2.05}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. Surendran|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=65,013|percentage=37.7%|change={{gain}}2.38}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=V. V. Rameshan|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=40,639|percentage=23.57%|change={{gain}}0.38}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India|candidate=Praveen Kumar S|votes=251|percentage=0.15%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=John D'Souza I|votes=181|percentage=0.1%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Surendran M|votes=197|percentage=0.11%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=387|percentage=0.22%|change={{loss}}0.13}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,70,431|percentage=76.88%|change={{gain}}1.1}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian Union Muslim League|swing={{loss}}2.05}}

= 2019 by-election =

Due to the death of sitting MLA P. B. Abdul Razak, a by-election was held on 21 October 2019.

There were 2,14,779 registered voters in Manjeshwar Assembly constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7,923 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/10/24/keralala-by-election-ldf-leads-in-manjeswaram.html|title=മഞ്ചേശ്വരത്ത് യുഡിഎഫിന്റെ തേരോട്ടം; ബിജെപി രണ്ടാമത്, നേട്ടമില്ലാതെ സിപിഎം |trans-title=UDF leads in Manjeshwar; BJP second, CPM without gain |website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=2019-10-24}}

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manjeshwar}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian Union Muslim League

|candidate = M. C. Kamaruddin

|votes = 65,407

|percentage = 40.19%

|change = {{gain}}4.40

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar

|votes = 57,484

|percentage = 35.32%

|change = {{loss}}0.42

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = M. Shankara Rai

|votes = 38,233

|percentage = 23.49%

|change = {{loss}}3.30

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 574

|percentage = 0.35%

|change = {{loss}}0.06

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Govindan B. Alinthazhe

|votes = 337

|percentage = 0.21%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John D. Souza

|votes = 277

|percentage = 0.17%

|change = {{gain}}0.04

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Rajesh B.

|votes = 232

|percentage = 0.14%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Kamarudheen M. C.

|votes = 211

|percentage = 0.13%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 7,923

|percentage = 4.87%

|change = {{gain}}4.82

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,62,755

|percentage = 75.78%

|change = {{loss}}0.55

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian Union Muslim League

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing = {{gain}}4.40

}}

= 2016 =

There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwar Assembly constiteuncy for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.{{cite web

|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016

|website = eci.gov.in

|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwar}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=P. B. Abdul Razak|votes=56,870|percentage=35.79%|change={{decrease}}1.67}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Surendran|votes=56,781|percentage=35.74%|change={{increase}}2.66}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Adv. C. H. Kunhambu|votes=42,565|percentage=26.79%|change={{increase}}0.42}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Basheer Ahammad S. M.|votes=759|percentage=0.48%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=646|percentage=0.41%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sundara K.|votes=467|percentage=0.29%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ravichandra|votes=365|percentage=0.23%|change={{decrease}}0.23}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=K. P. Muneer|votes=224|percentage=0.14%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=John D. Souza|votes=207|percentage=0.13%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 89

|percentage = 0.05

|change ={{decrease}}4.33

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,884|percentage=76.33%|change={{increase}}1.13}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian Union Muslim League

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing ={{decrease}}1.67

}}

= 2011 =

There were 1,76,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{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}}

{{Election box begin | title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwar}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=P. B. Abdul Razak|votes=49,817|percentage=37.46|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. Surendran|votes=43,989|percentage=33.08|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. H. Kunhambu|votes=35,067|percentage=26.37|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Hafsa Muneer|votes=1,076|percentage=0.81|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Abdul Majeed|votes=869|percentage=0.65|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Abdulla Timber|votes=547|percentage=0.41|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Kunhambu|votes=490|percentage=0.37|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Abdul Razzak K,|votes=465|percentage=0.35|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Abbas M.|votes=391|percentage=0.29|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Abdulla P. M.|votes=262|percentage=0.20|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 5,828

|percentage = 4.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,32,973|percentage=75.20|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian Union Muslim League

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}