Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency

Manjeshwaram
Manjeshwaram
Constituency No. 1 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Manjeshwara Harbour is situated in Manjeshwara Assembly constituency.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragodu
Lok Sabha constituency	Kasaragodu
Established	1957
Total electors	2,27,403 (2026)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. K. M. Ashraf
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Manjeshwaram 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.^[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. K. M. Ashraf of Indian Union Muslim League.

Local self-governed segments

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

Manjeshwar Assembly constituency

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Enmakaje	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
2	Kumbla	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
3	Mangalpady	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
4	Manjeshwar	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
5	Meenja	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
6	Paivalike	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
7	Puthige	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram
8	Vorkady	Grama panchayat	Manjeshwaram

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:^[3]

Election	Name
1957	M Umesh Rao	Independent
1960	K Mahabala Bhandary	Independent
1965		Indian National Congress
1967		Independent
1970	M. Ramappa	Communist Party of India
1977	M. Ramappa
1980	A. Subba Rao
1982	A. Subba Rao
1987	Cherkalam Abdullah	Indian Union Muslim League
1991
1996
2001
2006	C. H. Kunhambu	Communist Party of India
2011	P. B. Abdul Razak	Indian Union Muslim League
2016	P. B. Abdul Razak
2019^	M. C. Kamaruddin
2021	A. K. M. Ashraf
2026	A. K. M. Ashraf

^by-election

Election results

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

2026

There were 2,27,403 registered voters in the assembly in 2026 election.^[4]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	A. K. M. Ashraf	96,948	51.62%	13.48
	BJP	K. Surendran	67,696	36.05%	1.65
	CPI(M)	K. R. Jayananda	21,212	11.29%	12.28
	BSP	Sanjeeva	212	0.11%	New
	Independent	Kannur Abdulla Master	285	0.15%	New
	Independent	Gean Lavina Monterio	523	0.28%	New
	Independent	John D' Souza I	46	0.02%	New
	Independent	Mohammad Ashraf	78	0.04%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Ashraf K A	64	0.03%	New
	Independent	Abdul Latheef I	79	0.04%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	455	0.24%	0.02
Margin of victory			29,252	15.59%	15.15
Turnout			1,87,598	73.5%	3.38
	IUML hold		Swing	15.15

By local self-governed segment:


Status (Gram panchayat)	Votes

	UDF	NDA	LDF
Manjeshwaram	16,261	8,787	2,453
Vorkady	8,586	5,876	1,988
Meenja	7,823	7,713	1,884
Mangalpady	22,625	9,849	2,357
Paivalike	9,592	9,754	2,897
Kumbala	19,197	10,288	3,561
Puthige	6,611	5,144	3,374
Enmakaje	5,775	9,654	2,508
Postal Ballots	478	631	190

2021

There were 221,682 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	A. K. M. Ashraf	65,858	38.14%	2.05
	BJP	K. Surendran	65,013	37.70%	2.38
	CPI(M)	V. V. Rameshan	40,639	23.57%	0.38
	Anna DHRM	Praveen Kumar S	251	0.15%
	Independent	John D'Souza I	181	0.1%
	Independent	Surendran M	197	0.11%
	NOTA	None of the above	387	0.22%	0.13
Majority			845	0.44%
Turnout			1,70,431	76.88%	1.1
	IUML hold		Swing	2.05

By local self-governed segment:


Status (Gram panchayat)	Votes

	UDF	NDA	LDF
Manjeshwaram	11,854	9,037	4,676
Vorkady	5,090	5,869	4,565
Meenja	5,267	7,324	3,639
Mangalpady	15,384	9,583	6,309
Paivalike	6,405	9,227	5,366
Kumbala	12,844	9,556	6,439
Puthige	3,893	4,635	4,591
Enmakaje	4,453	8,769	4,071
Postal Ballots	568	1,013	541

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 Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7,923 votes.^[6]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	M. C. Kamaruddin	65,407	40.19%	4.40
	BJP	Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar	57,484	35.32%	0.42
	CPI(M)	M. Shankara Rai	38,233	23.49%	3.30
	NOTA	None of the above	574	0.35%	0.06
	Independent	Govindan B. Alinthazhe	337	0.21%	N/A
	Independent	John D. Souza	277	0.17%	0.04
	Independent	Rajesh B.	232	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	Kamarudheen M. C.	211	0.13%	N/A
Margin of victory			7,923	4.87%	4.82
Turnout			1,62,755	75.78%	0.55
	IUML hold		Swing	4.40

2016

There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwaram Assembly constiteuncy for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. B. Abdul Razak	56,870	35.79%	1.67
	BJP	K. Surendran	56,781	35.74%	2.66
	CPI(M)	C. H. Kunhambu	42,565	26.79%	0.42
	PDP	Basheer Ahammad S. M.	759	0.48%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	646	0.41%	−
	Independent	Sundara K.	467	0.29%	−
	BSP	Ravichandra	365	0.23%	0.23
	Independent	K. P. Muneer	224	0.14%
	Independent	John D. Souza	207	0.13%
Margin of victory			89	0.05	4.33
Turnout			1,58,884	76.33%	1.13
	IUML hold		Swing	1.67

2011

There were 176,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	P. B. Abdul Razak	49,817	37.46	6.35
	BJP	K. Surendran	43,989	33.08	1.76
	CPI(M)	C. H. Kunhambu	35,067	26.37	9.34
	Independent	Hafsa Muneer	1,076	0.81
	BSP	Abdul Majeed	869	0.65	1.20
	Independent	Abdulla Timber	547	0.41
	Independent	Kunhambu	490	0.37
	Independent	Abdul Razzak K,	465	0.35
	Independent	Abbas M.	391	0.29
	Independent	Abdulla P. M.	262	0.20
Margin of victory			5,828	4.38	0.01
Turnout			1,32,973	75.20
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing	6.35

2006

There were 154,288 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.^[9]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	C. H. Kunhambu	39,242	35.71
	BJP	Narayana Bhat	34,413	31.32
	IUML	Cherkalam Abdullah	34,186	31.11
	BSP	Madhave Manjeshway	2,037	1.85
Margin of victory			4,829	4.39
Turnout			1,32,973	75.20
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Manjeshwara". www.mapsofindia.com.
↑ https://www.news18.com/elections/assembly/kerala/manjeshwar-constituency-s11aed2008a001/
↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
↑ "മഞ്ചേശ്വരത്ത് യുഡിഎഫിന്റെ തേരോട്ടം; ബിജെപി രണ്ടാമത്, നേട്ടമില്ലാതെ സിപിഎം" [UDF leads in Manjeshwar; BJP second, CPM without gain]. ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
↑ "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.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India".

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

[3] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Manjeshwara". www.mapsofindia.com.

[4] ttps://www.news18.com/elections/assembly/kerala/manjeshwar-constituency-s11aed2008a001/

[5] "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).

[6] "മഞ്ചേശ്വരത്ത് യുഡിഎഫിന്റെ തേരോട്ടം; ബിജെപി രണ്ടാമത്, നേട്ടമില്ലാതെ സിപിഎം" [UDF leads in Manjeshwar; BJP second, CPM without gain]. ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 October 2019.

[7] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[8] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[9] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India".

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