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Manjeshwaram
Constituency No. 1 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Manjeshwara Harbour situated in the Manjeshwar (State Assembly constituency).
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
LS constituency	Kasaragod
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,21,682 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. K. M. Ashraf
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Manjeshwara State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. K. M. Ashraf of Indian Union Muslim League.

Local self governed segments

Manjeshwar Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Manjeshwar Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:

^ indicates bypolls

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 Niyamasabha Election.

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Manjeshwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	A. K. M. Ashraf	65,858	38.14%	2.05
	BJP	K. Surendran	65,013	37.7%	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			855	0.44%
Turnout			1,70,431	76.88%	1.1
	IUML hold		Swing	2.05

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly By-election

Due to the death of sitting MLA P. B. Abdul Razak, a bypoll as held on 21 October 2019.

There were 2,14,779 registered voters in Manjeshwar constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7923 votes in the election.

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Manjeshwar

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 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwar Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manjeshwar

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)	Adv. 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 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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

See also

• Manjeshwaram
• Kasaragod district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

References

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.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Manjeshwara". www.mapsofindia.com.
4. "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
5. "മഞ്ചേശ്വരത്ത് യുഡിഎഫിന്റെ തേരോട്ടം; ബിജെപി രണ്ടാമത്, നേട്ടമില്ലാതെ സിപിഎം" [UDF leads in Manjeshwar; BJP second, CPM without gain]. ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• State assembly constituencies in Kasaragod district