Manalur Assembly constituency

Manalur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Murali Perunelly of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Thaikkad Gram panchayat, which was included in Manalur Assembly constituency under the 2008 delimitation, was merged with Guruvayur Municipality in 2010.

Manalur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Arimpur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
2	Manalur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
3	Guruvayur (Thaikkad region only)	Municipality	Chavakkad
4	Elavally	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
5	Mullassery	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
6	Vadanappally	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
7	Pavaratty	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
8	Venkitangu	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
9	Choondal	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
10	Kandanassery	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	Joseph Mundassery		Communist Party of India	1957-1960
1960	2nd	Kurur Neelakandan Namboodiripad		Indian National Congress	1960-1965
1967	3rd	N. I. Devassikutty	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	1970 - 1977
1977	5th	1977-1980
1980	6th	V. M. Sudheeran		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th		Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Rosamma Chacko	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. K. Paulson Master	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Murali Perunelly		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	P. A. Madhavan		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Murali Perunelly		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Incumbent

Election results

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur
Party	Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)	C. Raveendranath
	INC	T. N. Prathapan
	BJP	K. K. Aneesh Kumar
	AAP	Unnikrishnan C.S
	Independent	Sujith ks
Margin of victory
Turnout
		Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Murali Perunelly	78,337	46.77	3.47
	INC	Vijay Hari	48,461	28.93	2.49
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	36,566	21.83	1.34
	SDPI	Faisal Ibrahim	2,294	1.37	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	712	0.43	0.02
	Independent	M. K. Devarajan	660	0.39	N/A
	BSP	Abhayan.N.A	472	0.28	0.08
Margin of victory	29,876
Turnout	1,67,502
	CPI(M) hold	Swing

2016

There were 2,11,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Murali Perunelly	70,422	43.30	1.57
	INC	O. Abdurahiman Kutty	51,097	31.42	13.8
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	37,680	23.17	15.61
	SDPI	Hussain K. K	1,180	0.73	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	730	0.45	−
	BSP	Abhayan N. A.	588	0.36	1.57
	PDP	Moidutty Haji	529	0.33	−
	Independent	Shaji Kuriyan, Pananghat	262	0.16	0.02
	Independent	Soman Pillai	132	0.08	−
Margin of victory	19,325	11.88
Turnout	1,62,620	76.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing	1.57

2011

There were 1,74,161 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. A. Madhavan	63,077	45.22
	CPI(M)	Baby John	62,596	44.87
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	10,543	7.56
	SDPI	P. K. Usman	2,293	1.64
	BSP	Suresh Tachapally	594	0.43
		Aravindakshan M. K.	388	0.28	−
Margin of victory	481	0.35
Turnout	1,62,620	76.73
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing