Mananthavady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).

Mananthavady Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as North Wynad from 1965 to 2008.This Constituency Has A Significant ST Population,With Around 22% Of Total Population,Heavily concentrated Around Thirunelly.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukRuling alliance
1MananthavadyMunicipalityMananthavadyUDF
2EdavakaGrama panchayatMananthavadyUDF
3PanamaramGrama panchayatMananthavadyUDF
4ThavinhalGrama panchayatMananthavadyUDF
5ThirunellyGrama panchayatMananthavadyLDF
6ThondernadGrama panchayatMananthavadyUDF
7VellamundaGrama panchayatMananthavadyUDF

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

As Wynad/North Wynad /Mananthavady

ElectionNameParty
1957Kunjikrishnan Nair N. K.Indian National Congress
1960Balakrishnan NambiarIndian National Congress
1965K. K. AnnanCommunist Party of India
1967K. K. AnnanCommunist Party of India
1970M. V. RajanIndian National Congress
1977
1980
1982
1987K. Raghavan Master
1991
1996Radha Raghavan
2001
2006K. C. KunhiramanCommunist Party of India
2011P. K. JayalakshmiIndian National Congress
2016O. R. KeluCommunist Party of India
2021O. R. KeluCommunist Party of India

Election results

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS

2025

SEGMENTSLDFNDAUDFINDSDPIAAPLEADING ALLIANCE
MANANTHAVADY13063220214183308263030019UDF
EDAVAKA8267259510638034021534UDF
PANAMARAM91414016123661590218027331UDF
THAVINHAL910041251095539332024551UDF
THIRUNELLY8756179464643990017413LDF
THONDERNADU5189253166832653014482UDF
VELLAMUNDA825529461183565510979024590UDF
TOTAL61771202097312430171009790159920
38.6261880912.6369434745.725362681.8865682840.63094047020.4939969985

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manathavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)O. R. Kelu
INCUsha Vijayan
BJPP. Shyam Raj
NOTANone of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)O. R. Kelu72,53647.544.3
INCP. K. Jayalakshmi63,25441.460.8
BJPPalliyara Mukundan13,1428.622.6
SDPIBabitha Sreenu19921.31
Majority92826.15.20
Turnout1,51,784
Registered electors1,86,656
CPI(M) holdSwing

2016

There were 1,87,760 registered voters in Mananthavady Assembly constituency for the 2016 Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)O. R. Kelu62,43643.102.58
INCP. K. Jayalakshmi61,12942.208.58
BJPK. Mohandas16,23011.206.58
SDPISoman P. N.1,3770.950.94
IndependentLakshmi1,3000.89−
NOTANone of the above1,0500.72−
BSPAnnan Madakkimala6790.470.31
IndependentKelu Chayimmal5830.40−
CPI(ML)LVijayan2240.15−
IndependentUsha K.2050.14−
IndependentKelu Kolliyil1960.13−
IndependentNittamani K. Kunhiraman1830.13−
Margin of victory1,3070.90
Turnout1,87,37777.303.06
CPI(M) gain from INCSwing

2011

There were 1,67,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mananthavady
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCP. K. Jayalakshmi62,99650.78
CPI(M)K. C. Kunhiraman50,26240.52
BJPIrumuttoor Kunhiraman5,7324.62
SDPIA. Gopakumar2,3421.89
IndependentP. U. Babu1,7121.38
BSPAnnan Madakkimala1,0080.81
Margin of victory12,73410.26
Turnout1,24,05274.24
INC win (new seat)

See Also