Wandoor Assembly constituency

Wandoor 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. P. Anil Kumar of INC.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Wandoor	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
2	Mampad	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
3	Thiruvali	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
4	Chokkad	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
5	Kalikavu	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
6	Karuvarakundu	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
7	Thuvvoor	Grama panchayat	Nilambur
8	Porur	Grama panchayat	Nilambur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party	Tenure
1977	5th	Vella Eacharan		Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. A. Kuttappan	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Pandalam Sudhakaran	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	N. Kannan		Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	A. P. Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	2021 – 2026

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wandoor
Party	Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)	Dr. K. K. Damodaran
	UDF	A. P. Anil Kumar
	NDA	E. P. Kumaradas
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
		Swing

2021

There were 2,26,426 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wandoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. P. Anil Kumar	87,415	51.44%	1.15
	CPI(M)	P. Midhuna	71,852	42.28%	5.00
	BJP	Dr. P. C. Vijayan	7,057	4.15%	1.93
	WPOI	Krishnan. C	2,943	1.73%	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	664	0.39%	0.13
Margin of victory	15,563	9.16%	6.15
Turnout	1,69,931	75.05%	0.89
	INC hold	Swing	1.15

2016

There were 2,10,149 registered voters in Wandoor Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wandoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. P. Anil Kumar	81,964	52.59%	5.91
	CPI(M)	K. Nishanth	58,100	37.28%	0.59
	BJP	Sunitha Mohandas	9,471	6.08%	3.90
	WPOI	Krishnan Kuniyil	3,399	2.18%	−
	SDPI	Krishnan Eranhikkal	1,178	0.76%	0.51
	PDP	Velayudhan Venniyur	920	0.59%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	808	0.52%	−
Margin of victory	23,864	15.31%	6.50
Turnout	1,55,840	74.16%	0.78
	INC hold	Swing	5.91

2011

There were 1,80,715 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Wandoor
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. P. Anil Kumar	77,580	58.50%
	CPI(M)	V. Rameshan	48,661	36.69%
	BJP	Kotheri Ayyapan	2,885	2.18%
	SDPI	Krishnan Eranhikkal	1,682	1.27%
	Independent	P. Anil Kumar	953	0.72%
	Independent	T. C. Theyyan	849	0.64%
Margin of victory	28,919	21.81%
Turnout	1,32,610	73.38%
	INC hold	Swing