Mattanur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Mattanur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2021, it has been represented by K. K. Shailaja of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
| Mattanur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 15 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Mattanur within Kannur district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,90,139 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Mattanur Was Reestablished By The 2008 Delimitation,By Incorporating Major Parts Of Previous Kuthuparamba Seat.It recorded the largest ever victory margin (60,963)[1] in the history of Kerala Legislative Assembly elections in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, achieved by K. K. Shailaja.[2]
Local self-governed segments
Mattannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mattanur | Municipality | Iritty |
| 2 | Chittariparamba | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 3 | Keezhallur | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 4 | Kolayad | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 5 | Koodali | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 6 | Maloor | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 7 | Mangattidam | Grama panchayat | Thalassery |
| 8 | Padiyoor-Kalliad | Grama panchayat | Iritty |
| 9 | Thillenkeri | Grama panchayat | Iritty |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | N. E. Balaram | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | E. P. Jayarajan | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. K. Shailaja | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. K. Sanoj | 81456 | 47.96% | ||
| INC | Chandran Thillenkeri | 67288 | 39.60% | ||
| BJP | Biju Elakkuzhi | 17815 | 10.49% | ||
| Social Democratic Party Of India | Basheer Punnad | 2171 | 1.28% | ||
| None of the Above | NOTA | 771 | 0.45% | ||
| Independent | Sanod s/o Kunhiraman k | 210 | |||
| Independent | Chandran Thengalath | 147 | |||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 1,90,139 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. K. Shailaja | 96,129 | 61.97 |  5.35 | |
| RSP | Illikkal Augusthy | 35,166 | 22.67 | – | |
| BJP | Biju Elakkuzhi | 18,223 | 11.75 |  0.77 | |
| SDPI | Rafeekh Keecheri | 4,201 | 2.71 | 0.57 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 796 | 0.51 | 0.45 | |
| Independent | Agusthy N. A. | 619 | 0.40 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 60,963 | 39.24 | 10.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,127 | 82.11 | 1.46 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 5.35 |
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2016
There were 1,77,911 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | E. P. Jayarajan | 84,030 | 56.62 | 0.07 | |
| JD(U) | K. P. Prashanth | 40,649 | 27.34 | – | |
| BJP | Biju Elakkuzhi | 18,620 | 12.52 | 6.02 | |
| SDPI | Rafeekh Keecheri | 3,188 | 2.14 | 0.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,420 | 0.96 | New | |
| Independent | Kodippadi Prashanth | 770 | 0.52 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 43,381 | 29.18 | 6.23 | ||
| Turnout | 1,48,677 | 83.57 | 0.85 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.07 |
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2011
There were 1,60,771 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | E. P. Jayarajan | 75,177 | 56.55 | ||
| SJ(D) | Joseph Chaavara | 44,665 | 33.60 | ||
| BJP | Biju Elakkuzhi | 8,707 | 6.55 | ||
| SDPI | Adv. K. C. Muhammad Sabeer | 2,757 | 2.07 | ||
| Independent | Joseph | 858 | 0.65 | ||
| BSP | Hameed | 783 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,512 | 22.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,32,947 | 82.72 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Madhavan Nambiar, Kallorath | 29,257 | 62.32% | ||
| INC | Subbarao | 11,430 | 24.35% | ||
| Socialist Party (India) | Chattu Kutty Nambiar, Ayilath Kutteri | 5,576 | 11.88% | ||
| Independent | Balakrishnan Nambiar, Kudali Thazhathveethil | 683 | 1.45% | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,827 | 37.97% | |||
| Turnout | 46,946 | 69.64% | |||
| Registered electors | 67,408 | ||||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||