Mattanur Assembly constituency
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2019) |
| Mattanur മട്ടന്നൂർ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 The Kannur International Airport located in the Mattanur (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kannur |
| Party | CPI(M) |
Mattanur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: മട്ടന്നൂർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is E. P. Jayarajan of CPI(M)
Members of Legislative Assembly
[1] Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | E. P. Jayarajan | CPI(M) | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,77,911 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | E. P. Jayarajan | 84,030 | 56.62 |  7.43
| |
| JD(U) | K. P. Prashanth | 40,649 | 27.34 | - | |
| BJP | Biju Elakkuzhi | 18,620 | 12.52 | 0.36
| |
| SDPI | Rafeekh Keecheri | 3,188 | 2.14 | 0.07
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,420 | 0.96 | - | |
| Independent | Kodippadi Prashanth | 770 | 0.52 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 43,381 | 29.18 | 6.23
| ||
| Turnout | 1,48,677 | 83.57 | 0.85
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| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.36
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,60,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| 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 | K. C. Muhammad Sabeer | 2,757 | 2.07 | - | |
| Independent | Joseph | 858 | 0.65 | ||
| Independent | Hameed | 783 | 0.59 | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,512 | 22.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,32,947 | 82.72 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- Mattanur
- Kannur district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kannur district, Kerala". kannur.nic.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.