Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency

Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: വടകര ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Vatakara
Lok Sabha Constituency
Map of Vatakara Parliament Constituency
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
Assembly ConstituenciesThalassery
Kuthuparamba
Vatakara
Kuttiady
Nadapuram
Koyilandy
Perambra
Established1957
Total electors12,86,250 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyINC
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

No Name District Member Party
13 Thalassery Kannur A. N. Shamseer Communist Party of India
14 Kuthuparamba K. P. Mohanan Loktantrik Janata Dal
20 Vatakara Kozhikode K. K. Rema Revolutionary Marxist Party of India
21 Kuttiady K. P. Kunhahammed Kutty Communist Party of India
22 Nadapuram E. K. Vijayan Communist Party of India
23 Koyilandy Kanathil Jameela Communist Party of India
24 Perambra T. P. Ramakrishnan Communist Party of India

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1957 K. B. Menon Praja Socialist Party
1962 A. V. Raghavan Independent politician
1967 A. Sreedharan Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 K.P. Unnikrishnan Indian National Congress
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 Indian Congress
1989 Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1991
1996 O. Bharathan Communist Party of India
1998 A.K. Premajam
1999
2004 P. Satheedevi
2009 Mullappally Ramachandran Indian National Congress
2014
2019 K. Muraleedharan

Election results

General Election 2019
2019 Indian general elections : Vatakara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Muraleedharan 5,26,755 49.43
CPI(M) P. Jayarajan 4,42,092 41.49
BJP VK Sajeevan 80,128 7.52
SDPI Mustafa Kommery 5,544 .52 ,
Independent Jatheesh A P 2,833 .27 ,
Margin of victory 84,663 7.94 81,636
Turnout 10,65,932 82.70
INC hold Swing

General Election 2014
2014 Indian general elections : Vatakara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mullappally Ramachandran 416,479 43.37 -5.45
CPI(M) Adv. A.N. Shamseer 413,173 43.03 +0.72
BJP V.K. Sajeevan 76,313 7.95 +3.27
Independent Adv. P. Kumarankutty 17,229 1.79 N/A
SDPI P. Abdul Hameed 15,058 1.57 N/A
AAP Ali Akbar 6,245 0.65 N/A
Independent A.P. Shamseer 3,485 0.36 N/A
BSP Saseendran 2,150 0.22 -0.30
Independent P. Sharafudeen 1,679 0.17 N/A
Independent Attuveppil Kunhikkannan 731 0.08 N/A
CPI(ML) Red Star A.M. Smitha 693 0.07 N/A
NOTA None of the above 6,107 0.64 ---
Margin of victory 3,306 0.34 -6.17
Turnout 959,342 81.61
INC hold Swing

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections : Vatakara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mullappally Ramachandran 4,21,255 -
CPI(M) Adv. P. Satheedevi 3,65,069
BJP K.P Sreesan 40,391
NOTA None of the above ---
Margin of victory 56,186
Turnout
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

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