Manjeshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. K. M. Ashraf of IUML.
Local self-governed segments Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
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Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1EnmakajeGrama panchayatManjeshwaram2KumblaGrama panchayatManjeshwaram3MangalpadyGrama panchayatManjeshwaram4ManjeshwarGrama panchayatManjeshwaram5MeenjaGrama panchayatManjeshwaram6PaivalikeGrama panchayatManjeshwaram7PuthigeGrama panchayatManjeshwaram8VorkadyGrama panchayatManjeshwaram
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Manjeshwar Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: Election NameParty1957M Umesh Rao 1960K Mahabala Bhandary196519671970M. Ramappa 19771980A. Subba Rao19821987Cherkalam Abdullah 1991199620012006C. H. Kunhambu2011P. B. Abdul Razak 20162019^M. C. Kamaruddin2021A. K. M. Ashraf2026
^by-election
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2026 There were 2,27,403 registered voters in the assembly in 2026 election.
By local self-governed segment: +Status (Gram panchayat)VotesUDFNDALDFManjeshwaram16,2618,7872,453Vorkady8,5865,8761,988Meenja7,8237,7131,884Mangalpady22,6259,8492,357Paivalike9,5929,7542,897Kumbala19,19710,2883,561Puthige6,6115,1443,374Enmakaje5,7759,6542,508Postal Ballots478631190
2021 There were 221,682 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
By local self-governed segment: +Status (Gram panchayat)VotesUDFNDALDFManjeshwaram11,8549,0374,676Vorkady5,0905,8694,565Meenja5,2677,3243,639Mangalpady15,3849,5836,309Paivalike6,4059,2275,366Kumbala12,8449,5566,439Puthige3,8934,6354,591Enmakaje4,4538,7694,071Postal Ballots5681,013541
2019 by-election Due to the death of sitting MLA P. B. Abdul Razak, a by-election was held on 21 October 2019.
There were 2,14,779 registered voters in Manjeshwaram Assembly constituency for this by-election. M. C. Kamaruddin won the election by 7,923 votes.
2016 There were 2,08,165 registered voters in Manjeshwaram Assembly constiteuncy for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 176,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006 There were 154,288 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
See also Manjeshwaram Kasaragod district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
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