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. As of 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, the current MLA is V.K. Sanoj of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Mattanur was reestablished by the 2008 delimitation, by incorporating major parts Of previous Kuthuparamba seat. It recorded the largest ever victory margin (60,963) in the history of Kerala Legislative Assembly elections in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, achieved by K. K. Shailaja which was later surpassed by IUML's P. K. Kunhalikutty's victory margin (85,327) in the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
Local self-governed segments Mattannur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (grama panchayat/municipality)Taluk1MattanurMunicipalityIritty2ChittariparambaGrama panchayatThalassery3KeezhallurGrama panchayatThalassery4KolayadGrama panchayatThalassery5KoodaliGrama panchayatThalassery6MaloorGrama panchayatThalassery7MangattidamGrama panchayatThalassery8Padiyoor-KalliadGrama panchayatIritty9ThillenkeriGrama panchayatIritty
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Members of Legislative Assembly Election NiyamaSabha NameParty Tenure 1957 1st N. E. Balaram 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd 1960 – 1965 2011 13thE. P. Jayarajan 2011 – 2016 2016 14th 2016 – 2021 2021 15thK. K. Shailaja 2021 – 2026 2026 16thV. K. SanojIncumbent
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026 There were 201,719 registered voters in the Mattanur Assembly constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections.
Local BodyBoothsUDF VotesLDF VotesNDA/BJP VotesLeaderLeadKoodali3011,13111,3812,168LDF250Padiyoor-Kalliad175,1545,7331,134LDF579Mattannur Municipality2912,36710,4282,587UDF1,939Keezhallur268,22310,3332,387LDF2,110Maloor206,0758,3531,864LDF2,278Thillenkeri113,8774,7491,035LDF872Mangattidam298,20613,4052,737LDF5,199Chittariparamba235,4069,2752,229LDF3,869Kolayad205,4285,6571,322LDF229TOTAL20565,86779,31417,463LDF13,447
2021
There were 1,90,139 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 1,77,911 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,60,771 registered voters in the Mattanur constituency for the 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
1952
See also Mattanur Kannur district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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