Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency

Vatakara
Vatakara
Lok Sabha constituency
	Map of Vatakara Parliament Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Thalassery; Kuthuparamba; Vatakara; Kuttiady; Nadapuram ; Koyilandy; Perambra
Established	1957
Total electors	12,86,250 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent K. Muraleedharan
Party	INC
Elected year	2019

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

Assembly segments[edit]

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

No	Name	District	Member
13	Thalassery	Kannur	A. N. Shamseer	Communist Party of India
14	Kuthuparamba	Kannur	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[edit]

Year	Member
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		Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress
1984		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1989		Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1991		Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha
1996	O. Bharathan	Communist Party of India
1998	A.K. Premajam
1999	A.K. Premajam
2004	P. Satheedevi
2009	Mullappally Ramachandran	Indian National Congress
2014	Mullappally Ramachandran
2019	K. Muraleedharan

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			49.81%
2014			43.41%
2009			48.82%
2004			51.81%
1999			47.15%
1998			48.50%
1996			51.17%
1991			49.97%
1989			46.76%
1984			46.67%
1980			54.15%
1977			50.81%
1971			52.88%
1967			65.20%
1962			60.86%
1957			37.68%

General Election 2024[edit]

2024 Indian general election: Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja
	INC	Shafi Parambil
	BJP	CR Praful Krishna
	Independent	Kunhikannan Payyoli
	Independent	Muralidharan
	Independent	Sylaja. P
	Independent	Shafi
	Independent	Shafi T. P
	Independent	Shylaja
	Independent	K. K. Shylaja
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing
Registered electors			14,21,883	10.31%

General Elections 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Muraleedharan	526,755	49.81%	6.40%
	CPI(M)	P. Jayarajan	4,42,092	41.81%	-1.26%
	BJP	V. K. Sajeevan	80,128	7.58%	-0.38%
	SDPI	Musthafa Kommeri	5,544	0.52%	-1.05%
	National Labour Party	Jatheesh.A.P	2,833	0.27%
	Independent	Santhosh Kumar	1,295	0.12%
	Independent	Muraleedharan.K Sandram	910	0.09%
	Independent	Jayarajan Pandaraparambil	690	0.06%
	Independent	C. O. T. Naseer	612	0.06%
	Independent	Muraleedharan. K Kuttiyil Veedu	597	0.06%
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Advocate K. Sudhakaran	507	0.05%
	Independent	Aluva Aneesh	241	0.02%
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,473	0.32%	-0.32%
Margin of victory			84,663	8.01%	7.66%
Turnout			10,57,440	82.70%	0.91%
Registered electors			12,88,926		9.00%
	INC hold		Swing	6.40%

General Elections 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	416,479	43.37%	-5.45%
	CPI(M)	A. N. Shamseer	4,13,173	43.03%	0.72%
	BJP	V. K. Sajeevan	76,313	7.95%	3.27%
	Independent	P. Kumarankutty	17,229	1.79%
	SDPI	P. Abdul Hameed Master	15,058	1.57%
	AAP	Ali Akbar	6,245	0.65%
	Independent	A. P. Shamseer	3,485	0.36%
	BSP	Saseendran	2,150	0.22%
	Independent	P. Sharafudeen	1,679	0.17%
	Independent	Attuveppil Kunhikkannan	731	0.08%
	Independent	A. M. Smitha	693	0.07%
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,107	0.64%
Margin of victory			3,306	0.34%	-6.17%
Turnout			9,59,342	81.21%	0.58%
Registered electors			11,82,504		10.39%
	INC hold		Swing	-5.41%

General Elections 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	421,255	48.82%	12.77%
	CPI(M)	P. Satheedevi	3,65,069	42.31%	-9.50%
	BJP	K. P Sreesan	40,391	4.68%	-5.20%
	Independent	T. P. Chandrasekharan	21,833	2.53%
	BSP	K. Noorudheen Musaliar	4,481	0.52%
	Independent	Satheedevi	3836	0.44%
	Independent	P. Sathidevi Pallikkal	3,228	0.37%
	Independent	Naroth Ramachandran	2,751	0.32%
Margin of victory			56,186	6.51%	-9.25%
Turnout			8,62,844	80.58%	4.74%
Registered electors			10,71,171		-1.98%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-2.99%

General Elections 2004[edit]

2004 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Sathidevi	429,294	51.81%	4.67%
	INC	M. T. Padma	2,98,705	36.05%	-8.08%
	BJP	K. P. Sreesan	81,901	9.89%	2.59%
	Independent	K. T. Kunhikannan	7,482	0.90%
	Independent	Dr. K. N. Ajoy Kumar	7,306	0.88%
	Independent	T. K. Kalandan Haje	3,845	0.46%
Margin of victory			1,30,589	15.76%	12.75%
Turnout			8,28,533	75.83%	1.25%
Registered electors			10,92,826		-5.46%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.67%

General Elections 1999[edit]

1999 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Premajam	404,355	47.15%	-1.35%
	INC	P. M. Suresh Babu	3,78,511	44.13%	2.67%
	BJP	O. K. Vasumaster	62,593	7.30%	-0.97%
	Independent	Dr. K. N. Ajoy Kumar	10,708	1.25%
	Independent	Kalanthan Haji T. K	894	0.10%
	Independent	Ramachandran	577	0.97%
Margin of victory			25,844	3.01%	-4.02%
Turnout			8,57,638	74.57%	-1.16%
Registered electors			11,55,934		2.74%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-4.02%

General Elections 1998[edit]

1998 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Premajam	407,876	48.50%	-2.67%
	INC	P. M. Suresh Babu	3,48,715	41.47%	0.13%
	BJP	Chettoor Balakrishnan Master	69,564	8.27%	2.12%
	INL	P. K. Radhakrishnan	11,965	1.42%
Margin of victory			59,161	7.03%	-2.80%
Turnout			8,40,958	75.13%	-0.60%
Registered electors			11,25,076		3.24%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-2.67%

General Elections 1996[edit]

1996 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. Bharathan	415,895	51.17%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	3,35,950	41.33%
	BJP	A. D. Nair	49,971	6.15%
Margin of victory			79,945	9.84%	7.63%
Turnout			8,12,773	75.73%	-1.95%
Registered electors			10,89,716		5.77%
	CPI(M) gain from INS(SCS)		Swing	1.20%

General Elections 1991[edit]

1991 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	395,501	49.97%
	Independent	M. Ratnasingh	3,78,012	47.76%
	Independent	P. Unnikrishnan	8,566	1.08%
	JP	S. K. Madhavan	4,213	0.53%
Margin of victory			17,489	2.21%	1.17%
Turnout			7,91,474	77.67%	-3.18%
Registered electors			10,30,244		4.67%
	INS(SCS) hold		Swing	3.21%

General Elections 1989[edit]

1989 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INS(SCS)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	370,434	46.76%
	INC	A. Sujanapal	3,62,225	45.73%
	BJP	P. K. Krishnadas	45,558	5.75%	-0.08%
	Independent	T. K. Kalandan Haji	6,198	0.78%
Margin of victory			8,209	1.04%	-0.86%
Turnout			7,92,162	80.85%	2.04%
Registered electors			9,84,309		32.94%
	INS(SCS) gain from IC(S)		Swing	0.10%

General Elections 1984[edit]

1984 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IC(S)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	270,416	46.67%
	Independent	K. M. Radhakrishnan	2,59,437	44.77%
	BJP	A. D. Nair	33,781	5.83%
	Independent	B. M. Sasthri	10,556	1.82%
Margin of victory			10,979	1.89%	-6.41%
Turnout			5,79,462	78.81%	4.96%
Registered electors			7,40,431		7.99%
	IC(S) gain from INC(U)		Swing	-7.49%

General Elections 1980[edit]

1980 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	K. P. Unnikrishnan	271,796	54.15%
	INC(I)	Mullappally Ramachandran	2,30,114	45.85%
Margin of victory			41,682	8.30%	6.69%
Turnout			5,01,910	73.85%	-9.13%
Registered electors			6,85,632		12.20%
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	3.34%

General Elections 1977[edit]

1977 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	253,462	50.81%	-2.07%
	BLD	Arangil Sreedharan	2,45,392	49.19%
Margin of victory			8,070	1.62%	-13.75%
Turnout			4,98,854	82.98%	15.92%
Registered electors			6,11,107		7.83%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.07%

General Elections 1971[edit]

1971 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. P. Unnikrishnan	198,939	52.88%	18.08%
	Independent	A. V. Raghavan	1,41,135	37.52%
	Indian Socialist Party	Arangil Sreedharan	33,893	9.01%
	Independent	Leela Damodara Menon	2,236	0.59%
Margin of victory			57,804	15.37%	-15.03%
Turnout			3,76,203	67.06%	-7.46%
Registered electors			5,66,738		22.39%
	INC gain from SSP		Swing	-12.32%

General Elections 1967[edit]

1967 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Arangil Sreedharan	215,597	65.20%
	INC	M. K. Prabhakaran	1,15,094	34.80%
Margin of victory			1,00,503	30.39%	8.68%
Turnout			3,30,691	74.51%	0.44%
Registered electors			4,63,046		-0.10%
	SSP gain from Independent		Swing	4.34%

General Elections 1962[edit]

1962 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. V. Raghavan	204,315	60.86%
	PSP	K. B. Menon	1,31,408	39.14%
Margin of victory			72,907	21.72%	15.35%
Turnout			3,35,723	74.07%	7.94%
Registered electors			4,63,498		3.66%
	Independent gain from PSP		Swing	23.17%

General Elections 1957[edit]

1957 Indian general election : Vatakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PSP	K. B. Menon	111,425	37.68%
	INC	Gopalan Karipur	92,606	31.32%
	CPI	P. Ramunni Nambiar	91,651	31.00%
Margin of victory			18,819	6.36%
Turnout			2,95,682	66.13%
Registered electors			4,47,129
	PSP win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ "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.

External links[edit]

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[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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