Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 17 of Kerala

Mananthavady

Reserved · STKeralaAC 17Lok Sabha: Wayanad

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

2Candidates

16Villages placed

MLA · elected 2026

Usha Vijayan

INC · Indian National Congress

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Votes

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Vote share

10,543

Margin

Source: Election Commission of India, Kerala Assembly 2026 results site (archived copy, Wayback Machine).

Election history

Assembly results for Mananthavady

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026

Usha Vijayan INC

def. O R Kelu (CPI(M))

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10,543

2021

O.R.Kelu CPI(M)

def. P.K.Jayalakshmi (INC)

47.5%

9,282

2016

O R Kelu CPI(M)

def. P K Jayalakshmi (INC)

42.9%

1,307

2011

P.K.Jayalakshmi INC

def. K.C.Kunhiraman (CPI(M))

50.8%

12,734

Source: Election Commission of India, Kerala Assembly 2026 results site (archived copy, Wayback Machine); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

2 candidates

Winner & runner-up, 2026

For 2026, only the winner, runner-up and margin survive for this seat (from ECI's state-wise results page); the full candidate list with vote counts is not available to us yet.

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Usha Vijayan	Indian National Congress	—	—
2	O R Kelu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	—	—

Source: Election Commission of India, Kerala Assembly 2026 results site (archived copy, Wayback Machine). NOTA votes are not listed.

16 villages

Villages in Mananthavady

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).