Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kasaragod is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

History

The present Legislative Assembly seats of Manjeswar, Kasaragod, Udma and Kanhangad (SC) in Kasargod District were a part of South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency of Madras State. That seat came into existence in 1951 when South Kanara District (comprising present Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka and Kasargod, Kanhangad (Hosdurg) Taluks of Kerala). With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist.

South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Legislative Assembly segments:[1]

  1. Panamangalore (Panemangalore)
  2. Mangalore
  3. Puttur (2 seats)
  4. Kasargod
  5. Hosdurg (Kanhangad)

After South Kanara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist and was replaced by Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency. The Parts of Kasargod and Hosdurg (Kanhangad) seats were merged with Kerala and became a part of Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency which included Manjeswar, Kasaragod, Udma and Kanhangad (SC) Legislative Assembly seats.

Assembly segments

Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  1. Manjeswar
  2. Kasaragod
  3. Udma
  4. Kanhangad (SC)
  5. Trikkarpur

Members of Parliament

Indian general election, 2014

Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fielded sitting MP and veteran parliamentarian P. Karunakaran as the candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. T. Siddique was the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate while K. Surendran was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.[4]

Indian general elections, 2014 : Kasaragod
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI(M) P Karunakaran 384,964 39.52 -5.99
INC T Siddique 378,043 38.80 +0.89
BJP K. Surendran 172,826 17.74 +2.93
Trinamool Congress Abbas Mothalappara 632 0.06 ---
NOTA None of the above 6,103 0.63 ---
Margin of victory 6,921 0.71 -6.89
Turnout 974,215 78.49
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on Madras elections, 1951 to the 1st Assembly" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 289–292, 294–295. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  3. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 92.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-19. BJP Candidate List Mathrubhumi - Feb 19, 2014

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