Vadakara (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vadakara (or Badagara) is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.
Assembly segments
Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Members of Parliament
- 1957: K.B. Menon, Praja Socialist Party
- 1962: A.V. Raghavan, Independent
- 1967: A. Sreedharan, Samyukta Socialist Party
- 1971: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress
- 1977: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress
- 1980: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress (Urs)
- 1984: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
- 1989: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
- 1991: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
- 1996: O. Bharatan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1998: A.K. Premajam, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1999: A.K. Premajam, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2004: P. Satheedevi, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2009: Mullappally Ramachandran, Indian National Congress
- 2014: Mullappally Ramachandran, Indian National Congress
Indian general election, 2014
Mullappally Ramachandran, the incumbent, was the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate while A N Shamseer of the CPI(M) contested as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. VK Sajeevan was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and Ali Akbar was the candidate for the Aam Admi Party (AAP).
| Indian general elections, 2014 : Vadakara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| INC | Mullappally Ramachandran | 416,479 | 43.41 | -5.41 | |
| CPI(M) | A N Shamseer | 413,173 | 43.07 | +0.76 | |
| BJP | VK Sajeevan | 76,313 | 7.95 | +3.27 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,107 | 0.64 | --- | |
| Margin of victory | 3,306 | 0.34 | -6.17 | ||
| Turnout | 959,342 | 81.61 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
External links
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