Kasaragod district has four types of administrative hierarchies:
- Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
- Panchayath Administration managed by the local bodies
- Parliament Constituencies for the federal government of India
- Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala
Villages in Kasaragod District
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Kasaragod Area
edit- Badiadka, Mogral Puthur, Madhur and Kumbadaje
- Bellur, Karadka, Chengala, Muliyar, Chemnad, Cheroor and Menangod.
- Bedadka, Kuttikkol, Uduma and Pullur-Periya
Kanhangad Area
edit- Ajanur, Kodom-Bellur, Madikai, Kinanoor-Karinthalam and Ballal
- West Eleri, East Eleri, Kallar, Parappa and Panathadi
Nileshwar Area
edit- Nileshwar,Kinavoor, Kayyur-Cheemeni and Trikaripur
- Padanna, Valiyaparamba and Pilikkode
Manjeshwar Area
edit- Vorkadi, Meenja, Paivalike and Enmakaje
- Mangalpadi, Kumbla and Puthige
Kasaragod Parliament Constituency
editKasaragod is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.
Assembly segments
editKasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1957: A.K. Gopalan, Communist Party of India
- 1962: A.K. Gopalan, Communist Party of India
- 1967: A.K. Gopalan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1971: Ramachandran Kadannappalli, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Ramachandran Kadannappalli, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Ramanna Rai, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1984: I. Rama Rai, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1989: Ramanna Rai, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1991: Ramanna Rai, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1996: T. Govindan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1998: T. Govindan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1999: T. Govindan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2004: P. Karunakaran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2009: P. Karunakaran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 2014: P. Karunakaran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian general election, 2014
editLeft 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.[2]
| 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% | |
| 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
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edit- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
- ^ "ലോക്സഭ : കേരളത്തിലെ ബിജെപി സ്ഥാനാര്ത്ഥികളെ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു - Latest News - Mathrubhumi". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014. BJP Candidate List Mathrubhumi - 19 February 2014