The Assembly constituency is
currently held by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)
MLA EP Jayarajan who
defeated KP Prasanth of Janata Dal
United (JDU) in 2016. The seat, one of Kerala’s 140 Assembly constituencies,
falls under the Kannur Lok Sabha
constituency.

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The Kannur
Lok Sabha constituency is currently held by K Sudhakarn of
Congress, who defeated PK Sreemathy of CPM.

The Mattannur
Assembly constituency is an
unreserved seat. It’s a stronghold of left parties and has been held by CPM
since 2011.

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Here are a few details about
the Mattannur
assembly seat

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Mattannur, Kannur district

Lok Sabha constituency: Kannur

Polling date: April 6

2016 candidates: EP
Jayarajan (CPM), KP Prasanth (JDU)

2021 candidates: KK Shailaja (CPM)

Sitting MLA, party: EP
Jayarajan (CPM)

Winning margin in 2016: 43,381
votes
(29.18%)

Runner up name, party: KP
Prasanth (JDU)

Number of voters in 2016: 148,719

Percentage of votes polled
in 2016: 83.59%

Number of women voters in
2016: 78,977

Number of polling booths in
2016: 157