Political Divisions of Kasaragod

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

Map of Kasaragod

Villages in Kasaragod District

Kasaragod Area
  • Badiadka, Mogral Puthur, Madhur and Kumbadaje
  • Bellur, Karadka, Chengala, Muliyar, Chemnad, Cheroor and Menangod.
  • Bedadka, Kuttikkol, Uduma and Pullur-Periya

Kanhangad Area
  • Ajanur, Kodom-Bellur, Madikai, Kinanoor-Karinthalam and Ballal
  • West Eleri, East Eleri, Kallar, Parappa and Panathadi

Nileshwar Area
  • Nileshwar, Kayyur-Cheemeni and Trikaripur
  • Padanna, Valiyaparamba and Pilikkode

Manjeshwar Area
  • Vorkadi, Meenja, Paivalike and Enmakaje
  • Mangalpadi, Kumbla and Puthige

Kasaragod Parliament Constituency

Kasaragod is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Manjeshwaram
  2. Kasaragod
  3. Udma
  4. Kanhangad
  5. Thrikaripur
  6. Payyanur
  7. Kalliasseri

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.[2]

2014 Indian general elections : 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%
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. "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.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) BJP Candidate List Mathrubhumi - 19 February 2014

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