Mankada election result 2026: IUML’s Manjalamkuzhi Ali wins Mankada seat with 110,692 votes

MANKADA: IUML candidate Manjalamkuzhi Ali has won the Mankada Assembly seat, securing 110,692 votes in the election. He defeated Independent candidate Kunnath Mohamed in the contest. Carved within Kerala's Malappuram district, the Mankada Assembly constituency ranks as the 39th among the state's 140 legislative seats, integral to the Malappuram Lok Sabha domain. This general seat pulls in around 200,000 voters from Muslim-majority locales, boasting turnouts over 77per cent lately, and covers grama panchayats like Makkaraparamba, Kuruva, Puzhakkattiri, Angadippuram, and Moorkanad. It epitomizes the fierce UDF-LDF tussle in north Kerala, where IUML's grassroots machinery shines amid demographic heft. In the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, IUML's Manjalamkuzhi Ali scraped through with 83,231 votes at 49.46per cent, edging CPI(M)'s T. K. Rasheedali's 76,985 votes (45.75per cent) by a slim 1,508-vote margin from 150,099 electors. The 2016 race delivered a wider IUML win for the same Ali with roughly 57,000 votes (around 47per cent), trouncing rivals by over 23,000 amid 121,247 voters, cementing the party's edge despite LDF's persistent surges. Forward to 2026, Mankada's narrative spotlights IUML's post-1977 stronghold punctuated by narrow escapes, fueled by minority solidarity and local development debates. With alliances evolving and welfare pitches intensifying, this razor-edge battleground continues to remain a key indicator of political trends in north Kerala.