In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Manalur assembly segment had given lead to the LDF candidate of Thrissur Lok Sabha, C. N. Jayadevan. LDF has nominated its former MLA Murali Perunnelly to contest the Manalur seat in 2016 assembly polls. A.N. Radhakrishnan is in the fray on behalf of the BJP. UDF has nominated Thrissur District Congress Committee president O. Abdu Rahiman Kutty.
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