Except in 2006 when the CPIM won the seat, the Indian Union Muslim league (IUML) candidates have been getting elected from the Manjeswaram assembly constituency since 1987. BJP is also a force to reckon with and has been runner-ups in the seat since 1987. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the candidate of UDF, of which IUML is a constituent, secured lead and the BJP nominee came second relegating the Left party into the third place.
In the 2015 panchayat polls, while the UDF got 49,674 votes, the BJP won 43,452 votes and LDF secured 38,262 votes from the Manjeswaram assembly constituency.
While sitting IUML MLA P.B. Abdul Razak has once again nominated by the party to contest the seat in 2016 polls, the BJP yet again fielded K. Surendran and the CPI (M) has named C.H. Kunhambu, a former MLA.
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