U. A. Latheef MLA | |
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യു എ ലത്തീഫ് | |
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for Manjeri | |
In office 2021–Incumbent | |
Preceded by | M. Ummer |
Personal details | |
Born | Manjeri[1] |
Political party | Indian Union Muslim League |
Residence(s) | House No 33/1462, Bushra Manzil, Kacherippady, Manjeri, Malappuram district, Kerala-676121[1] |
Alma mater | Bachelor of Laws from Government Law College, Ernakulam in 1973[1] |
U. A. Latheef is an Indian politician belonging to Indian Union Muslim League.[2][3][4] He was elected as a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Manjeri on 2 May 2021.[5]
U. A. Latheef was born to Muhammad Haji at Manjeri around 1949.[1] He was graduated as a Bachelor of Laws from Government Law College, Ernakulam in the year 1973.[1] He is an Advocate by profession.[1]
Earlier, U. A. Latheef had been the district general secretary of IUML[2][3] and the district convener of UDF[6] from the district of Malappuram. Due to the end of term of the last sitting MLA M. Ummer, Manjeri went to poll as a part of 2021 Kerala general election on 6 April 2021.[7] U. A. Latheef was the candidate fielded by UDF from Manjeri.[8][9] There were 206,960 registered voters in Manjeri Constituency for the election.[10] U. A. Latheef won the election by a margin of 14,573 votes.[11][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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IUML | U. A. Latheef | 78,836 | 50.22% | ![]() | |
CPI | Nazar Debona | 64,263 | 40.93% | ![]() | |
BJP | P. R. Rashmilnath | 11,350 | 7.23% | ![]() | |
Independent | Palathingal Aboobacker | 1,341 | 0.85% | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,202 | 0.77% | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 14,573 | 9.29% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,53,811[10] | 74.32%[10] | ![]() | ||
IUML hold | Swing | ![]() |