Chittur Assembly constituency
| Chittur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Chittur-Thathamangalam municipal town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alathur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,89,203 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(S) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Chittur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Chittur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Chittur-Thathamangalam | Municipality | Chittur |
| Eruthempathy | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Kozhinjampara | Grama Panchayat | Chittur |
| Nalleppilly | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Pattanchery | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Perumatty | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Vadakarapathy | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Peruvemba | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| Polpully | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Balachandra Menon | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| K. Eacharan | INC | ||||
| 1960 | 2nd | P. Balachandra Menon | CPI | 1960 – 1965 | |
| Narayanan Thandan | |||||
| 1967 | 3rd | K. A. Sivarama Bharathy | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | P. Sankar | CPI | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. Krishankutty | JD | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | K. A. Chandran | INC | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Krishankutty | JD | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | K. Achuthan | INC | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | K. Krishnankutty | JD(S) | 2016-2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | K. Krishnankutty | 84,672 | 55.38 |  10.48
| |
| INC | Sumesh Achuthan | 50,794 | 33.22 |  6.96
| |
| BJP | V. Natesan | 14,458 | 9.46 | 1.33
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,285 | 0.84 | 0.02
| |
| BSP | A. Chandran | 918 | 0.60 | 0.23
| |
| Independent | K. Prameela | 552 | 0.44 | − | |
| Independent | N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar | 226 | 0.15 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 33,878 | 22.15 | |||
| Turnout | 1,52,905 | ||||
| JD(S) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
2016
[edit]There were 1,85,995 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | K. Krishnakutty | 69,270 | 44.90 | − | |
| INC | K. Achuthan | 61,985 | 40.18 | 11.15
| |
| BJP | Sasikumar M. | 12,537 | 8.13 | 4.81
| |
| AIADMK | Mayilswamy | 6,212 | 4.03 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,260 | 0.82 | − | |
| Independent | Santha | 679 | 0.44 | − | |
| Independent | Kishnakutty Kunnath | 672 | 0.44 | − | |
| BSP | P. C. Ramachandran | 571 | 0.37 | 0.09
| |
| Independent | Achuthan Thankanivas | 495 | 0.32 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | A. Rajeena | 442 | 0.29 | 0.06
| |
| Independent | A. Krishnakutty Aramuri | 157 | 0.10 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 7,285 | 4.72 | |||
| Turnout | 1,54,280 | 82.95 | 1.78
| ||
| JD(S) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]There were 1,67,800 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Achuthan | 69,916 | 51.33 | ||
| CPI(M) | S. Subhash Chadrabose | 57,586 | 42.28 | ||
| BJP | A. K. Omaakuttan | 4,518 | 3.32 | ||
| Independent | K. Kaladharan | 1,319 | 0.97 | ||
| SDPI | A. Muhammed Haneefa | 1,192 | 0.88 | − | |
| BSP | V. Lakshmi | 626 | 0.46 | − | |
| Independent | K. Achuthan | 570 | 0.42 | ||
| SUCI(C) | A. Rajeena | 472 | 0.35 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,330 | 9.05 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,199 | 81.17 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]- Chittur
- Palakkad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.