Chittur_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Chittur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Chittur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).
Chittur | |
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Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Palakkad |
LS constituency | Alathur |
Established | 1957 - present |
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 Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
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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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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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 |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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}}} | |||
Niyamasabha election 2016
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 | ||||
Niyamasabha election 2011
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 | ||||
- "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 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.