Elathur_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Elathur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Elathur 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly election, the current MLA is A. K. Saseendran of Nationalist Congress Party.
| Elathur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 26 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Korappuzha Bridge name board in the Elathur (State Assembly constituency) | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Established | 2011 – present |
| Total electors | 2,03,267 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NCP |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Elathur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 6 wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation (Elathur) in Kozhikode Taluk, and 6 Gram Panchayats in the same Taluk:[2]
| Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elathur | 2 | Chettikulam | 3 | Eranjikkal |
| 4 | Puthur | 5 | Mokavur | 75 | Puthiyappa |
| Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Chelannur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kakkodi | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kakkur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kuruvattur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Nanmanda | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Thalakkulathur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | A. K. Saseendran | NCP | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
2021
There were 2,03,267 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | A. K. Saseendran | 83,639 | 50.89 |  2.24 | |
| DCK | Sulfikar Mayoori | 45,137 | 27.46 | - | |
| BJP | T. P. Jayachandran Master | 32,010 | 19.48 | 0.96 | |
| WPOI | Tahir Mokandi | 2,000 | 0.73 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 986 | 0.48 | - | |
| Independent | P. K. Radhakrishnan | 580 | 0.35 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 38,502 | 23.43 | 4.93 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,350 | 80.85 |  2.43 | ||
| NCP hold | Swing | 2.24 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,88,528 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | A. K. Saseendran | 76,387 | 48.65 | 1.49 | |
| JD(U) | Kishen Chand | 47,450 | 30.15 | - | |
| BJP | Rajan Nair | 29,070 | 18.52 | 9.63 | |
| Independent | Krishnan | 1,724 | 1.10 | - | |
| BSP | Raghu | 1,142 | 0.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 986 | 0.63 | - | |
| Independent | Useffali P. M. | 367 | 0.23 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 29,057 | 18.50 | 7.56 | ||
| Turnout | 1,57,006 | 83.28 | 1.04 | ||
| NCP hold | Swing | 1.49 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,62,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | A. K. Saseendran | 67,143 | 50.14 | - | |
| SJ(D) | Shaikh P. Harriz | 52,489 | 39.20 | - | |
| BJP | V. V. Rajan | 11,901 | 8.89 | - | |
| Independent | A. Sasindran | 1,402 | 1.05 | - | |
| BSP | Ramesh Nanmanda | 971 | 0.73 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 14,654 | 10.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,57,006 | 82.24 | |||
| NCP win (new seat) | |||||
- "State Assembly constituencies in Kozhikode district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kozhikode District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.