Alathur Assembly constituency

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Alathur
Constituency No. 60 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
NH 544, Alathur.jpg
NH 544 at Alathur town.
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Palakkad
Lok Sabha constituency Alathur
Established1957
Total electors165,294 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Alathur 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. D. Prasenan of CPI(M).

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Local self-governed segments

Alathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

NameStatus (grama panchayat/municipality) Taluk
Alathur Grama panchayat Alathur
Erimayur Grama panchayat Alathur
Kizhakkanchery Grama Panchayat Alathur
Kuzhalmannam Grama panchayat Alathur
Melarcode Grama panchayat Alathur
Thenkurissi Grama panchayat Alathur
Vandazhi Grama panchayat Alathur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Alathur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenureMajority
1957 1stR. Krishnan CPI 1957–19605,886
1960 2nd1960–19659,224
1967 3rd CPI(M) 1967–197012,407
1970 4th1970–197716,458
1977 5th E. M. S. Namboodiripad 1977–19801,999
1980 6thC. T. Krishnan1980–19825,982
1982 7th1982–198711,314
1987 8thC. K. Rajendran1987–19911,211
1991 9thA. V. Gopinathan INC 1991–1996338
1996 10thC. K. Rajendran CPI(M) 1996–200112,166
2001 11th V. Chenthamarakshan 2001–200612,505
2006 12th M. Chandran 2006–201147,671
2011 13th2011–201624,741
2016 14th K. D. Prasenan 2016–202136,060
202115th Incumbent 34,118

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2021: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. D. Prasenan 74,65355.15Decrease2.svg.4%
INC Palayam Pradeep40,53529.94
BJP Prasanth Sivan18,11513.56Decrease2.svg1.68%
BSP Chandran6990.52Decrease2.svg0.27%
Independent Rajesh.M3470.26
NOTA None of the above7830.58Decrease2.svg0.26%
Majority 34,11825.2Decrease2.svg2.82%
Turnout 1,35,366
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 165,294 registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 election. [4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. D. Prasenan 71,20655.35%Decrease2.svg2.37%
KC(M) K. Kusalakumar35,14627.32%Decrease2.svg9.08%
BJP M. P. Sreekumar19,61015.24%Increase2.svg10.53%
NOTA None of the above1,0760.84%
BSP Krishnankutty K.1,0100.79%Decrease2.svg0.39%
Independent Krishnankutty Kunissery3260.25%
Independent M. Rajesh2650.21%
Margin of victory36,06028.03%Increase2.svg6.71
Turnout 1,28,63977.82%Increase2.svg1.89
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.37

2011

There were 152,827 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) M. Chandran66,97757.72%
KC(M) K. Kusalakumar42,23636.40%
BJP K .A. Sulaiman5,4604.71%
BSP P .D. Paulose1,3721.18%
Margin of victory24,74121.32%
Turnout 1,16,04575.93%
CPI(M) win (new seat)

2006

There were 157,841 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) M. Chandran73,23165.61%
DIC A. Raghavan25,56022.90%
BJP G. Salprakash6,8856.17%
BSP M. T. Chandran1,8691.67%
Margin of victory47,67142.70%
Turnout 1,11,62970.72%

2001

There were 154,832 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Chenthamarakshan59,48552.92%
INC R. Chellama46,98041.80%
BJP Harigovidan5,9375.28%
Margin of victory12,50511.12%
Turnout 1,12,44772.83%

1996

There were 146,774 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) C. K. Rajendran53,76353.25%
INC R. Chellama41,59741.20%
BJP P. Krishankutty3,3133.28%
Margin of victory12,16612.05%
Turnout 1,02,72569.98%

1991

There were 136,727 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A. V. Gopinathan49,51248.87%
CPI(M) V Sukumaran Master49,17448.53%
BJP N Bhagyalakshmi2,0091.98%
Margin of victory3380.34%
Turnout 1,01,32474.92%

1987

There were 116,246 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) C. K. Rajendran44,38149.77%
Independent C. S. Ramachandran Master43,17048.41%
Margin of victory1,2111.36%
Turnout 89,17677.77%

1982

There were 95,522 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) C T Krishnan39,98256.96%
Independent C K Balakrishnan28,66840.84%
Margin of victory11,31416.12%
Turnout 70,19274.28%
YearWinnerPartyVotesRunner upPartyVotesMargin
1980C. T. KrishnanCPM36,244K. P. KaladharanIND30,2625,982
1977 E. M. S. Namboodiripad CPM31,424V. S. Vijayaraghavan Indian National Congress 29,4251,999
1970R. KrishnanCPM34,193P. M. AdulrahimanIND17,73516,458
1967R.KrishnanCPM25,467Sarada Indian National Congress
1965R.KrishnanCPM26,328A. Narayanan Indian National Congress 12,47213,856
1960R. Krishnan Communist Party of India 31,159A. Sunna Sahib Indian National Congress 21,9359,224
1957Krishnan R. Communist Party of India 19,203Vaitheeswara Iyer P. S. Indian National Congress 13,3175,886

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Alathur [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI K. Krishnan 37,042 30.51%
KMPP O. Koran23,18119.09%
Independent Y. R. Ramanatha Iyer15,99413.17%
INC E. Eacharan14,03311.56%11.56%
INC K. C. Pazhanimala13,70611.29%11.29%
Independent C. H. Koruman5,0244.14%
Socialist K. Chathan4,6713.85%
Socialist K. C. Sukumaran4,3943.62%
Independent K. Sankunny Nair3,3722.78%
Margin of victory13,86111.42%
Turnout 1,21,41794.38%
Registered electors 1,28,651
CPI win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Alathur". mapsofindia.com.
  4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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