Alathur | |
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Constituency No. 60 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Palakkad |
Lok Sabha constituency | Alathur |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 165,294 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
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).
Alathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]
Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
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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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Alathur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | Majority | |
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1957 | 1st | R. Krishnan | CPI | 1957–1960 | 5,886 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960–1965 | 9,224 | |||
1967 | 3rd | CPI(M) | 1967–1970 | 12,407 | ||
1970 | 4th | 1970–1977 | 16,458 | |||
1977 | 5th | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | 1977–1980 | 1,999 | ||
1980 | 6th | C. T. Krishnan | 1980–1982 | 5,982 | ||
1982 | 7th | 1982–1987 | 11,314 | |||
1987 | 8th | C. K. Rajendran | 1987–1991 | 1,211 | ||
1991 | 9th | A. V. Gopinathan | INC | 1991–1996 | 338 | |
1996 | 10th | C. K. Rajendran | CPI(M) | 1996–2001 | 12,166 | |
2001 | 11th | V. Chenthamarakshan | 2001–2006 | 12,505 | ||
2006 | 12th | M. Chandran | 2006–2011 | 47,671 | ||
2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | 24,741 | |||
2016 | 14th | K. D. Prasenan | 2016–2021 | 36,060 | ||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent | 34,118 |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | K. D. Prasenan | 74,653 | 55.15 | ![]() | |
INC | Palayam Pradeep | 40,535 | 29.94 | ||
BJP | Prasanth Sivan | 18,115 | 13.56 | ![]() | |
BSP | Chandran | 699 | 0.52 | ![]() | |
Independent | Rajesh.M | 347 | 0.26 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 783 | 0.58 | ![]() | |
Majority | 34,118 | 25.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,35,366 | ||||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
There were 165,294 registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 election. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | K. D. Prasenan | 71,206 | 55.35% | ![]() | |
KC(M) | K. Kusalakumar | 35,146 | 27.32% | ![]() | |
BJP | M. P. Sreekumar | 19,610 | 15.24% | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,076 | 0.84% | − | |
BSP | Krishnankutty K. | 1,010 | 0.79% | ![]() | |
Independent | Krishnankutty Kunissery | 326 | 0.25% | − | |
Independent | M. Rajesh | 265 | 0.21% | − | |
Margin of victory | 36,060 | 28.03% | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,28,639 | 77.82% | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
There were 152,827 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Chandran | 66,977 | 57.72% | ||
KC(M) | K. Kusalakumar | 42,236 | 36.40% | ||
BJP | K .A. Sulaiman | 5,460 | 4.71% | ||
BSP | P .D. Paulose | 1,372 | 1.18% | ||
Margin of victory | 24,741 | 21.32% | |||
Turnout | 1,16,045 | 75.93% | |||
CPI(M) win (new seat) |
There were 157,841 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Chandran | 73,231 | 65.61% | ||
DIC | A. Raghavan | 25,560 | 22.90% | ||
BJP | G. Salprakash | 6,885 | 6.17% | ||
BSP | M. T. Chandran | 1,869 | 1.67% | ||
Margin of victory | 47,671 | 42.70% | |||
Turnout | 1,11,629 | 70.72% |
There were 154,832 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Chenthamarakshan | 59,485 | 52.92% | ||
INC | R. Chellama | 46,980 | 41.80% | ||
BJP | Harigovidan | 5,937 | 5.28% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,505 | 11.12% | |||
Turnout | 1,12,447 | 72.83% |
There were 146,774 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | C. K. Rajendran | 53,763 | 53.25% | ||
INC | R. Chellama | 41,597 | 41.20% | ||
BJP | P. Krishankutty | 3,313 | 3.28% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,166 | 12.05% | |||
Turnout | 1,02,725 | 69.98% |
There were 136,727 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | A. V. Gopinathan | 49,512 | 48.87% | ||
CPI(M) | V Sukumaran Master | 49,174 | 48.53% | ||
BJP | N Bhagyalakshmi | 2,009 | 1.98% | ||
Margin of victory | 338 | 0.34% | |||
Turnout | 1,01,324 | 74.92% |
There were 116,246 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | C. K. Rajendran | 44,381 | 49.77% | ||
Independent | C. S. Ramachandran Master | 43,170 | 48.41% | ||
Margin of victory | 1,211 | 1.36% | |||
Turnout | 89,176 | 77.77% |
There were 95,522 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | C T Krishnan | 39,982 | 56.96% | ||
Independent | C K Balakrishnan | 28,668 | 40.84% | ||
Margin of victory | 11,314 | 16.12% | |||
Turnout | 70,192 | 74.28% |
Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner up | Party | Votes | Margin |
1980 | C. T. Krishnan | CPM | 36,244 | K. P. Kaladharan | IND | 30,262 | 5,982 |
1977 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPM | 31,424 | V. S. Vijayaraghavan | Indian National Congress | 29,425 | 1,999 |
1970 | R. Krishnan | CPM | 34,193 | P. M. Adulrahiman | IND | 17,735 | 16,458 |
1967 | R.Krishnan | CPM | 25,467 | Sarada | Indian National Congress | ||
1965 | R.Krishnan | CPM | 26,328 | A. Narayanan | Indian National Congress | 12,472 | 13,856 |
1960 | R. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 31,159 | A. Sunna Sahib | Indian National Congress | 21,935 | 9,224 |
1957 | Krishnan R. | Communist Party of India | 19,203 | Vaitheeswara Iyer P. S. | Indian National Congress | 13,317 | 5,886 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | K. Krishnan | 37,042 | 30.51% | ||
KMPP | O. Koran | 23,181 | 19.09% | ||
Independent | Y. R. Ramanatha Iyer | 15,994 | 13.17% | ||
INC | E. Eacharan | 14,033 | 11.56% | 11.56% | |
INC | K. C. Pazhanimala | 13,706 | 11.29% | 11.29% | |
Independent | C. H. Koruman | 5,024 | 4.14% | ||
Socialist | K. Chathan | 4,671 | 3.85% | ||
Socialist | K. C. Sukumaran | 4,394 | 3.62% | ||
Independent | K. Sankunny Nair | 3,372 | 2.78% | ||
Margin of victory | 13,861 | 11.42% | |||
Turnout | 1,21,417 | 94.38% | |||
Registered electors | 1,28,651 | ||||
CPI win (new seat) |