Chittur Assembly constituency

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Chittur
Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Chittur-Thathamangalam municipal town
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Palakkad
LS constituency Alathur
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,89,203 (2021)
ReservationNone
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 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).

Contents

Local self governed segments

Chittur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [2]

NameStatus (grama panchayat/municipality) Taluk
Chittur-Thathamangalam MunicipalityChittur
Eruthempathy Grama panchayatChittur
Kozhinjampara Grama PanchayatChittur
Nalleppilly Grama panchayatChittur
Pattanchery Grama panchayatChittur
Perumatty Grama panchayatChittur
Vadakarapathy Grama panchayatChittur
Peruvemba Grama panchayatPalakkad
Polpully Grama panchayatPalakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI   SSP   INC   JD   JD(S)

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st P. Balachandra Menon CPI 1957 – 1960
K. Eacharan INC
1960 2nd P. Balachandra Menon CPI 1960 – 1965
Narayanan Thandan
1967 3rdK. A. Sivarama Bharathy SSP 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5th P. Sankar CPI 1977 – 1980
1980 6th K. Krishankutty JD 1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8thK. A. Chandran INC 1987 – 1991
1991 9thK. Krishankutty JD 1991 – 1996
1996 10th K. Achuthan INC 1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12th2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th K. Krishnankutty JD(S) 2016-2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Chittur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(S) K. Krishnankutty 84,672 55.38 Increase2.svg10.48
INC Sumesh Achuthan50,79433.22Decrease2.svg6.96
BJP V. Natesan14,4589.46Increase2.svg1.33
NOTA None of the above1,2850.84Decrease2.svg0.02
BSP A. Chandran9180.60Decrease2.svg0.23
Independent K. Prameela5520.44−
Independent N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar2260.15−
Margin of victory33,87822.15
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]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Chittur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(S) K. Krishnakutty69,27044.90−
INC K. Achuthan61,98540.18Decrease2.svg11.15
BJP Sasikumar M.12,5378.13Increase2.svg4.81
AIADMK Mayilswamy6,2124.03−
NOTA None of the above1,2600.82−
Independent Santha6790.44−
Independent Kishnakutty Kunnath6720.44−
BSP P. C. Ramachandran5710.37Decrease2.svg0.09
Independent Achuthan Thankanivas4950.32−
SUCI(C) A. Rajeena4420.29Decrease2.svg0.06
Independent A. Krishnakutty Aramuri1570.10−
Margin of victory7,2854.72
Turnout 1,54,28082.95Increase2.svg1.78
JD(S) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha election 2011

There were 1,67,800 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Chittur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. Achuthan69,91651.33
CPI(M) S. Subhash Chadrabose57,58642.28
BJP A. K. Omaakuttan4,5183.32
Independent K. Kaladharan1,3190.97
SDPI A. Muhammed Haneefa1,1920.88−
BSP V. Lakshmi6260.46−
Independent K. Achuthan5700.42
SUCI(C) A. Rajeena4720.35
Margin of victory12,3309.05
Turnout 1,36,19981.17
INC hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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