Guruvayur Assembly constituency

Guruvayur
Constituency No. 63 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chavakkad Beach
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,801 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent N. K. Akbar
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Guruvayur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. K. Akbar of CPI(M).

Location

Location of Chavakkad Taluk in Thrissur District

Guruvayur Assembly constituency lies in Chavakkad taluk. Chavakkad is the lone taluk of Thrissur district, which entirely lies in the erstwhile British Malabar. Chavakkad Taluk was created in 1956-57 by dividing Ponnani taluk of the erstwhile Malabar District. Present-day Chavakkad taluk and much of the coastal region of Thrissur district were ruled by the Zamorin of Calicut until the 18th century. Guruvayur Asssembly constituency shares its boundary with Ponnani Assembly constituency of Malappuram district to the north, Kunnamkulam Assembly constituency to the northeast, and Manalur Assembly constituency both to southeast and south.

In 1994, Guruvayoor Assembly constituency was composed of around 47% Muslims, 45% Hindus and 8% others.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Chavakkad	Municipality	Chavakkad
2	Guruvayur	Municipality	Chavakkad
3	Engandiyur	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
4	Kadappuram	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
5	Orumanayur	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
6	Punnayur	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
7	Punnayurkulam	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
8	Vadakkekad	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	Koru Kooliyat		Independent	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. G. Karunakara Menon		Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	B. V. S. Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	V. Vadakan		Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	B. V. S. Thangal		Indian Union Muslim League	1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. K. K. Bava			1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. M. Abubacker			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. T. Kunju Muhammed		Independent	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	P. K. K. Bava		Indian Union Muslim League	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. V. Abdul Khader		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	N. K. Akbar			2021-current

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Guruvayur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. K. Akbar	77,072	52.52	7.76
	IUML	K. N. A.Khader	58,804	40.07	5.54
	DSJP	Dileep Nair	6,294	4.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,007	0.69	−
Margin of victory			18,268	12.45	2.22
Turnout			1,46,759
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.76

2016

There were 1,90,919 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Guruvayur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Abdul Khader	66,088	44.76	3.77
	IUML	P. M. Sadiqali	50,990	34.53	6.22
	BJP	Nivedida Subramanian	25,490	17.26	10.01
	SDPI	P. R. Siyad	1,406	0.95	0.75
	WPOI	K. G. Mohanan	1,382	0.94	−
	PDP	Muhammed Rasheed Arakkal	500	0.45	−
	NOTA	None of the Above	605	0.41	−
	SUCI(C)	C. V. Premraj	314	0.21	0.02
	Independent	Abdul Khader Kumbilavalappil	256	0.17	−
	Independent	Sasi Anjoor	204	0.14	−
Margin of victory			15,098	10.23
Turnout			1,47,350	73.17
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.77

2011

There were 1,74,161 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Guruvayur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Abdul Khader	62,246	48.53
	IUML	Ashraf Kokkur	52,278	40.75
	BJP	Dayanandan Mampully	9,306	7.25
	SDPI	Ashraf Vadakoot	2,187	1.70	−
	Independent	Shameerbabu	1,017	0.94	−
	Independent	K. V. Abdul Khader	415	0.32
	Independent	Vijayanath	353	0.28
	SUCI(C)	C. V. Premraj	242	0.19
	BSP	Muhammed Ashraf	232	0.18
Margin of victory			9,968	7.78
Turnout			1,28,276	72.01
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Guruvayur
• Thrissur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.thrissurkerala.com.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur District". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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.