Tanur Assembly constituency

Tanur
Constituency No. 44 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Ottumpuram Beach, Tanur
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1957
Total electors	1,96,087 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. Abdurahiman
Party	Communist Party of India Marxist Independent
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Tanur 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 constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Abdurahiman.

Local self-governed segments

Map of Tanur Assembly constituency

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Tanur	Municipality	Tirur
2	Ozhur	Grama panchayat	Tirur
3	Ponmundam	Grama panchayat	Tirur
4	Thanalur	Grama panchayat	Tirur
5	Niramaruthur	Grama panchayat	Tirur
6	Cheriyamundam	Grama panchayat	Tirur

Tanur Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Tanur Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[3]

Key

  IUML   NSC

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	C. H. Mohammed Koya	IUML		1957–1960
1960	2nd				1960–1965
1967	3rd	M. M. K. Haji			1967–1970
1970	4th	Ummer Bafaki Tangal			1970–1977
1977	5th	U. A. Beeran			1977–1980
1980	6th	E. Ahamed			1980–1982
1982	7th				1982–1987
1987	8th				1987–1991
1991	9th	P. Seethi Haji			1991–1992
1992*		Kutty Ahammed Kutty			1992–1996
1996	10th	P. K. Abdu Rabb			1996–2001
2001	11th				2001–2006
2006	12th	Abdurahiman Randathani			2006–2011
2011	13th				2011–2016
2016	14th	V. Abdurahiman	NSC		2016–2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPIM Independent	V. Abdurahiman	70,704	46.34%	1.3
	IUML	P. K. Firos	69,719	45.71%	2.00
	BJP	K. Narayanan Master	10,590	6.94%	0.41
	NOTA	None of the above	336	0.22%	0.96
	BSP	Mueenudheen	183	0.12%	N/A
Margin of victory			985	4.93%	14.14
Turnout			152,570	78.36%	2.38
	CPI M Independent hold		Swing	2.00

2016

There were 1,76,077 registered voters in Tanur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI M Independent	V. Abdurahiman	64,472	45.78%
	IUML	Abdurahiman Randathani	59,554	42.29%	7.23
	BJP	P. R. Rasmilnath	11,051	7.85%	0.83
	WPOI	Asharaf Vailathur	1,291	0.92%	−
	SDPI	K. K. Majeed Khasimi	1,151	0.82%	2.19
	PDP	Anvar Pannikkandathil	858	0.61%	−
	Independent	P. T. Unni	708	0.50%	−
	Independent	V. Abdurahiman Vayangatil	672	0.48%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	569	0.40%	−
Margin of victory			4,918	3.49%
Turnout			1,40,838	79.99%	1.88
	Communist party of India (Marxist) Independent gain from IUML		Swing

2011

There were 1,33,276 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Abdurahiman Randathani	51,549	49.52%
	CPI(M)	E. Jayan	42,116	40.45%
	BJP	Ravi Thelath	7,304	7.02%
	SDPI	K. K. Majeed Khasimi	3,137	3.01%
Margin of victory			9,433	9.07%
Turnout			1,04,106	78.11%
	IUML hold		Swing

See also

• Tanur
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala". malappuram.nic.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tanur". www.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.