Tirur Assembly constituency

Tirur
Constituency No. 45 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Tirur railway station, the oldest railway station in Kerala (1861)
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,05,287 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kurukkoli Moideen
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Tirur 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 Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kurukkoli Moideen of IUML.

Local self-governed segments

Map of Tirur Assembly constituency

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Tirur	Municipality	Tirur
2	Valavannur	Grama panchayat	Tirur
3	Kalpakanchery	Grama panchayat	Tirur
4	Vettom	Grama panchayat	Tirur
5	Thalakkad	Grama panchayat	Tirur
6	Thirunavaya	Grama panchayat	Tirur
7	Athavanad	Grama panchayat	Tirur

Tirur Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  IUML   CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Moideenkutty Haji	IUML		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd				1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. M. Kutty			1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. T. Kunhi Mohammed Alias Kunhutty Hajee			1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. Moideenkutty Haji			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	E. T. Muhammed Basheer			1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. P. Abdullakkutty	CPI(M)		2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. Mammutty	IUML		2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Kurukkoli Moideen	IUML		Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tirur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Kurukkoli Moideen	82,314	48.21%	2.00
	LDF	Gafoor P. Lillis	75,100	43.98%	1.3
	BJP	Adbul Salaam	9,097	5.33%%	0.41
	SDPI	Ashraf	2,712	1.9%	0.96
	Independent	Moideen Meenthrathakath	477	0.28%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	417	0.24%	N/A
Margin of victory			7,214	4.93%	14.14
Turnout			1,70,742	78.36%	2.38
	IUML hold		Swing	2.00

2016

There were 2,05,287 registered voters in Tirur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

By political party

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tirur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	C. Mammutty	73,432	46.85%	8.00
	LDF	Gafoor P. Lillis	66,371	42.34%	6.14
	BJP	M. K. Devidasan	9,083	5.79%	1.40
	WPOI	Ganesh Vaderi	2,001	1.28%	N/A
	SDPI	Ibrahim Tirur	1,828	1.17%	0.96
	PDP	Adv. Shameer Payyanangadi	1,276	0.81%	0.62
	Independent	E. K. Gafoor	791	0.50%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	692	0.44%	N/A
Margin of victory			7,061	4.51%	14.14
Turnout			1,56,754	76.36%	0.38
	IUML hold		Swing	8.00

By local self-governed segment

The results of the 2016 Assembly election by local self-governed segment is as follows: ^[5]

No.	Segment	UDF Votes		LDF Votes		NDA Votes		Lead	Alliance	Margin
1	Valavannur	8602	46.30%	8096	43.58%	999	5.38%	C. Mammutty	UDF	506	2.72%
2	Kalpakanchery	9739	54.21%	7015	39.05%	269	1.50%	C. Mammutty	UDF	2724	15.16%
3	Tirur	14457	46.08%	13531	43.13%	2078	6.62%	C. Mammutty	UDF	926	2.95%
4	Vettom	9700	45.53%	8674	40.72%	1892	8.88%	C. Mammutty	UDF	1026	4.81%
5	Thalakkad	7896	39.94%	9041	45.73%	1702	8.61%	Gafoor P. Lillis	LDF	1145	5.79%
6	Tirunavaya	12022	48.44%	10382	41.83%	985	3.97%	C. Mammutty	UDF	1640	6.61%
7	Athavanad	10813	48.04%	9414	41.83%	1146	5.09%	C. Mammutty	UDF	1399	6.21%
TOTAL		73432	46.85%	66371	42.34%	9083	5.79%	C. Mammutty	UDF	7061	4.51%

2011

There were 1,66,314 registered voters in Tirur Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election. ^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tirur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	C. Mammutty	69,305	54.85%
	CPI(M)	P. P. Abdullakutty	45,739	36.20%
	BJP	P. T. Ali Haji	5,543	4.39%
	SDPI	A. K. Majeed Master	2,696	2.13%
	PDP	Alikutty Alias Bappu Puthanathani	1,802	1.43%
	Independent	Mohandas	781	0.62%
	BSP	T. Ayyappan	487	0.38%
Margin of victory			23,566	18.65%
Turnout			1,26,353	75.98%
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tirur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. Uppi Saheb	17,088	41.89%
	INC	K. Ahmad Kutty	14,715	36.08%	36.08%
	CPI	K. Damodaran	6,438	15.78%
	Socialist	E. Raman Menon	2,547	6.24%
Margin of victory			2,373	5.82%
Turnout			40,788	47.11%
Registered electors			86,582
	IUML win (new seat)

See also

• Tirur Municipality
• 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.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tirur". www.mapsofindia.com.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Boothwise Results, www.ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "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.