Alathur Assembly constituency
| Alathur ആലത്തൂർ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Palakkad |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Alathur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ആലത്തൂർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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]
Local self governed segments
Alathur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alathur | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 2 | Erimayur | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 3 | Kizhakkanchery | Grama Panchayat | Alathur |
| 4 | Kuzhalmannam | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 5 | Melarcode | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 6 | Thenkurissi | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 7 | Vandazhi | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Alathur Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | R. Krishnan | CPI | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | CPI(M) | rowspan="6" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | C. T. Krishnan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | C. K. Rajendran | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | A. V. Gopinathan | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | C. K. Rajendran | CPI(M) | rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | V. Chenthamarakshan | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | M. Chandran | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | K. D. Prasenan | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,65,294 registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
See also
- Alathur
- Palakkad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Alathur". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.