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Chittur Assembly constituency

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Chittur
Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chittur-Thathamangalam municipal town
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictPalakkad
LS constituencyAlathur
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,89,203 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyJD(S)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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).

Local self governed segments

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

Name Status (grama panchayat/municipality) Taluk
Chittur-Thathamangalam Municipality Chittur
Eruthempathy Grama panchayat Chittur
Kozhinjampara Grama Panchayat Chittur
Nalleppilly Grama panchayat Chittur
Pattanchery Grama panchayat Chittur
Perumatty Grama panchayat Chittur
Vadakarapathy Grama panchayat Chittur
Peruvemba Grama panchayat Palakkad
Polpully Grama panchayat Palakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  SSP   INC  JD  JD(S)

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

Election results

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

2021

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2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Chittur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) K. Krishnankutty 84,672 55.38 Increase10.48
INC Sumesh Achuthan 50,794 33.22 Decrease6.96
BJP V. Natesan 14,458 9.46 Increase1.33
NOTA None of the above 1,285 0.84 Decrease0.02
BSP A. Chandran 918 0.60 Decrease0.23
Independent K. Prameela 552 0.44
Independent N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar 226 0.15
Margin of victory 33,878 22.15
Turnout 1,52,905
JD(S) hold Swing {{{swing}}}

Niyamasabha election 2016

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There were 1,85,995 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Chittur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) K. Krishnakutty 69,270 44.90
INC K. Achuthan 61,985 40.18 Decrease11.15
BJP Sasikumar M. 12,537 8.13 Increase4.81
AIADMK Mayilswamy 6,212 4.03
NOTA None of the above 1,260 0.82
Independent Santha 679 0.44
Independent Kishnakutty Kunnath 672 0.44
BSP P. C. Ramachandran 571 0.37 Decrease0.09
Independent Achuthan Thankanivas 495 0.32
SUCI(C) A. Rajeena 442 0.29 Decrease0.06
Independent A. Krishnakutty Aramuri 157 0.10
Margin of victory 7,285 4.72
Turnout 1,54,280 82.95 Increase1.78
JD(S) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha election 2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Chittur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Achuthan 69,916 51.33
CPI(M) S. Subhash Chadrabose 57,586 42.28
BJP A. K. Omaakuttan 4,518 3.32
Independent K. Kaladharan 1,319 0.97
SDPI A. Muhammed Haneefa 1,192 0.88
BSP V. Lakshmi 626 0.46
Independent K. Achuthan 570 0.42
SUCI(C) A. Rajeena 472 0.35
Margin of victory 12,330 9.05
Turnout 1,36,199 81.17
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  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.