Alathur (State Assembly constituency)

Alathur
Alathur
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
	NH 544 at Alathur town.
Constituency details
District	Palakkad
Established	1957–present
Total electors	165,294 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	K. D. Prasenan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Communist Party of India

Alathur 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. D. Prasenan of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments[]

Alathur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Alathur	Grama panchayat	Alathur
Erimayur	Grama panchayat	Alathur
Kizhakkanchery	Grama Panchayat	Alathur
Kuzhalmannam	Grama panchayat	Alathur
Melarcode	Grama panchayat	Alathur
Thenkurissi	Grama panchayat	Alathur
Vandazhi	Grama panchayat	Alathur

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

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

Key

CPI(M) CPI INC

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	R. Krishnan	CPI	1957–1960
1960	2nd		CPI	1960–1965
1967	3rd		CPI(M)	1967–1970
1970	4th			1970–1977
1977	5th	E. M. S. Namboodiripad		1977–1980
1980	6th	C. T. Krishnan		1980–1982
1982	7th	C. T. Krishnan		1982–1987
1987	8th	C. K. Rajendran		1987–1991
1991	9th	A. V. Gopinathan	INC	1991–1996
1996	10th	C. K. Rajendran	CPI(M)	1996–2001
2001	11th	V. Chenthamarakshan		2001–2006
2006	12th	M. Chandran		2006–2011
2011	13th	M. Chandran		2011–2016
2016	14th	K. D. Prasenan		2016–2021
2021	15th	K. D. Prasenan		Incumbent

Election results[]

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021[]

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Alathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. D. Prasenan	74,653	55.15	.4%
	INC	Palayam Pradeep	40,535	29.94
	BJP	Prasanth Sivan	18,115	13.56	1.68%
	BSP	Chandran	699	0.52	0.27%
	Independent	Rajesh.M	347	0.26	-
	NOTA	None of the above	783	0.58	0.26%
Majority			34,118	25.2	2.82%
Turnout			1,35,366
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyama Sabha Election 2016[]

There were 165,294 registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Alathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. D. Prasenan	71,206	55.35%	2.37%
	KC(M)	K. Kusalakumar	35,146	27.32%	9.08%
	BJP	M. P. Sreekumar	19,610	15.24%	10.53%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,076	0.84%	-
	BSP	Krishnankutty K.	1,010	0.79%	0.39%
	Independent	Krishnankutty Kunissery	326	0.25%	-
	Independent	M. Rajesh	265	0.21%	-
Margin of victory			36,060	28.03%	6.71
Turnout			1,28,639	77.82%	1.89
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.37

Niyamasabha Election 2011[]

There were 152,827 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Alathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	M. Chandran	66,977	57.72%
	KC(M)	K. Kusalakumar	42,236	36.40%
	BJP	K .A. Sulaiman	5,460	4.71%
	BSP	P .D. Paulose	1,372	1.18%
Margin of victory			24,741	21.32%
Turnout			1,16,045	75.93%
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total Votes: 157841

Votes Polled: 111629

Rejected & Missing Votes: 17

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Alathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	M. Chandran	73,231	65.61%
	DIC	A. RAGHAVAN	25,560	22.90%
	BJP	G. SALPRAKASH	6,885	6.17%
	BSP	M. T. CHANDHRAN	1,869	1.67%
Margin of victory			47,671	42.70
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total Votes: 154382

Votes Polled: 112447

Rejected & Missing Votes: 45


Name of the Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
CHENTHAMARAKSHAN	CPM	59,485	52.92
R. CHELLEMMA TEACHER	INCI	46,980	41.80
HARIGOVINDAN MASTER	BJP	5,937	5.28
Rejected		45
Total		1,12,447	100.00

Mr. CHENTHAMARAKSHAN elected with a margin of 12505 votes.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total Votes: 146774

Votes Polled: 102725

Rejected & Missing Votes: 1771

Name of the Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
C. K. RAJENDRAN	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	53,763	53.25
R. CHELLAMMA	INCI	41,597	41.20
P. KRISHNAN KUTTY	BJP	3,313	3.28
P. A. JALEEL	PDP	889	0.88
V. H. BASHEER	AICT	537	0.53
C. MADHAVAN MASTER	IND	407	0.40
M. K. KANNAN	CMPI	230	0.23
RADHAKRISHNAN	IND	143	0.14
Missing		77
O. HARIDASAN	IND	75	0.07
Total		1,01,031	100.00

Mr. C. K. RAJENDRAN elected with a margin of 12166 votes

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total electorate: 136727

Votes polled: 102439

Name of the Candidate	Party	Votes
Mr. A. V. Gopinathan Nair	Cong-I	49,512
Mr. V. Sukumaran Master	CPIM	49,174
Ms. N. Bhagya Lekshmi	BJP	2,009
Mr. C. Bhaskaran	IND	328
Mr. P. C. Sivasankaran Nair	IND	233
Mr. P. H. Hassan	IND	68
Invalid:		1,115

A. V. Gopinathan Nair (Cong-I) declared elected by a margin of 338 votes.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total electorate: 116246

Votes polled: 90401

Name of the Candidate	Party	Votes
C. K. Rajendran	CPIM	44,381
C. S. Ramachandran Master	SRPS	43,170
Ind	3	1,158
M. C. Sasidharan	CMP	467
Invalid:		1,225

C. K. Rajendran (CPIM) declared elected by a margin of 1211 votes.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Total electorate: 95522

Votes polled: 70951

Name of the Candidate	Party	Votes
Mr. C. T. Krishnan	CPI-M	39,982
Mr. C. K. Balakrishnan	SRP	28,668
Mr. Bhaskaran	IND	584
Mr. K. Sankaran	IND	489
Mr. Adv. K. Haridas	IND	184
Mr. C. K. Syedali	IND	118
Mr. K. K. M. Shafeek	IND	93
Mr. C. A. Karim Sahib	IND	74
Invalid:		759

C. T. Krishnan (CPI-M) elected by a margin of 11314 votes.

Year	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner UP	Party	Votes	Margin
1980	C. T. Krishnan	CPM	36,244	K. P. Kaladharan	IND	30,262	5,982
1977	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	CPM	31,424	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	Indian National Congress	29,425	1,999
1970	R. Krishnan	CPM	34,193	P. M. Adulrahiman	IND	17,735	16,458
1967	R.Krishnan	CPM	25,467	Sarada	Indian National Congress
1965	R.Krishnan	CPM	26,328	A. Narayanan	Indian National Congress	12,472	13,856
1960	R. Krishnan	Communist Party of India	31,159	A. Sunna Sahib	Indian National Congress	21,935	9,224
1957	Krishnan R.	Communist Party of India	19,203	Vaitheeswara Iyer P. S.	Indian National Congress	13,317	5,886

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.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 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 11 October 2019.

[3] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Alathur". 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.

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