Chittur Assembly constituency explained

Chittur
Type:SLA
Loksabha Cons:Alathur
Constituency No:58
State:Kerala
Established:1957 - present
Reservation:None
Electors:1,89,203 (2021)
Mla:K. Krishnankutty
Party:JD(S)
Latest Election Year:2021
District:Palakkad

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

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

NameStatus (grama panchayat/municipality)Taluk
Chittur-ThathamangalamMunicipalityChittur
EruthempathyGrama panchayatChittur
KozhinjamparaGrama PanchayatChittur
NalleppillyGrama panchayatChittur
PattancheryGrama panchayatChittur
PerumattyGrama panchayatChittur
VadakarapathyGrama panchayatChittur
PeruvembaGrama panchayatPalakkad
PolpullyGrama panchayatPalakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
19571stP. Balachandra Menon1957 – 1960
K. Eacharan
19602ndP. Balachandra Menon1960 – 1965
Narayanan Thandan
19673rdK. A. Sivarama Bharathy1967 – 1970
19704th1970 – 1977
19775thP. Sankar1977 – 1980
19806thK. Krishankutty1980 – 1982
19827th1982 – 1987
19878thK. A. Chandran1987 – 1991
19919thK. Krishankutty1991 – 1996
199610thK. Achuthan1996 – 2001
200111th2001 – 2006
200612th2006 – 2011
201113th2011 – 2016
201614thK. Krishnankutty2016-2021
202115thIncumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha election 2016

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

Niyamasabha election 2011

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala . www.ceo.kerala.gov.in . 12 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012075808/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf . 12 October 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District . www.ceo.kerala.gov.in . 12 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html . 3 September 2019 . dead .
  3. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
  4. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.