Chittur Assembly constituency

Chittur 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).

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Chittur Assembly constituency

Chittur 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).

Local self-governed segments

Chittur Assembly constituency

Chittur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Status (grama panchayat/municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chittur-Thathamangalam</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Eruthempathy</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Kozhinjampara</td><td>Grama Panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Nalleppilly</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Pattanchery</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Perumatty</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Vadakarapathy</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Chittur</td></tr><tr><td>Peruvemba</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Palakkad</td></tr><tr><td>Polpully</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Palakkad</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Chittur Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

  CPI  SSP   INC  JD  JD(S)

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

Election results

Chittur Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>ISJD</td><td>V. Murukadas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sumesh Achuthan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Pranesh Rajendran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>K. Krishnankutty</td><td>84,672</td><td>55.38</td><td>10.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sumesh Achuthan</td><td>50,794</td><td>33.22</td><td>6.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Natesan</td><td>14,458</td><td>9.46</td><td>1.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,285</td><td>0.84</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. Chandran</td><td>918</td><td>0.60</td><td>0.23</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Prameela</td><td>552</td><td>0.44</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar</td><td>226</td><td>0.15</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>33,878</td><td>22.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,52,905</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>{{{swing}}}</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>K. Krishnakutty</td><td>69,270</td><td>44.90</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Achuthan</td><td>61,985</td><td>40.18</td><td>11.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sasikumar M.</td><td>12,537</td><td>8.13</td><td>4.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Mayilswamy</td><td>6,212</td><td>4.03</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,260</td><td>0.82</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Santha</td><td>679</td><td>0.44</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kishnakutty Kunnath</td><td>672</td><td>0.44</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. C. Ramachandran</td><td>571</td><td>0.37</td><td>0.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Achuthan Thankanivas</td><td>495</td><td>0.32</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>A. Rajeena</td><td>442</td><td>0.29</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Krishnakutty Aramuri</td><td>157</td><td>0.10</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,285</td><td>4.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,54,280</td><td>82.95</td><td>1.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Achuthan</td><td>69,916</td><td>51.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>S. Subhash Chadrabose</td><td>57,586</td><td>42.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. K. Omanakuttan</td><td>4,518</td><td>3.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Kaladharan</td><td>1,319</td><td>0.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>A. Muhammed Haneefa</td><td>1,192</td><td>0.88</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. Lakshmi</td><td>626</td><td>0.46</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Achuthan</td><td>570</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>A. Rajeena</td><td>472</td><td>0.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,330</td><td>9.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,36,199</td><td>81.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>