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Chittur
Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chittur-Thathamangalam municipal town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
LS constituency	Alathur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,89,203 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Krishnankutty
Party	JD(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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. 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:

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  SSP   INC  JD  JD(S)

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Krishnankutty	84,672	55.38	10.48
	INC	Sumesh Achuthan	50,794	33.22	6.96
	BJP	V. Natesan	14,458	9.46	1.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,285	0.84	0.02
	BSP	A. Chandran	918	0.60	0.23
	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

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Krishnakutty	69,270	44.90	−
	INC	K. Achuthan	61,985	40.18	11.15
	BJP	Sasikumar M.	12,537	8.13	4.81
	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	0.09
	Independent	Achuthan Thankanivas	495	0.32	−
	SUCI(C)	A. Rajeena	442	0.29	0.06
	Independent	A. Krishnakutty Aramuri	157	0.10	−
Margin of victory			7,285	4.72
Turnout			1,54,280	82.95	1.78
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha election 2011

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

See also

• Chittur
• Palakkad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

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.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district