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Guruvayur
Constituency No. 63 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chavakkad Beach
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,01,801 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent N. K. Akbar
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Guruvayur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is N. K. Akbar of CPI(M).

Location

Guruvayur Assembly Constituency lies in Chavakkad Taluk. Chavakkad is the lone Taluk of Thrissur district, which entirely lies in the erstwhile British Malabar. Chavakkad Taluk was created in 1956-57 by dividing the Ponnani taluk of erstwhile Malabar District. Present-day Chavakkad Taluk and much of the coastal region of Thrissur district were ruled by the Zamorin of Calicut until the 18th century. Guruvayur constituency shares its boundary with the Ponnani constituency of Malappuram district to the north, Kunnamkulam constituency to the northeast, and Manalur constituency both to southeast and south.

In 1994, the then Guruvayoor constituency had around 47% Muslims, 45% Hindus and 8% others.

Local self governed segments

Guruvayur 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:

Election results

Niyamasabha Election 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Guruvayur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. K. Akbar	77,072	52.52	7.76
	IUML	K. N. A.Khader	58,804	40.07	5.54
	DSJP	Dileep Nair	6,294	4.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,007	0.69	−
Margin of victory			18,268	12.45	2.22
Turnout			1,46,759
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.76

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,90,919 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Guruvayur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. V. Abdul Khader	66,088	44.76	3.77
	IUML	P. M. Sadiqali	50,990	34.53	6.22
	BJP	Nivedida Subramanian	25,490	17.26	10.01
	SDPI	P. R. Siyad	1,406	0.95	0.75
	WPOI	K. G. Mohanan	1,382	0.94	−
	PDP	Muhammed Rasheed Arakkal	500	0.45	−
	NOTA	None of the Above	605	0.41	−
	SUCI(C)	C. V. Premraj	314	0.21	0.02
	Independent	Abdul Khader Kumbilavalappil	256	0.17	−
	Independent	Sasi Anjoor	204	0.14	−
Margin of victory			15,098	10.23
Turnout			1,47,350	73.17
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.77

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,161 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

See also

• Guruvayur
• Thrissur district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.thrissurkerala.com.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur District". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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 Thrissur district