| Tarur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 57 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Vadakkenchery Town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| LS constituency | Alathur |
| Established | 2011 |
| Total electors | 1,70,119 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent P. P. Sumod | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Tarur 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 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is P. P. Sumod of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Tarur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kannambra | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 2 | Kavasseri | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 3 | Kottayi | Grama Panchayat | Alathur |
| 4 | Kuthannoor | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 5 | Peringottukurissi | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 6 | Puducode | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 7 | Tarur | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
| 8 | Vadakkencherry | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Tarur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | A. K. Balan | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. P. Sumod | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. P. Sumod | 67,744 | 51.58% |  0.67
| |
| INC | K. A. Sheeba | 43,213 | 32.90% | 1.38
| |
| BJP | Jayaprakashan K. P. | 18,465 | 14.06% |  1.99
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 940 | 0.72% | 0.16
| |
| WPOI | C. A. Ushakumari | 985 | 0.75% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 24,531 | 18.67% | 0.7
| ||
| Turnout | 1,28,310 | 78.13% | 2.96
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.67
|
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Niyamasabha election 2016
There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. K. Balan | 67,047 | 52.25% | 4.90
| |
| INC | C. Prakash | 43,979 | 34.28% | 0.07
| |
| BJP | K. V. Divakaran | 15,493 | 12.07% | 7.27
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,128 | 0.88% | − | |
| BSP | K. T. Narayanankutty | 663 | 0.52% | 1.57
| |
| Margin of victory | 23,068 | 17.97% | 4.97
| ||
| Turnout | 1,28,310 | 78.13% | 2.96
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 4.90
|
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Niyamasabha election 2011
There were 1,49,387 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. K. Balan | 64,175 | 57.15% | ||
| KC(J) | N. Vinesh | 38,419 | 34.21% | ||
| BJP | M. Lakshmanan | 5,385 | 4.80% | ||
| BSP | P. C. Narayanankutty | 2,346 | 2.09% | ||
| Independent | K .Vinesh | 1,963 | 1.75% | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,756 | 22.94% | |||
| Turnout | 1,12,288 | 75.17% | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- Tarur
- Palakkad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tarur". 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.