Tarur
Constituency for the
Vadakkenchery Town
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictPalakkad
Established2011
Total electors1,70,119 (2021)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
P. P. Sumod
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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.[1] 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:[2]

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:[3]

Key

  CPI(M)

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.

    Niyamasabha election 2021

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Tarur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) P. P. Sumod 67,744 51.58% Decrease0.67
    INC K. A. Sheeba 43,213 32.90% Decrease1.38
    BJP Jayaprakashan K. P. 18,465 14.06% Increase1.99
    NOTA None of the above 940 0.72% Decrease0.16
    WPOI C. A. Ushakumari 985 0.75% -
    Margin of victory 24,531 18.67% Increase0.7
    Turnout 1,28,310 78.13% Decrease2.96
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease0.67

    Niyamasabha election 2016

    There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Tarur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) A. K. Balan 67,047 52.25% Decrease4.90
    INC C. Prakash 43,979 34.28% Increase0.07
    BJP K. V. Divakaran 15,493 12.07% Increase7.27
    NOTA None of the above 1,128 0.88% -
    BSP K. T. Narayanankutty 663 0.52% Decrease1.57
    Margin of victory 23,068 17.97% Decrease4.97
    Turnout 1,28,310 78.13% Decrease2.96
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease4.90

    Niyamasabha election 2011

    There were 1,49,387 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Tarur
    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

    References

    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tarur". www.mapsofindia.com.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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