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Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
| 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 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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Tarur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
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 | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| 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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There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[4]
| 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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There were 1,49,387 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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) | |||||
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