Alathur Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Alathur

| type = SLA

| loksabha_cons = Alathur

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 60

| map_image = NH 544, Alathur.jpg

| map_caption = NH 544 at Alathur town.

| established = 1957

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:165294}} (2016)

| mla = K. D. Prasenan

| party = CPI(M)

| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Palakkad

}}

Alathur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf

|website = ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala

|access-date = 11 October 2019

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012075808/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf

|archive-date = 12 October 2019

|url-status = dead

}} As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. D. Prasenan of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Alathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html

|website = ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District

|access-date = 11 October 2019

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html

|archive-date = 3 September 2019

|url-status = dead

}}

{{srn}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"

! width="100px" | Name

! width="130px" | Status (grama panchayat/municipality)

! width="100px" | Taluk

Alathur

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Erimayur

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Kizhakkanchery

| Grama Panchayat

| Alathur

Kuzhalmannam

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Melarcode

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Thenkurissi

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Vandazhi

| Grama panchayat

| Alathur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Alathur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:{{cite web

|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/alathur-assembly-constituency-map.html

|website = mapsofindia.com

|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Alathur

}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Niyama
Sabha

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

!Tenure

!Majority

1957

| 1st

| rowspan="4" |R. Krishnan

| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}

| 1957–1960

|5,886

1960

| 2nd

| 1960–1965

|9,224

1967

| 3rd

| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6}}

| 1967–1970

|12,407

1970

| 4th

| 1970–1977

|16,458

1977

| 5th

| E. M. S. Namboodiripad

| 1977–1980

|1,999

1980

| 6th

| rowspan="2" |C. T. Krishnan

| 1980–1982

|5,982

1982

| 7th

| 1982–1987

|11,314

1987

| 8th

| C. K. Rajendran

| 1987–1991

|1,211

1991

| 9th

| A. V. Gopinathan

| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 1991–1996

|338

1996

| 10th

| C. K. Rajendran

| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6}}

| 1996–2001

|12,166

2001

| 11th

| V. Chenthamarakshan

| 2001–2006

|12,505

2006

| 12th

| rowspan="2" |M. Chandran

| 2006–2011

|47,671

2011

| 13th

| 2011–2016

|24,741

2016

| 14th

| rowspan="2" | K. D. Prasenan

| 2016–2021

|36,060

2021

|15th

|Incumbent

|34,118

Election results

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

=2021=

{{Election box begin|

title=Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2021: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. D. Prasenan|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=74,653|percentage=55.15|change={{decrease}}.4%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Palayam Pradeep|party=Indian National Congress|votes=40,535|percentage=29.94|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Prasanth Sivan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=18,115|percentage=13.56|change={{decrease}}1.68%}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Chandran|votes=699|percentage=0.52|change={{decrease}}0.27%}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajesh.M|votes=347|percentage=0.26|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=783|percentage=0.58|change={{decrease}}0.26%}}

{{Election box majority||votes=34,118|percentage=25.2|change={{decrease}}2.82%}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,35,366|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2016=

There were {{formatnum:165294}} registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin | title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. D. Prasenan|votes=71,206|percentage=55.35%|change={{decrease}}2.37%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=K. Kusalakumar|votes=35,146|percentage=27.32%|change={{decrease}}9.08%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. P. Sreekumar|votes=19,610|percentage=15.24%|change={{increase}}10.53%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,076|percentage=0.84%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Krishnankutty K.|votes=1,010|percentage=0.79%|change={{decrease}}0.39%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Krishnankutty Kunissery|votes=326|percentage=0.25%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=M. Rajesh|votes=265|percentage=0.21%|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 36,060

|percentage = 28.03%

|change ={{increase}}6.71

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,639|percentage=77.82%|change={{increase}}1.89}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|loser = Kerala Congress (Mani)

|swing ={{decrease}}2.37

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2011 =

There were {{formatnum:152827}} registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin | title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Chandran|votes=66,977|percentage=57.72%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=K. Kusalakumar|votes=42,236|percentage=36.40%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K .A. Sulaiman|votes=5,460|percentage=4.71%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P .D. Paulose|votes=1,372|percentage=1.18%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 24,741

|percentage = 21.32%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,16,045|percentage=75.93%|change=}}{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2006 =

There were 157,841 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

{{Election box begin | title=2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Chandran|votes=73,231|percentage=65.61%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)|candidate=A. Raghavan|votes=25,560|percentage=22.90%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=G. Salprakash|votes=6,885|percentage=6.17%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=M. T. Chandran|votes=1,869|percentage=1.67%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 47,671

|percentage = 42.70%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,11,629|percentage=70.72%|change=}}

{{Election box|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2001 =

There were 154,832 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

{{Election box begin | title=2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Chenthamarakshan|votes=59,485|percentage=52.92%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Chellama|votes=46,980|percentage=41.80%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Harigovidan|votes=5,937|percentage=5.28%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 12,505

|percentage = 11.12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,12,447|percentage=72.83%|change=}}{{Election box|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 1996 =

There were 146,774 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

{{Election box begin | title=1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. K. Rajendran|votes=53,763|percentage=53.25%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Chellama|votes=41,597|percentage=41.20%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Krishankutty|votes=3,313|percentage=3.28%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 12,166

|percentage = 12.05%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,02,725|percentage=69.98%|change=}}{{Election box|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 1991 =

There were 136,727 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.{{Election box begin | title=1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. V. Gopinathan|votes=49,512|percentage=48.87%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V Sukumaran Master|votes=49,174|percentage=48.53%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N Bhagyalakshmi|votes=2,009|percentage=1.98%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 338

|percentage = 0.34%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,01,324|percentage=74.92%|change=}}{{Election box|winner=Indian National Congress}}

{{Election box end}}

= 1987 =

There were 116,246 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

{{Election box begin | title=1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. K. Rajendran|votes=44,381|percentage=49.77%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=C. S. Ramachandran Master|votes=43,170|percentage=48.41%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 1,211

|percentage = 1.36%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=89,176|percentage=77.77%|change=}}{{Election box|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 1982 =

There were 95,522 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

{{Election box begin | title=1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alathur}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C T Krishnan|votes=39,982|percentage=56.96%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=C K Balakrishnan|votes=28,668|percentage=40.84%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 11,314

|percentage = 16.12%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=70,192|percentage=74.28%|change=}}{{Election box|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|Year

| Winner

|Party

|Votes

| Runner up

|Party

|Votes

|Margin

1980

|C. T. Krishnan

|CPM

|36,244

|K. P. Kaladharan

|IND

|30,262

|5,982

1977

|E. M. S. Namboodiripad

|CPM

|31,424

|V. S. Vijayaraghavan

|Indian National Congress

|29,425

|1,999

1970

|R. Krishnan

|CPM

|34,193

|P. M. Adulrahiman

|IND

|17,735

|16,458

1967

|R.Krishnan

|CPM

|25,467

|Sarada

|Indian National Congress

|

|

1965

|R.Krishnan

|CPM

|26,328

|A. Narayanan

|Indian National Congress

|12,472

|13,856

1960

|R. Krishnan

|Communist Party of India

|31,159

|A. Sunna Sahib

|Indian National Congress

|21,935

|9,224

1957

|Krishnan R.

|Communist Party of India

|19,203

|Vaitheeswara Iyer P. S.

|Indian National Congress

|13,317

|5,886

= 1952 =

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Alathur{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Krishnan |party=Communist Party of India |votes=37,042 |percentage=30.51% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=O. Koran |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=23,181 |percentage=19.09% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Y. R. Ramanatha Iyer |party=Independent politician |votes=15,994 |percentage=13.17% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=E. Eacharan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=14,033 |percentage=11.56% |change=11.56% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. C. Pazhanimala |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,706 |percentage=11.29% |change=11.29% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. H. Koruman |party=Independent politician |votes=5,024 |percentage=4.14% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Chathan |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=4,671 |percentage=3.85% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. C. Sukumaran |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=4,394 |percentage=3.62% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Sankunny Nair |party=Independent politician |votes=3,372 |percentage=2.78% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=13,861 |percentage=11.42% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=1,21,417 |percentage=94.38% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 1,28,651 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Communist Party of India |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References