Tarur Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Tarur
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = Alathur
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 57
| map_image = Vadakkencherry01.jpg
| map_caption = Vadakkenchery Town
| established = 2011
| reservation = SC
| district = Palakkad
| mla = P. P. Sumod
| party = CPI(M)
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = 2021
| electors = 1,70,119 (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.{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala
}} 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’s constituency consists of the local self governed segments listed below:{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District
}}
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!width="20px" |Sl no. !width="100px" |Name !width="130px" |Status (grama panchayat/municipality) !width="50px" |Taluk |
| 1
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 2
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 3
|Grama Panchayat |Alathur |
| 4
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 5
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 6
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 7
|Grama panchayat |Alathur |
| 8
|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:{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/tarur-sc-assembly-constituency-map.html
|website = www.mapsofindia.com
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tarur
}}
Key
{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
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! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure |
| 2011
| 13th | rowspan="2" |A. K. Balan | rowspan="3" |CPI(M) | rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016
| 14th | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021
|15th |
{{notelist}}
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
=2021=
{{Election box begin | title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tarur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. P. Sumod|votes=67,744|percentage=51.58%|change={{decrease}}0.67}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. A. Sheeba|votes=43,213|percentage=32.90%|change={{decrease}}1.38}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Jayaprakashan K. P.|votes=18,465|percentage=14.06%|change={{increase}}1.99}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=940|percentage=0.72%|change={{decrease}}0.16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=C. A. Ushakumari|votes=985|percentage=0.75%|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 24,531
|percentage = 18.67%
|change ={{increase}}0.7
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,310|percentage=78.13%|change={{decrease}}2.96}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{decrease}}0.67
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Niyamasabha election 2016=
There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|website = eci.gov.in
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}
{{Election box begin | title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tarur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=A. K. Balan|votes=67,047|percentage=52.25%|change={{decrease}}4.90}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=C. Prakash|votes=43,979|percentage=34.28%|change={{increase}}0.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. V. Divakaran|votes=15,493|percentage=12.07%|change={{increase}}7.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,128|percentage=0.88%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. T. Narayanankutty|votes=663|percentage=0.52%|change={{decrease}}1.57}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 23,068
|percentage = 17.97%
|change ={{decrease}}4.97
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,310|percentage=78.13%|change={{decrease}}2.96}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing ={{decrease}}4.90
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha election 2011 =
There were 1,49,387 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: Tarur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=A. K. Balan|votes=64,175|percentage=57.15%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=N. Vinesh|votes=38,419|percentage=34.21%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Lakshmanan|votes=5,385|percentage=4.80%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. C. Narayanankutty|votes=2,346|percentage=2.09%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=K .Vinesh|votes=1,963|percentage=1.75%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 25,756
|percentage = 22.94%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,12,288|percentage=75.17%|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box end}}