Aroor Assembly constituency

Aroor 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Daleema Jojo of CPI(M).

Aroor
Constituency No. 102 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Top to Bottom: Aunrise from Aroor Bridge, seafood export processing plant at Aroor.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Established	1957
Total electors	1,91,898 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Daleema
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Aroor Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Arookutty	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Aroor	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Chennam - Pallippuram	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Ezhupunna	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Kodamthuruth	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Kuthiathode	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Panavally	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Perumbalam	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Thycattussery	Grama panchayat	Cherthala
Thuravoor	Grama panchayat	Cherthala

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Aroor Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Key

  CPI   CPI(M)   JSS   INC

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. S. Karthikeyan		INC	1957–1960
1960	2nd				1960–1965
1967	3rd	K. R. Gowri Amma		CPI(M)	1967–1970
1970	4th				1970–1977
1977	5th	P. S. Sreenivasan		CPI	1977–1980
1980	6th	K. R. Gowri Amma		CPI(M)	1980–1982
1982	7th				1982–1987
1987	8th				1987–1991
1991	9th				1991–1996
1996	10th			JSS	1996–2001
2001	11th				2001–2006
2006	12th	A. M. Ariff		CPI(M)	2006–2011
2011	13th				2011–2016
2016	14th				2016–2019
2019*		Shanimol Usman		INC	2019-2021
2021	15th	Daleema		CPI(M)	Incumbent

Election results

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

2019 by-election

Due to the election of the sitting MLA, A. M. Ariff, as the MP from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, Aroor Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,91,898 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for this election.^[4]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Aroor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanimol Usman	69,356	44.88%	16.34
	CPI(M)	Manu C. Pulikkal	67,277	43.54%	8.80
	BJP	K. P. Prakash Babu	16,289	10.54%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	840	0.54%	0.09
	Independent	Geetha Asokan	352	0.23%	N/A
	Independent	K. B. Sunil Kumar	278	0.18%	N/A
	Independent	Alleppy Sugunan	142	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			2,079	1.34%	22.46
Turnout			1,54,534	80.47%	5.35
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	16.34

2016

There were 1,88,615 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aroor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. M. Ariff	84,720	52.34%	0.06
	INC	C. R. Jayaprakash	46,201	28.54%	12.25
	BDJS	Aniyappan	27,753	17.14%	−
	WPOI	Mohan Chacko	761	0.47%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	736	0.45%	−
	SUCI(C)	K. Prathapan	556	0.34%
	SDPI	Liyakath Ali	434	0.27%	0.05
	PDP	Faizal	433	0.27%
	Independent	Thuravoor Rajasekharan	281	0.17%
Margin of victory			38,519	23.80%	12.31
Turnout			1,61,875	85.82%	1.59
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.06

2011

There were 1,74,130 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aroor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. M. Ariff	76,675	52.28%
	INC	A. A. Shukoor	59,823	40.79%
	BJP	T. Sajeev Lal	7,486	5.10%
	BSP	V. Lenin	787	0.54%
	Independent	Suresh Babu	776	0.53%
	SDPI	Jayaprakash	476	0.32%
	Independent	S. Sarath	378	0.26%
	Independent	T. P. Radhakrishnan	275	0.19%
Margin of victory			16,852	11.49%
Turnout			1,46,676	84.23%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Aroor
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections