Chittur Assembly constituency

Chittur 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.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).

Chittur
Constituency No. 58 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chittur-Thathamangalam municipal town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Established	1957
Total electors	1,89,203 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Krishnankutty
Party	JD(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Name	Status (grama panchayat/municipality)	Taluk
Chittur-Thathamangalam	Municipality	Chittur
Eruthempathy	Grama panchayat	Chittur
Kozhinjampara	Grama Panchayat	Chittur
Nalleppilly	Grama panchayat	Chittur
Pattanchery	Grama panchayat	Chittur
Perumatty	Grama panchayat	Chittur
Vadakarapathy	Grama panchayat	Chittur
Peruvemba	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
Polpully	Grama panchayat	Palakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI  SSP   INC  JD  JD(S)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. Balachandra Menon		CPI	1957 – 1960
		K. Eacharan		INC
1960	2nd	P. Balachandra Menon		CPI	1960 – 1965
		Narayanan Thandan
1967	3rd	K. A. Sivarama Bharathy		SSP	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. Sankar		CPI	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. Krishankutty		JD	1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. A. Chandran		INC	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. Krishankutty		JD	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. Achuthan		INC	1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. Krishnankutty		JD(S)	2016-2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Krishnankutty	84,672	55.38	10.48
	INC	Sumesh Achuthan	50,794	33.22	6.96
	BJP	V. Natesan	14,458	9.46	1.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,285	0.84	0.02
	BSP	A. Chandran	918	0.60	0.23
	Independent	K. Prameela	552	0.44	−
	Independent	N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar	226	0.15	−
Margin of victory			33,878	22.15
Turnout			1,52,905
	JD(S) hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2016

There were 1,85,995 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Krishnakutty	69,270	44.90	−
	INC	K. Achuthan	61,985	40.18	11.15
	BJP	Sasikumar M.	12,537	8.13	4.81
	AIADMK	Mayilswamy	6,212	4.03	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,260	0.82	−
	Independent	Santha	679	0.44	−
	Independent	Kishnakutty Kunnath	672	0.44	−
	BSP	P. C. Ramachandran	571	0.37	0.09
	Independent	Achuthan Thankanivas	495	0.32	−
	SUCI(C)	A. Rajeena	442	0.29	0.06
	Independent	A. Krishnakutty Aramuri	157	0.10	−
Margin of victory			7,285	4.72
Turnout			1,54,280	82.95	1.78
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,67,800 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Achuthan	69,916	51.33
	CPI(M)	S. Subhash Chadrabose	57,586	42.28
	BJP	A. K. Omaakuttan	4,518	3.32
	Independent	K. Kaladharan	1,319	0.97
	SDPI	A. Muhammed Haneefa	1,192	0.88	−
	BSP	V. Lakshmi	626	0.46	−
	Independent	K. Achuthan	570	0.42
	SUCI(C)	A. Rajeena	472	0.35
Margin of victory			12,330	9.05
Turnout			1,36,199	81.17
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Chittur
• Palakkad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election