Elathur Assembly constituency

Elathur 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly election, the current MLA is A. K. Saseendran of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).

Elathur
Constituency No. 26 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Korappuzha Bridge name board in Elathur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	2008
Total electors	2,03,267 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. K. Saseendran
Party	NCP(SP)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Elathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following six wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation (Elathur) in Kozhikode Taluk, and 6 Gram Panchayats in the same Taluk:^[2]

Wards of Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in Elathur Constituency

Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
1	Elathur	2	Chettikulam	3	Eranjikkal
4	Puthur	5	Mokavur	75	Puthiyappa

Other Local Bodies in Elathur Constituency

Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
Chelannur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
Kakkodi	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
Kakkur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
Kuruvattur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
Nanmanda	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
Thalakkulathur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  NCP-SP

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	A. K. Saseendran		NCP-SP	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

2021

There were 2,03,267 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP-SP	A. K. Saseendran	83,639	50.89	2.24
	DCK	Sulfikar Mayoori	45,137	27.46	−
	BJP	T. P. Jayachandran Master	32,010	19.48	0.96
	WPOI	Tahir Mokandi	2,000	0.73	−
	NOTA	None of the above	986	0.48	−
	Independent	P. K. Radhakrishnan	580	0.35	−
Margin of victory			38,502	23.43	4.93
Turnout			1,64,350	80.85	2.43
	NCP-SP hold		Swing	2.24

2016

There were 1,88,528 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	A. K. Saseendran	76,387	48.65	1.49
	JD(U)	Kishen Chand	47,450	30.15	−
	BJP	Rajan Nair	29,070	18.52	9.63
	Independent	Krishnan	1,724	1.10	−
	BSP	Raghu	1,142	0.73
	NOTA	None of the above	986	0.63	−
	Independent	Useffali P. M.	367	0.23	−
Margin of victory			29,057	18.50	7.56
Turnout			1,57,006	83.28	1.04
	NCP hold		Swing	1.49

2011

There were 1,62,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	A. K. Saseendran	67,143	50.14	−
	SJ(D)	Shaikh P. Harriz	52,489	39.20	−
	BJP	V. V. Rajan	11,901	8.89	−
	Independent	A. Sasindran	1,402	1.05	−
	BSP	Ramesh Nanmanda	971	0.73	−
Margin of victory			14,654	10.94
Turnout			1,57,006	82.24
	NCP win (new seat)

See also

• Elathur
• Kozhikode district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election