Tarur Assembly constituency

Tarur 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 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is P. P. Sumod of CPI(M).

Tarur
Constituency No. 57 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Vadakkenchery Town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Established	2008
Total electors	1,70,119 (2021)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. P. Sumod
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Tarur Assembly constituency consists of the local self-governed segments listed below:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (grama panchayat/municipality)	Taluk
1	Kannambra	Grama panchayat	Alathur
2	Kavasseri	Grama panchayat	Alathur
3	Kottayi	Grama Panchayat	Alathur
4	Kuthannoor	Grama panchayat	Alathur
5	Peringottukurissi	Grama panchayat	Alathur
6	Puducode	Grama panchayat	Alathur
7	Tarur	Grama panchayat	Alathur
8	Vadakkencherry	Grama panchayat	Alathur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	A. K. Balan	CPI(M)		2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th	P. P. Sumod			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tarur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. P. Sumod	67,744	51.58%	0.67
	INC	K. A. Sheeba	43,213	32.90%	1.38
	BJP	Jayaprakashan K. P.	18,465	14.06%	1.99
	NOTA	None of the above	940	0.72%	0.16
	WPOI	C. A. Ushakumari	985	0.75%	−
Margin of victory			24,531	18.67%	0.7
Turnout			1,28,310	78.13%	2.96
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.67

2016

There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tarur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Balan	67,047	52.25%	4.90
	INC	C. Prakash	43,979	34.28%	0.07
	BJP	K. V. Divakaran	15,493	12.07%	7.27
	NOTA	None of the above	1,128	0.88%	−
	BSP	K. T. Narayanankutty	663	0.52%	1.57
Margin of victory			23,068	17.97%	4.97
Turnout			1,28,310	78.13%	2.96
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.90

2011

There were 1,49,387 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Tarur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Balan	64,175	57.15%
	KC(J)	N. Vinesh	38,419	34.21%
	BJP	M. Lakshmanan	5,385	4.80%
	BSP	P. C. Narayanankutty	2,346	2.09%
	Independent	K .Vinesh	1,963	1.75%
Margin of victory			25,756	22.94%
Turnout			1,12,288	75.17%
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

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