Aroor (State Assembly constituency)

Aroor State assembly constituency (Malayalam: അരൂർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

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Aroor
അരൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
The Aroor Bypass in the Aroor (State Assembly constituency).
Existence1957-present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,91,898 (2019)
Current MLAShanimol Usman
PartyIndian National Congress
Political Front  UDF
Elected Year2019
DistrictAlappuzha
Local Self Governed SegmentsArookutty, Aroor, Chennam - Pallippuram, Ezhupunna, Kodamthuruth, Kuthiathode, Panavally, Perumbalam, Thycattussery and Thuravoor.

Local self governed segments

Aroor Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Arookutty Grama panchayat Cherthala
2 Aroor Grama panchayat Cherthala
3 Chennam - Pallippuram Grama panchayat Cherthala
4 Ezhupunna Grama panchayat Cherthala
5 Kodamthuruth Grama panchayat Cherthala
6 Kuthiathode Grama panchayat Cherthala
7 Panavally Grama panchayat Cherthala
8 Perumbalam Grama panchayat Cherthala
9 Thycattussery Grama panchayat Cherthala
10 Thuravoor Grama panchayat Cherthala

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Aroor Niyama Sabha 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 Incumbent
    • * Byepoll

    Election results

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

    Niyama Sabha Bye-election 2019

    Due to the election of the sitting MLA A. M. Ariff as the MP from Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency), Aroor Niyamasabha Constituency went to byepoll 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

    Niyama Sabha Election 2016

    There were 1,88,615 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[5]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Aroor
    Party Candidate Votes % ±
    CPI (M) A. M. Ariff 84,720 52.34%
    INC C. R. Jayaprakash 46,201 28.54%
    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%
    PDP Faizal 433 0.27%
    Independent Thuravoor Rajasekharan 281 0.17%
    Margin of victory 38,519 23.80%
    Turnout 1,61,875 85.82%
    CPI (M) hold Swing

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Aroor". www.mapsofindia.com.
    4. "Aroor Niyamasabha Constituency Byelection Results, Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
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