Tarur (State Assembly constituency)
Tarur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: തരൂർ 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
57 Tarur തരൂർ | |
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Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
Existence | 2011 - present |
Reservation | SC |
Electorate | 1,64,236 (2016) |
Current MLA | A. K. Balan |
Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Political Front | LDF |
Elected Year | 2016 |
District | Palakkad |
Local Self Governed Segments | Kannambra, Kavasseri, Kottayi, Kuthannoor, Peringottukurissi, Puducode, Tarur and Vadakkencherry. |
Local self governed segments
Tarur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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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 Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Tarur Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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2011 | 13th | A. K. Balan | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | Incumbent |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,64,236 registered voters in Tarur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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CPI (M) | A. K. Balan | 67,047 | 52.25% | ||
INC | C. Prakash | 43,979 | 34.28% | ||
BJP | K. V. Divakaran | 15,493 | 12.07% | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,128 | 0.88% | ||
BSP | K. T. Narayanankutty | 663 | 0.52% | ||
Margin of victory | 23,068 | 17.97% | |||
Turnout | 1,28,310 | 78.13% | |||
CPI (M) hold | Swing |
See also
References
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Tarur". www.mapsofindia.com.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.