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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency
| constituency number= 60
| name = Alathur
| image = NH 544, Alathur.jpg
| caption = [[National Highway 544 (India)|NH 544]] at [[Alathur]] town.
| existence = 1957–present
| reserved = None
| current mla = [[K. D. Prasenan]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| front = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| electedbyyear = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
| electorate = {{formatnum:165294}} (2016)
| self governed segments= {{Collapsible list|bullets=yes
| title =
| 1 = '''[[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayaths]]''' [[Alathur]] [[Erimayur]] [[Kizhakkancherry|Kizhakkanchery]] [[Kuzhalmannam (gram panchayat)|Kuzhalmannam]] [[Melarcode]] [[Thenkurissi (gram panchayat)|Thenkurissi]] [[Vandazhy (gram panchayat)|Vandazhi]]
}}
}}
'''Alathur State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in the [[Alathur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alathur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kerala
|access-date = 11 October 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012075808/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/03-DELIMITED-LAC.pdf
|archive-date = 12 October 2019
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[K. D. Prasenan]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self governed segments==
Alathur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District
|access-date = 11 October 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html
|archive-date = 3 September 2019
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
| [[Alathur]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Erimayur]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Kizhakkancherry|Kizhakkanchery]]
| Grama Panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Kuzhalmannam (gram panchayat)|Kuzhalmannam]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Melarcode]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Thenkurissi (gram panchayat)|Thenkurissi]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|-
| [[Vandazhy (gram panchayat)|Vandazhi]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Alathur#Panchayats in Alathur Taluk|Alathur]]
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Alathur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/alathur-assembly-constituency-map.html
|website = www.mapsofindia.com
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Alathur
}}</ref>

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}

{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| rowspan="4" |R. Krishnan
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India|rows=2}}
| 1957–1960
|-
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| 2nd
| 1960–1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rows=6}}
| 1967–1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| 1970–1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
| 1977–1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| rowspan="2" |C. T. Krishnan
| 1980–1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| 1982–1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| C. K. Rajendran
| 1987–1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| A. V. Gopinathan
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 1991–1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| C. K. Rajendran
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rows=6}}
| 1996–2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| [[V. Chenthamarakshan]]
| 2001–2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| rowspan="2" |[[M. Chandran]]
| 2006–2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| 2011–2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| rowspan="2" | [[K. D. Prasenan]]
| 2016–2021
|-
|2021
|15th
|[[Incumbent]]
|}

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

===Niyamasabha Election 2021===
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021]]: [[Alathur]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[K. D. Prasenan]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=74,653|percentage=55.15|change={{decrease}}.4%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Palayam Pradeep|party=Indian National Congress|votes=40,535|percentage=29.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Prasanth Sivan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=18,115|percentage=13.56|change={{decrease}}1.68%}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Chandran|votes=699|percentage=0.52|change={{decrease}}0.27%}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajesh.M|votes=347|percentage=0.26|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=783|percentage=0.58|change={{decrease}}0.26%}}
{{Election box majority||votes=34,118|percentage=25.2|change={{decrease}}2.82%}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,35,366|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Niyama Sabha Election 2016===
There were {{formatnum:165294}} registered voters in Alathur Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Alathur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. D. Prasenan]]|votes=71,206|percentage=55.35%|change={{decrease}}2.37%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=K. Kusalakumar|votes=35,146|percentage=27.32%|change={{decrease}}9.08%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. P. Sreekumar|votes=19,610|percentage=15.24%|change={{increase}}10.53%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,076|percentage=0.84%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Krishnankutty K.|votes=1,010|percentage=0.79%|change={{decrease}}0.39%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Krishnankutty Kunissery|votes=326|percentage=0.25%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=M. Rajesh|votes=265|percentage=0.21%|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 36,060
|percentage = 28.03%
|change ={{increase}}6.71
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,639|percentage=77.82%|change={{increase}}1.89}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Kerala Congress (Mani)
|swing ={{decrease}}2.37
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
There were {{formatnum:152827}} registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Alathur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Chandran|votes=66,977|percentage=57.72%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=K. Kusalakumar|votes=42,236|percentage=36.40%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K .A. Sulaiman|votes=5,460|percentage=4.71%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P .D. Paulose|votes=1,372|percentage=1.18%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 24,741
|percentage = 21.32%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,16,045|percentage=75.93%|change=}}{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

'''Niyamasabha Election 2006'''

[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

'''Total Votes: 157841'''

'''Votes Polled: 111629'''

'''Rejected & Missing Votes: 17'''

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Alathur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Chandran|votes=73,231|percentage=65.61%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)|candidate=A. RAGHAVAN|votes=25,560|percentage=22.90%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=G. SALPRAKASH|votes=6,885|percentage=6.17%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=M. T. CHANDHRAN|votes=1,869|percentage=1.67%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 47,671
|percentage = 42.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{{Election box end}}

[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|<big>'''2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election'''</big>]]

'''Total Votes: 154382'''

'''Votes Polled: 112447'''

'''Rejected & Missing Votes: 45'''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|
|
|
|-
|'''Name of the Candidate'''
|'''Party'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|CHENTHAMARAKSHAN
|CPM
|59,485
|52.92
|-
|R. CHELLEMMA TEACHER
|INCI
|46,980
|41.80
|-
|HARIGOVINDAN MASTER
|BJP
|5,937
|5.28
|-
|Rejected
|
|45
|
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''
|'''1,12,447'''
|'''100.00'''
|}
'''''Mr. CHENTHAMARAKSHAN elected with a margin of 12505 votes.'''''

[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|'''<big>1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</big>''']]

'''Total Votes: 146774'''

'''Votes Polled: 102725'''

'''Rejected & Missing Votes: 1771'''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name of the Candidate'''
|'''Party'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|C. K. RAJENDRAN
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|53,763
|53.25
|-
|R. CHELLAMMA
|[[Indian National Congress|INCI]]
|41,597
|41.20
|-
|P. KRISHNAN KUTTY
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|3,313
|3.28
|-
|P. A. JALEEL
|[[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|PDP]]
|889
|0.88
|-
|V. H. BASHEER
|AICT
|537
|0.53
|-
|C. MADHAVAN MASTER
|IND
|407
|0.40
|-
|M. K. KANNAN
|CMPI
|230
|0.23
|-
|RADHAKRISHNAN
|IND
|143
|0.14
|-
|Missing
|
|77
|
|-
|O. HARIDASAN
|IND
|75
|0.07
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''
|'''1,01,031'''
|'''100.00'''
|}
'''''Mr. C. K. RAJENDRAN elected with a margin of 12166 votes'''''

[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|'''<big>1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</big>''']]

'''Total electorate: 136727'''

Votes polled: 102439

{| class="wikitable"
|Name of the Candidate
|Party
|Votes
|-
|Mr. A. V. Gopinathan Nair
|Cong-I
|49,512
|-
|Mr. V. Sukumaran Master
|CPIM
|49,174
|-
|Ms. N. Bhagya Lekshmi
|BJP
|2,009
|-
|Mr. C. Bhaskaran
|IND
|328
|-
|Mr. P. C. Sivasankaran Nair
|IND
|233
|-
|Mr. P. H. Hassan
|IND
|68
|-
|Invalid:
|
|1,115
|}
'''''A. V. Gopinathan Nair (Cong-I) declared elected by a margin of 338 votes.'''''

[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|'''<big>1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</big>''']]

'''Total electorate: 116246'''

'''Votes polled: 90401'''
{| class="wikitable"
|Name of the Candidate
|Party
|Votes
|-
|C. K. Rajendran
|CPIM
|44,381
|-
|C. S. Ramachandran Master
|SRPS
|43,170
|-
|Ind
|3
|1,158
|-
|M. C. Sasidharan
|CMP
|467
|-
|Invalid:
|
|1,225
|}
'''''C. K. Rajendran (CPIM) declared elected by a margin of 1211 votes.'''''

[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|'''<big>1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</big>''']]

'''Total electorate: 95522'''

'''Votes polled: 70951'''
{| class="wikitable"
|Name of the Candidate
|Party
|Votes
|-
|Mr. C. T. Krishnan
|CPI-M
|39,982
|-
|Mr. C. K. Balakrishnan
|SRP
|28,668
|-
|Mr. Bhaskaran
|IND
|584
|-
|Mr. K. Sankaran
|IND
|489
|-
|Mr. Adv. K. Haridas
|IND
|184
|-
|Mr. C. K. Syedali
|IND
|118
|-
|Mr. K. K. M. Shafeek
|IND
|93
|-
|Mr. C. A. Karim Sahib
|IND
|74
|-
|Invalid:
|
|759
|}
'''''C. T. Krishnan (CPI-M) elected by a margin of 11314 votes.'''''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|'''''Year'''''
| '''''Winner'''''
|'''''Party'''''
|'''''Votes'''''
| '''''Runner UP'''''
|'''''Party'''''
|'''''Votes'''''
|'''''Margin'''''
|-
|''1980''
|'''C. T. Krishnan'''
|CPM
|36,244
|K. P. Kaladharan
|IND
|30,262
|5,982
|-
|1977
|'''[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]'''
|CPM
|31,424
|V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|29,425
|1,999
|-
|1970
|'''R. Krishnan'''
|CPM
|34,193
|P. M. Adulrahiman
|IND
|17,735
|16,458
|-
|1967
|'''R.Krishnan'''
|CPM
|25,467
|Sarada
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|-
|1965
|'''R.Krishnan'''
|CPM
|26,328
|A. Narayanan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|12,472
|13,856
|-
|1960
|'''R. Krishnan'''
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|31,159
|A. Sunna Sahib
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|21,935
|9,224
|-
|1957
|'''Krishnan R.'''
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|19,203
|Vaitheeswara Iyer P. S.
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|13,317
|5,886
|}

==See also==
* [[Alathur]]
* [[Palakkad district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district]]

Alathur (State Assembly constituency) - Revision history

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