Aroor
Constituency for the
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictAlappuzha
Established1957-present
Total electors1,91,898 (2019)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Aroor State assembly constituency 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] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Daleema Jojo of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Arookutty Grama panchayat Cherthala
Aroor Grama panchayat Cherthala
Chennam - Pallippuram Grama panchayat Cherthala
Ezhupunna Grama panchayat Cherthala
Kodamthuruth Grama panchayat Cherthala
Kuthiathode Grama panchayat Cherthala
Panavally Grama panchayat Cherthala
Perumbalam Grama panchayat Cherthala
Thycattussery Grama panchayat Cherthala
Thuravoor Grama panchayat Cherthala

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Aroor Niyamasabha 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 2019-2021
2021 15th Daleema CPI(M) Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha by-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 bypolls 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% Increase16.34
CPI(M) Manu C. Pulikkal 67,277 43.54% Decrease8.80
BJP K. P. Prakash Babu 16,289 10.54% N/A
NOTA None of the above 840 0.54% Increase0.09
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% Decrease22.46
Turnout 1,54,534 80.47% Decrease5.35
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase16.34

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% Increase0.06
INC C. R. Jayaprakash 46,201 28.54% Decrease12.25
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% Decrease0.05
PDP Faizal 433 0.27%
Independent Thuravoor Rajasekharan 281 0.17%
Margin of victory 38,519 23.80% Increase12.31
Turnout 1,61,875 85.82% Increase1.59
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase0.06

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,130 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Aroor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) A. M. Ariff 76,675 52.28%
INC A. A. Shukoor 59,823 40.79%
BJP T. Sajeev Lal 7,486 5.10%
BSP V. Lenin 787 0.54%
Independent Suresh Babu 776 0.53%
SDPI Jayaprakash 476 0.32%
Independent S. Sarath 378 0.26%
Independent T. P. Radhakrishnan 275 0.19%
Margin of victory 16,852 11.49%
Turnout 1,46,676 84.23%
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.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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