Adoor (State Assembly constituency)

Adoor State assembly constituency (Malayalam: അടൂർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The candidacy for MLA of the constituency is restricted to members of Scheduled Castes only. The current MLA is Chittayam Gopakumar of CPI.

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Adoor
അടൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence1965 - present
ReservationSC
Electorate2,08,432 (2016)
Current MLAChittayam Gopakumar
PartyCPI
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictPathanamthitta

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI (M)    INC    CPI  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1967 3rd Ramalingom CPI 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Thegamom Balakrishna Pillai 1970 – 1977
1977 5th Thennala Balakrishna Pillai INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th C. P. Karunakaran Pillai CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Thennala Balakrishna Pillai INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th R. Unnikrishnan Pillai CPI(M) 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Chittayam Gopakumar CPI 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,08,432 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Adoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI Chittayam Gopakumar 76,034 49.05 2.03
INC K. K. Shaju 50,574 32.62 13.95
BJP P. Sudheer 25,940 16.73 12.13
SDPI Jyothish Perumpulickal 673 0.43
NOTA None of the above 672 0.43 -
BSP Plavinal Santhosh 410 0.26 0.12
Independent Ajitha P. 408 0.26
PDP Vishnu Raj T. 307 0.20
Margin of victory 25,460 16.43 15.98
Turnout 1,55,018 74.37 4.76
CPI hold Swing 2.03

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,94,014 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Adoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI Chittayam Gopakumar 63,501 47.02
INC Pandalam Sudhakaran 689474 46.57
BJP K. K. Sasi 6,210 4.60 -
Independent Olikkulangara Surendran 994 0.74
BSP Kodumon Ramachandran 519 0.38 -
Independent Piravanthoor Sreedharan 462 0.34
Independent Remanan 315 0.23
Independent Anil K. 162 0.12
Margin of victory 607 0.45
Turnout 1,35,057 69.61
CPI gain from INC Swing
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See also

References
  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.


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