Chittur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is Sumesh Achuthan of INC.
Local self-governed segments Chittur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Name Status (grama panchayat/municipality) Taluk Chittur-Thathamangalam Municipality Chittur Eruthempathy Grama panchayat Chittur Kozhinjampara Grama Panchayat Chittur Nalleppilly Grama panchayat Chittur Pattanchery Grama panchayat Chittur Perumatty Grama panchayat Chittur Vadakarapathy Grama panchayat Chittur Peruvemba Grama panchayat Palakkad Polpully Grama panchayat Palakkad
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
ElectionNiyamaSabhaMemberPartyTenure19571stP. Balachandra Menon 1957 – 1960K. Eacharan 19602ndP. Balachandra Menon 1960 – 1965Narayanan Thandan19673rd K. A. Sivarama Bharathy 1967 – 197019704th1970 – 197719775th P. Sankar 1977 – 198019806thK. Krishankutty 1980 – 198219827th1982 – 198719878thK. A. Chandran 1987 – 199119919thK. Krishankutty 1991 – 1996199610thK. Achuthan 1996 – 2001200111th2001 – 2006200612th2006 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614thK. Krishnankutty 2016-2021202115th2016 - 2021202616thSumesh Achuthan incumbent
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election. 2026
Local BodyBoothsUDF VotesLDF VotesNDA/BJP VotesMurugadas P. INDWinnerLeadPeruvemba16584253231096641UDF519Polpully13397146711447446LDF700Vadakarapathy257904676414611137UDF1140Eruthempathy319270708026441091UDF2190Kozhinjampara17560751341054604UDF473Nalleppilly15461048721785575LDF262Chittur-Thathamangalam Municipality361467792152745797UDF5462Pattanchery21694483011354867LDF1357Perumatty1954546589927755LDF1135TOTAL EVM1936427957949145136913UDF6330
2021
2016 There were 1,85,995 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2011 There were 1,67,800 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
See also Chittur Palakkad district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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