Aroor Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Aroor 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Daleema Jojo of CPI(M).
| Aroor | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 102 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Top to Bottom: Aunrise from Aroor Bridge, seafood export processing plant at Aroor. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,91,898 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Aroor Assembly 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 Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| 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.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Daleema | ||||
| INC | Shanimol Usman | ||||
| BDJS | Adv. P. S. Jyothis | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 2,00,005 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Daleema | 75,617 | 45.98 |  2.44 | |
| INC | Shanimol Usman | 68,604 | 41.71 |  3.17 | |
| BDJS | T. Aniyappan | 17,479 | 10.63 | 0.09 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 846 | 0.51 | 0.03 | |
| BSP | Rugma Prasad | 682 | 0.41 | − | |
| DSJP | Ambika K. N. | 682 | 0.41 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | K. Prathapan | 374 | 0.23 | − | |
| Independent | Vayalar Rajeevan | 164 | 0.10 | − | |
| Independent | Pramod Perumpuzha | 161 | 0.10 | − | |
| Independent | Chandran | 89 | 0.05 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 7,013 | 4.26 | 2.92 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,491 | 82.24 | 1.77 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 2.44 |
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2019 by-election
Due to the election of the sitting MLA, A. M. Ariff, as the MP from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, Aroor Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,91,898 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for this election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanimol Usman | 69,356 | 44.88% | 16.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Manu C. Pulikkal | 67,277 | 43.54% | 8.80 | |
| BJP | K. P. Prakash Babu | 16,289 | 10.54% | 6.60 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 840 | 0.54% | 0.09 | |
| 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% | 22.46 | ||
| Turnout | 1,54,534 | 80.47% | 5.35 | ||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 16.34 |
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2016
There were 1,88,615 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. M. Ariff | 84,720 | 52.34% | 0.06 | |
| INC | C. R. Jayaprakash | 46,201 | 28.54% | 12.25 | |
| BDJS | Aniyappan | 27,753 | 17.14% | 12.04 | |
| 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% | 0.05 | |
| PDP | Faizal | 433 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | Thuravoor Rajasekharan | 281 | 0.17% | ||
| Margin of victory | 38,519 | 23.80% | 12.31 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,875 | 85.82% | 1.59 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.06 |
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2011
There were 1,74,130 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. M. Ariff | 76,675 | 52.28 | 2.73 | |
| INC | A. A. Shukoor | 59,823 | 40.79 | 4.72 | |
| BJP | T. Sajeev Lal | 7,486 | 5.10 | 2.17 | |
| BSP | V. Lenin | 787 | 0.54 | 0.19 | |
| 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 | 7.45 | ||
| Turnout | 1,46,676 | 84.23 | 5.98 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.73 |
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2006
There were 1,31,411 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. M. Ariff | 58,218 | 49.55 | 9.67 | |
| JSS | K. R. Gowri Amma | 53,465 | 45.51 | 4.48 | |
| BJP | N. V. Prakashan | 3,437 | 2.93 | 0.79 | |
| Independent | Gowri | 1,063 | 0.90 | − | |
| Independent | K. Prathapan | 707 | 0.60 | − | |
| BSP | Thuravoor Suresh | 407 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | K. C. Kochappan | 186 | 0.16 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 4,753 | 4.04 | 6.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,17,483 | 78.25 | 0.61 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from JSS | Swing | 9.67 |
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2001
There were 1,54,969 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSS | K. R. Gowri Amma | 61,073 | 49.99 | ||
| CPI(M) | K. V. Devadas | 48,731 | 39.88 | ||
| Independent | K. Rajeevan | 5,521 | 4.52 | ||
| BJP | R. Viswakumar | 4,545 | 3.72 | ||
| Independent | K. S. Devadas | 878 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | K. Sabu Dinesh | 496 | 0.41 | ||
| Independent | Sebastin J. Thankiyil | 447 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | M. K. Sasikumar | 429 | 0.35 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,342 | 10.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,22,204 | 78.86 | |||
| JSS hold | Swing | ||||