Tirur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Tirur 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 Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kurukkoli Moideen of IUML.
| Tirur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Tirur railway station, the oldest railway station in Kerala (1861) | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,05,287 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | IUML |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Tirur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tirur | Municipality | Tirur |
| 2 | Valavannur | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
| 3 | Kalpakanchery | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
| 4 | Vettom | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
| 5 | Thalakkad | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
| 6 | Thirunavaya | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
| 7 | Athavanad | Grama panchayat | Tirur |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Tirur Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Moideenkutty Haji | IUML | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | 1967 – 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | K. M. Kutty | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | P. T. Kunhi Mohammed Alias Kunhutty Hajee |
1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | K. Moideenkutty Haji | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | E. T. Muhammed Basheer | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. P. Abdullakkutty | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | C. Mammutty | IUML | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Kurukkoli Moideen | IUML | Incumbent | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | V Abdurahiman | ||||
| IUML | Kurukkoli Moideen | ||||
| BJP | K. Narayanan Master | ||||
| AAP | Kabeer Shameer Kuttoor | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | Kurukkoli Moideen | 82,314 | 48.21% |  2.00 | |
| LDF | Gafoor P. Lillis | 75,100 | 43.98% | 1.3 | |
| BJP | Abdul Salam | 9,097 | 5.33%% |  0.41 | |
| SDPI | Ashraf | 2,712 | 1.9% | 0.96 | |
| Independent | Moideen Meenthrathakath | 477 | 0.28% | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 417 | 0.24% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 7,214 | 4.93% | 14.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,70,742 | 78.36% | 2.38 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 2.00 |
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2016
There were 2,05,287 registered voters in Tirur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
By political party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | C. Mammutty | 73,432 | 46.85% | 8.00 | |
| LDF | Gafoor P. Lillis | 66,371 | 42.34% | 6.14 | |
| BJP | M. K. Devidasan | 9,083 | 5.79% | 1.40 | |
| WPOI | Ganesh Vaderi | 2,001 | 1.28% | N/A | |
| SDPI | Ibrahim Tirur | 1,828 | 1.17% | 0.96 | |
| PDP | Adv. Shameer Payyanangadi | 1,276 | 0.81% | 0.62 | |
| Independent | E. K. Gafoor | 791 | 0.50% | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 692 | 0.44% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 7,061 | 4.51% | 14.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,754 | 76.36% | 0.38 | ||
| IUML hold | Swing | 8.00 |
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By local self-governed segment
The results of the 2016 Assembly election by local self-governed segment is as follows:[5]
| No. | Segment | UDF Votes | LDF Votes | NDA Votes | Lead | Alliance | Margin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valavannur | 8602 | 46.30% | 8096 | 43.58% | 999 | 5.38% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 506 | 2.72% |
| 2 | Kalpakanchery | 9739 | 54.21% | 7015 | 39.05% | 269 | 1.50% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 2724 | 15.16% |
| 3 | Tirur | 14457 | 46.08% | 13531 | 43.13% | 2078 | 6.62% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 926 | 2.95% |
| 4 | Vettom | 9700 | 45.53% | 8674 | 40.72% | 1892 | 8.88% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 1026 | 4.81% |
| 5 | Thalakkad | 7896 | 39.94% | 9041 | 45.73% | 1702 | 8.61% | Gafoor P. Lillis | LDF | 1145 | 5.79% |
| 6 | Tirunavaya | 12022 | 48.44% | 10382 | 41.83% | 985 | 3.97% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 1640 | 6.61% |
| 7 | Athavanad | 10813 | 48.04% | 9414 | 41.83% | 1146 | 5.09% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 1399 | 6.21% |
| TOTAL | 73432 | 46.85% | 66371 | 42.34% | 9083 | 5.79% | C. Mammutty | UDF | 7061 | 4.51% | |
2011
There were 1,66,314 registered voters in Tirur Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | C. Mammutty | 69,305 | 54.85% | ||
| CPI(M) | P. P. Abdullakutty | 45,739 | 36.20% | ||
| BJP | P. T. Ali Haji | 5,543 | 4.39% | ||
| SDPI | A. K. Majeed Master | 2,696 | 2.13% | ||
| PDP | Alikutty Alias Bappu Puthanathani | 1,802 | 1.43% | ||
| Independent | Mohandas | 781 | 0.62% | ||
| BSP | T. Ayyappan | 487 | 0.38% | ||
| Margin of victory | 23,566 | 18.65% | |||
| Turnout | 1,26,353 | 75.98% | |||
| IUML gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUML | K. Uppi Saheb | 17,088 | 41.89% | ||
| INC | K. Ahmad Kutty | 14,715 | 36.08% | 36.08% | |
| CPI | K. Damodaran | 6,438 | 15.78% | ||
| Socialist Party (India) | E. Raman Menon | 2,547 | 6.24% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,373 | 5.82% | |||
| Turnout | 40,788 | 47.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 86,582 | ||||
| IUML win (new seat) | |||||