| Aroor | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 102 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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A sunrise from Aroor bridge, A seafood export processing plant at Aroor. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| LS constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957-present |
| 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 |
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 JojoofCPI(M).
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Aroor Niyamasabha 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 | |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
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]
| 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% | N/A | |
| 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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There were 1,88,615 registered voters in Aroor Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha 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% | − | |
| 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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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% | ||
| 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 | ||||
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