Shornur Assembly constituency

Shornur
Constituency No. 51 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Shoranur Junction railway station, the largest railway station in the state in terms of area.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Established	2011
Total electors	1,51,911 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Mammikutty
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Shornur 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Mammikutty of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Shornur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Shoranur	Municipality	Ottapalam
2	Cherpulassery	Municipality	Ottapalam
3	Ananganadi	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
4	Chalavara	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
5	Nellaya	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
6	Thrikkadeeri	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
7	Vaniyamkulam	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
8	Vellinezhi	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Shornur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	K. S. Saleekha		Communist Party of India	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	P. K. Sasi			2016 – 2021
2021	15th	P. Mammikutty			Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,93,992 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Shornur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Mammikutty	74,400	48.98	2.27
	INC	T. H. Firoz Babu	37,726	24.83	4.55
	BJP	Sandeep Varier	36,973	24.34	−
	SDPI	Muhammad Musthafa	1,251	0.82	0.06
	BSP	T. C. Ayyappankutty	883	0.58	0.04
	NOTA	None of the above	678	0.45	−
Margin of victory			36,674	24.15	6.82
Turnout			1,51,911	78.31	1.68
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.27

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,84,867 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Shornur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. K. Sasi	66,165	46.71	2.86
	INC	C. Sangeetha	41,618	29.38	8.97
	BDJS	V. P. Chandran	28,836	20.36	−
	SDPI	M. Saidalavi	1,246	0.88	1.67
	Independent	Harish Muhammed	882	0.62	−
	NOTA	None of the above	800	0.56	−
	BSP	Anandan K. K.	764	0.54	0.20
	Independent	A. Radhakrishnan	697	0.49	−
	SS	P. K. Anumon	407	0.29	−
	Independent	Moindeesa Moloor	247	0.17	−
Margin of victory			24,547	17.33	6.11
Turnout			1,41,662	76.63	3.25
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.86

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,63,885 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Shornur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. S. Saleekha	59,616	49.57	−
	INC	Santha Jayaram	46,123	38.35
	BJP	V. B. Muralidharan	10,562	8.78
	SDPI	Khalid A.	3,065	2.55
	BSP	M. C. Velayudhan	894	0.74	−
Margin of victory			13,493	11.22
Turnout			1,20,260	73.38	1.25
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

• Shornur
• Palakkad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Shornur". www.mapsofindia.com.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.