Shornur (State Assembly constituency)
Shornur State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ഷൊർണ്ണൂർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. K. Sasi of CPI(M)
| 51 Shornur ഷൊർണ്ണൂർ | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 A scenery of the Bharathappuzha river from the Shornur Bridge in the Shornur (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Existence | 2011 - present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 1,84,867 (2016) |
| Current MLA | P. K. Sasi |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Palakkad |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Shornur Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[2]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | K. S. Saleekha | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | P. K. Sasi | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,84,867 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. K. Sasi | 66,165 | 46.71 |  2.86 | |
| INC | C. Sangeetha | 41,18 | 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 | - | |
| SHS | 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 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,63,885 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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
References
- "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Shornur". www.mapsofindia.com.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.