# Elathur Assembly constituency

Elathur 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 Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly election, the current MLA is A. K. Saseendran of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar).

## Local self governed segments

Elathur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 6 wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation (Elathur) in Kozhikode Taluk, and 6 Gram Panchayats in the same Taluk:
Wards of Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in Elathur Constituency :
| Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
| 1 | Elathur | 2 | Chettikulam | 3 | Eranjikkal |
| 4 | Puthur | 5 | Mokavur | 75 | Puthiyappa |
Other Local Bodies in Elathur Constituency :
| Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
| Chelannur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kakkodi | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kakkur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Kuruvattur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Nanmanda | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |
| Thalakkulathur | Grama panchayat | Kozhikode |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
NCP-SP
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 2011 | 13th | A. K. Saseendran | NCP-SP | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | A. K. Saseendran | NCP-SP | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | A. K. Saseendran | NCP-SP | Incumbent |

## Election Results
### 2021

There were 2,03,267 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NCP-SP | A. K. Saseendran | 83,639 | 50.89 | 2.24 |
| | DCK | Sulfikar Mayoori | 45,137 | 27.46 | − |
| | BJP | T. P. Jayachandran Master | 32,010 | 19.48 | 0.96 |
| | WPOI | Tahir Mokandi | 2,000 | 0.73 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 986 | 0.48 | − |
| | Independent | P. K. Radhakrishnan | 580 | 0.35 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 38,502 | 23.43 | 4.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,350 | 80.85 | 2.43 |
| | NCP-SP hold | NCP-SP hold | Swing | 2.24 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,88,528 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NCP | A. K. Saseendran | 76,387 | 48.65 | 1.49 |
| | JD(U) | Kishen Chand | 47,450 | 30.15 | − |
| | BJP | Rajan Nair | 29,070 | 18.52 | 9.63 |
| | Independent | Krishnan | 1,724 | 1.10 | − |
| | BSP | Raghu | 1,142 | 0.73 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 986 | 0.63 | − |
| | Independent | Useffali P. M. | 367 | 0.23 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,057 | 18.50 | 7.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,57,006 | 83.28 | 1.04 |
| | NCP hold | NCP hold | Swing | 1.49 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,62,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NCP | A. K. Saseendran | 67,143 | 50.14 | − |
| | SJ(D) | Shaikh P. Harriz | 52,489 | 39.20 | − |
| | BJP | V. V. Rajan | 11,901 | 8.89 | − |
| | Independent | A. Sasindran | 1,402 | 1.05 | − |
| | BSP | Ramesh Nanmanda | 971 | 0.73 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,654 | 10.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,57,006 | 82.24 | |
| | NCP win (new seat) | NCP win (new seat) | NCP win (new seat) | NCP win (new seat) | NCP win (new seat) |