# Adoor Assembly constituency

Adoor State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies representing Adoor in the Pathanamthitta district of the state Kerala in India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is Chittayam Gopakumar of CPI.

## Local self governed segments

Adoor Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Adoor | Municipality | Adoor |
| Pandalam | Municipality | Adoor |
| Pandalam Thekkekara | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Kodumon | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Ezhamkulam | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Erathu | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Pallickal | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Kadampanad | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
| Thumpamon | Grama panchayat | Adoor |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI INC CPI(M)
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. Ramalingom | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Thengamam Balakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | Thennala Balakrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | C. P. Karunakaran Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Thennala Balakrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | R. Unnikrishnan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Chittayam Gopakumar | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Chittayam Gopakumar | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Chittayam Gopakumar | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,08,099 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Adoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Chittayam Gopakumar | 66,569 | 42.83% | 6.22 |
| | INC | M. G. Kannan | 63,650 | 40.96% | 8.34 |
| | BJP | Adv. Pandalam Prathapan | 23,980 | 15.43% | 1.30 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 594 | 0.38% | 0.05 |
| | Independent | R. Kannan S/o Rajan | 218 | 0.14% | N/A |
| | BSP | Vipin Kanikonathu | 178 | 0.11% | 0.15 |
| | SUCI(C) | Saranya Raj | 127 | 0.08% | N/A |
| | Anna DHRM | Rajan Kulakkada | 95 | 0.06% | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,919 | 1.87% | 14.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,55,411 | 74.68% | 0.31 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 6.22 | |

### 2016

There were 2,08,432 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Adoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Chittayam Gopakumar | 76,034 | 49.05 | 2.03 |
| | INC | K. K. Shaju | 50,574 | 32.62 | 13.95 |
| | BJP | P. Sudheer | 25,940 | 16.73 | 12.13 |
| | SDPI | Jyothish Perumpulickal | 673 | 0.43 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 672 | 0.43 | − |
| | BSP | Plavinal Santhosh | 410 | 0.26 | 0.12 |
| | Independent | Ajitha P. | 408 | 0.26 | |
| | PDP | Vishnu Raj T. | 307 | 0.20 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,460 | 16.43 | 15.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,55,018 | 74.37 | 4.76 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 2.03 | |

### 2011

There were 1,94,014 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Adoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Chittayam Gopakumar | 63,501 | 47.02 | |
| | INC | Pandalam Sudhakaran | 62,894 | 46.57 | |
| | BJP | K. K. Sasi | 6,210 | 4.60 | − |
| | Independent | Olikkulangara Surendran | 994 | 0.74 | |
| | BSP | Kodumon Ramachandran | 519 | 0.38 | − |
| | Independent | Piravanthoor Sreedharan | 462 | 0.34 | |
| | Independent | Remanan | 315 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Anil K. | 162 | 0.12 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 607 | 0.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,057 | 69.61 | |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | | |