# Chittur Assembly constituency

Chittur 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 Alathur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Krishnakutty of JD(S).

## Local self governed segments

Chittur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
| Chittur-Thathamangalam | Municipality | Chittur |
| Eruthempathy | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Kozhinjampara | Grama Panchayat | Chittur |
| Nalleppilly | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Pattanchery | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Perumatty | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Vadakarapathy | Grama panchayat | Chittur |
| Peruvemba | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| Polpully | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI SSP INC JD JD(S)

## Election results

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

### 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(S) | K. Krishnankutty | 84,672 | 55.38 | 10.48 |
| | INC | Sumesh Achuthan | 50,794 | 33.22 | 6.96 |
| | BJP | V. Natesan | 14,458 | 9.46 | 1.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,285 | 0.84 | 0.02 |
| | BSP | A. Chandran | 918 | 0.60 | 0.23 |
| | Independent | K. Prameela | 552 | 0.44 | − |
| | Independent | N. S. K. Puram Sasikumar | 226 | 0.15 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,878 | 22.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,905 | | |
| | JD(S) hold | JD(S) hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |

### Niyamasabha election 2016

There were 1,85,995 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(S) | K. Krishnakutty | 69,270 | 44.90 | − |
| | INC | K. Achuthan | 61,985 | 40.18 | 11.15 |
| | BJP | Sasikumar M. | 12,537 | 8.13 | 4.81 |
| | AIADMK | Mayilswamy | 6,212 | 4.03 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,260 | 0.82 | − |
| | Independent | Santha | 679 | 0.44 | − |
| | Independent | Kishnakutty Kunnath | 672 | 0.44 | − |
| | BSP | P. C. Ramachandran | 571 | 0.37 | 0.09 |
| | Independent | Achuthan Thankanivas | 495 | 0.32 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | A. Rajeena | 442 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | A. Krishnakutty Aramuri | 157 | 0.10 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,285 | 4.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,280 | 82.95 | 1.78 |
| | JD(S) gain from INC | JD(S) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha election 2011

There were 1,67,800 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chittur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Achuthan | 69,916 | 51.33 | |
| | CPI(M) | S. Subhash Chadrabose | 57,586 | 42.28 | |
| | BJP | A. K. Omaakuttan | 4,518 | 3.32 | |
| | Independent | K. Kaladharan | 1,319 | 0.97 | |
| | SDPI | A. Muhammed Haneefa | 1,192 | 0.88 | − |
| | BSP | V. Lakshmi | 626 | 0.46 | − |
| | Independent | K. Achuthan | 570 | 0.42 | |
| | SUCI(C) | A. Rajeena | 472 | 0.35 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,330 | 9.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,36,199 | 81.17 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |