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Chittur Assembly Constituency

Alathur Lok Sabha · General · 12 elections since 1957

LDF: 6 wins UDF: 5 wins Independent: 1 win

🗳️ 2026 Candidates

April 9 Polling
LDF
Adv. V. Murugadas
ISJD
UDF
Sumesh Achuthan
INC
NDA
Pranesh Rajendran
BJP
-
Voters (2021)
78.40%
Last Turnout
82.95%
Highest Turnout
304
Closest (1980)

📊 Complete Election History

All elections from 1957 to 2024 · Source: Election Commission of India via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Year Winner Party Votes Runner-up Margin Turnout
2021 K. Krishnankutty JD(S) 84,672
56.48%
Sumesh Achuthan
INC
33,878
22.60%
78.40%
149,924
2016 K. Krishnankutty JD(S) 69,270
44.90%
K. Achuthan
INC
7,285
4.72%
82.95%
154,280
2011 K. Achuthan INC 69,916
51.33%
S. Subhash Chandrabose
CPI(M)
12,330
9.05%
81.17%
136,199
2006 K. Achuthan INC 55,352
46.50%
K. Krishnankutty
JD(S)
2,012
1.69%
%
119,028
2001 K. Achuthan INC 59,512
52.40%
K. Krishnankutty
JD(S)
13,809
12.16%
77.94%
113,580
1996 K. Achuthan INC 47,894
47.42%
K. Krishnankutty
JD
436
0.43%
71.07%
100,989
1991 K. Krishnankutty JD 47,281
50.09%
K. A. Chandran
INC
3,111
3.30%
71.45%
94,396
1987 K. A. Chandran INC 49,112
52.95%
K. Krishnamurthy
JNP
8,237
8.88%
82.00%
92,751
1982 K. Krishnankutty JNP 37,527
52.56%
Mullappally Ramachandran
INC
5,643
7.90%
74.84%
71,398
1980 K. Krishnankutty JNP 23,882
38.61%
P. Sankar
CPI
304
0.49%
63.25%
61,849
1977 P. Sankar CPI 28,698
51.27%
K. A. Sivarama Bharathy
BLD
7,577
13.54%
65.65%
55,970
1970 K. A. Sivarama Bharathy SSP 24,579
43.53%
- - 70.88%
56,470

🏆 Win Pattern

Ind
70
LDF
77
LDF
80
LDF
82
UDF
87
LDF
91
UDF
96
UDF
01
UDF
06
UDF
11
LDF
16
LDF
21
Each block represents one election. Colour = winning alliance.

📍 Local Bodies in this Constituency

Chittur-Tattamangalam Municipality Eruthempathy Perumatty Kozhinjampara

About Chittur Constituency

Chittur-Tattamangalam is known for Kalpathy heritage village and Ratholsavam festival. K. Krishnankutty (JD(S)/LDF) won by 33,878 votes in 2021. For 2026, ISJD candidate Adv. V. Murugadas contests for LDF. Sumesh Achuthan (INC) returns for UDF. Pranesh Rajendran is the BJP candidate.

📋 Historical election data sourced from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA license) and the Election Commission of India. 2026 candidate data from ECI notifications.
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