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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Alathur
|image = Alathur Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
|image_size = 300px
|caption = Map of Alathur Parliament Constituency
|Existence = 2009
|Reservation = [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|CurrentMP = [[Ramya Haridas]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[Kerala]]
|SuccessfulParty = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (2 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Tarur (State Assembly constituency)|Tarur]] [[Chittur (State Assembly constituency)|Chittur]] [[Nenmara (State Assembly constituency)|Nenmara]] [[Alathur (State Assembly constituency)|Alathur]] [[Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Chelakkara]] [[Kunnamkulam (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnamkulam]] [[Wadakkanchery (State Assembly constituency)|Wadakkanchery]]
|Electorate = 12,64,471 (2019)
}}
'''Alathur Lok Sabha constituency''' ({{lang-ml|ആലത്തൂർ ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം}}) is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the [[Delimitation Commission of India]] constituted in 2002.

==Assembly segments==

Alathur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven legislative assembly segments:
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
|- align="center"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|57
|[[Tarur (State Assembly constituency)|Tarur]]
|SC
|[[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
|-
|58
|[[Chittur (State Assembly constituency)|Chittur]]
|None
|[[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
|-
|59
|[[Nenmara (State Assembly constituency)|Nenmara]]
|None
|[[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
|-
|60
|[[Alathur (State Assembly constituency)|Alathur]]
|None
|[[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
|-
|61
|[[Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Chelakkara]]
|SC
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|-
|62
|[[Kunnamkulam (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnamkulam]]
|None
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|-
|65
|[[Wadakkanchery (State Assembly constituency)|Wadakkanchery]]
|None
|[[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
|}
Chelakkara, Wadakkancherry and Kunnamkulam segments were earlier in the erstwhile Ottapalam Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name="h1">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/13/stories/2009031355550300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125214756/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/13/stories/2009031355550300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Nemmara has highest electorate in Alathur constituency |date=13 March 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Biju]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 2009 – 2014
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
| 2014 – 2019
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
| [[Ramya Haridas]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Incumbent]]
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]] : [[Alathur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Ramya Haridas]]|votes= 5,33,815|percentage=52.4|change={{increase}}12.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P.K. Biju|P K Biju]]|votes= 3,74,847|percentage=36.8|change={{decrease}}7.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=T.V. Babu|votes= 89,837|percentage=8.82|change={{increase}}2.65}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Dr. Jayan.C.Kuthannur|votes= 5505|percentage=0.54|change={{increase}}00.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Krishnankutty Kunissery|votes=2716|percentage=0.27|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Pratheep Kumar P.K|votes=4301|percentage=0.42|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=7722|percentage=0.76|change={{decrease}}01.55}}
{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 1,58,968
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,19,376|percentage=80.47|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link
| |winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]] : [[Alathur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P.K. Biju]]|votes=4,11,808|percentage=44.34|change= {{decrease}} 2.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sheeba|votes=3,74,496|percentage=40.33|change={{decrease}} 4.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shaju Mon Vattekad|votes=87,803|percentage=9.45|change={{increase}} 2.93}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=21,417|percentage=2.31|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory
| |votes = 37,312
|percentage = 4.02
|change = {{increase}} 1.49
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,27,228|percentage=76.42|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link
| |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2009 Indian general election]] : [[Alathur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/poll_results.php4?year=2009&no=9 |title=Indian Parliament Election Results 2009-- Kerala State
|publisher=Keralaassembly.org }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P.K. Biju|P K Biju]]|votes=3,87,352|percentage=46.84|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=N K Sudheer|votes=3,66,392|percentage=44.31|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M Bindu|votes=53,890|percentage=6.52|change=|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,960|percentage=2.53|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,26,891|percentage=74.98|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

== See also ==

* [[Palakkad district]]
* [[Thrissur district]]
* [[Ottapalam (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/kerala/alathur/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Alathur Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala]]
[[Category:Politics of Palakkad district]]

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