Elathur Assembly constituency

Elathur
Elathur
Constituency No. 26 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Korappuzha Bridge name board in Elathur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	2008
Total electors	2,11,797 (2026)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vidya Balakrishnan
Party	INC
Elected year	2026

Elathur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 Assembly election, the current MLA is Vidya Balakrishnan of INC.

Local self-governed segments

Elathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following six wards of the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation (Elathur) in Kozhikode Taluk, and 6 Gram Panchayats in the same Taluk:^[2]

**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

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key NCP

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
2011	13th	A. K. Saseendran	NCP	2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 - 2021
2021	15th			2021-2026
2026	16th	Adv Vidya Balakrishnan	Indian National Congress	2026-

There were 2,11,797 registered voters in Elathur constituency for the 2026 legislative assembly election.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv Vidya Balakrishnan	77,662	43.69	−
	NCP-SP	A. K. Saseendran	65,500	36.85
	BJP	T. Devadas	31,510	17.73	1.75
	NOTA	None of the above	729	0.41	0.08
	Independent	V. K. Saseendran s/o Ramakrishnan	726	0.41	−
	NCP	P. K. Saseendran s/o Sabudasan	692	0.39	50.50
	SUCI(C)	P. M. Sreekumar	481	0.27	−
	AAP	Abdul Basith Atholi	348	0.20
	Independent	Adv. Sumin S. Nedungadan	117	0.07	−
Margin of victory			12,162	6.84	16.59
Turnout			1,77,765	83.93	3.08
	INC gain from NCP		Swing	-

There were 2,03,267 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	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			38,502	23.43	4.93
Turnout			1,64,350	80.85	2.43
	LDF hold		Swing	2.24

There were 1,88,528 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	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			29,057	18.50	7.56
Turnout			1,57,006	83.28	1.04
	LDF hold		Swing	1.49

There were 1,62,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Elathur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	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			14,654	10.94
Turnout			1,57,006	82.24
	LDF win (new seat)