Thavanur is an Assembly constituency in the Malappuram district, in the Malabar region of Kerala. The Thavanur constituency went to the polls on April 6, 2021. The assembly seat is reserved for the General category.
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In the 2016 Assembly elections, Thavanur was won by Dr. K.T. Jaleel of INC. Before that, in the 2011 elections, the seat was held by Dr.K.T. Jaleel of IND. In the 2016 assembly polls, Dr. K.T. Jaleel garnered 68179 votes, securing over 47.97 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 17064 votes.
In percentage terms, the victory margin was 12.01 percent. The constituency polled 142133 votes in the 2016 Kerala assembly polls with a voter turnout of 76.88 percent. The Thavanur constituency has a literacy level of 93.55 percent. A total of 13 candidates stood in the 2016 elections.
(Edited by : Jomy)