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Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency

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Neyyattinkara
Constituency No. 140 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1957
Total electors1,86,705 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Neyyattinkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Ansalan of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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Neyyattinkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Neyyattinkara Municipality Neyyattinkara
2 Athiyannur Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
3 Chenkal Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
4 Karode Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
5 Kulathoor Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
6 Thirupuram Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]

Election Niyama
Sabha
Name Party Tenure
1957 1st Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair Communist Party of India 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd P. Narayanan Thampi Praja Socialist Party 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd R. G. Nair Indian National Congress 1967 – 1970
1970 4th R. Parameshwaran Pillai Communist Party of India 1970 – 1977
1977 5th R. Sundareshwaran Nair Independent 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th S. R. Thankaraj Janata Party 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Thampanoor Ravi Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13th R. Selvaraj 2011 – 2012
2012* 13th Indian National Congress 2012 – 2016
2016 14th K. Ansalan Communist Party of India 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

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2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 65,497 47.02 Decrease0.18
INC R. Selvaraj 51,235 36.78 Decrease3.34
BJP Rajasekharan S Nair 21,009 15.08 Increase7.55
NOTA None of the above 907 0.65
Margin of victory 14,642 10.24 Increase3.16
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

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There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 62,113 47.20 Increase12.06
INC R. Selvaraj 59,016 40.12 Increase6.16
BJP Punchakiri Surendran 15,531 11.53 Decrease11.68
NOTA None of the above 693 0.51
BSP Prabhakaran 566 0.42
Independent Anilkumar 280 0.21
Margin of victory 9,543 7.08
Turnout 1,34,645 75.25 Decrease4.48
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2012 by-election

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Due to the resignation of sitting CPI(M) MLA R. Selvaraj, Neyyatinkara went to bypolls on June 6, 2012. There were 1,64,856 registered voters in the constituency for this election. R. Selvaraj, now contesting for INC, won the election by a margin of 6,334 votes.[5]

2012 by election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Selvaraj 52,528 39.96 Decrease3.02
CPI(M) F. Lawrence 46,194 35.14 Decrease13.84
BJP O. Rajagopal 30,507 23.21 Increase17.18
Margin of victory 6,334 4.82
Turnout 1,34,645 79.73 Increase8.97
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing


Niyamasabha Election 2011

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There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Selvaraj 54,711 48.98
INC Thampanoor Ravi 48,009 42.98
BJP Athiyannoor Sreekumar 6,730 6.03
Margin of victory 6,702 6.00
Turnout 1,11,698 70.76
CPI(M) hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

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2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V J Thankappan 50,351 47.31
INC Thampanoor Ravi 49,605 46.61
Margin of victory 746 0.70
Turnout 1,06,415
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

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2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi 56,305 50.0
JD(S) S B Rosechandran 49,830 44.3
Margin of victory 6,475 5.7
Turnout 1,12,607 67.2
INC hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1996

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1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi 50,924 49.39
JD Charupara Ravi 36,500 35.39
Margin of victory 14,424 14
Turnout 1,03,132 67.48
INC hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1991

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1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi 49,106 47.05
JD S R Thankaraj 47,042 45.15
Margin of victory 1,974 1.90
Turnout 1,04,187 72.26
INC gain from JD Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Neyyattinkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ^ PTI. "By-elections: UDF captures CPI-M seat in Kerala". @businessline. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.