Nemom Assembly constituency

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Nemom
Constituency No. 135 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established1957
Total electors2,04,240 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year2021

Nemom State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Sivankutty of CPI(M).

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Local self-governed segments

Nemom is composed of wards 37-39, 48-58 and 61-68 of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation after the delimitation of the constituency in 2008. [2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Nemom Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]

ElectionNamePolitical party
1957 M. Sadasivan Communist Party of India
1960 P. Viswambharan Praja Socialist Party
1967 M. Sadasivan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1970 G. Kuttapan Praja Socialist Party
1977 S. Varadarajan Nair Indian National Congress
1980 E. Ramesan Nair
1982 K. Karunakaran
1987 V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996 P. Bhaskaran Venganoor
2001 N. Sakthan Indian National Congress
2006
Major boundary changes
2011 V. Sivankutty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 O. Rajagopal Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 V. Sivankutty Communist Party of India (Marxist)

    Election results

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

    2021

    There were 2,04,240 registered voters in Nemom Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nemom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) V. Sivankutty 55,837 38.24 Decrease2.svg3.15
    BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 51,88835.54Decrease2.svg11.92
    INC K. Muraleedharan 36,52425.10Increase2.svg15.40
    NOTA None of the above 7560.53Decrease2.svg0.09
    Majority 3,9492.76Decrease2.svg3.31
    Turnout 1,42,57869.81Decrease2.svg4.43
    CPI(M) gain from BJP Swing

    2016

    There were 1,92,459 registered voters in Nemom Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nemom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP O. Rajagopal 67,813 47.46 Increase2.svg9.97
    CPI(M) V. Sivankutty 59,14241.39Decrease2.svg1.60
    JD(U) V. Surendran Pillai [5] 13,8609.70Decrease2.svg7.68
    NOTA None of the Above 8840.62N/A
    Majority 8,6716.07Increase2.svg0.57
    Turnout 1,42,88274.24Increase2.svg6.72
    BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase2.svg4.47

    2011

    This was the first election held after the 2008 delimitation. The boundaries of the constituency were changed, and it presently includes the parts of the previous Thiruvananthapuram East and Nemom Assembly constitutencies. There were 1,72,493 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nemom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) V. Sivankutty 50,076 42.99 Decrease2.svg1.20
    BJP O. Rajagopal 43,66137.49Increase2.svg31.90
    SJ(D) Charupara Ravi20,24817.38Decrease2.svg33.36
    Majority 6,4155.50Decrease2.svg3.46
    Turnout 1,16,47467.52Increase2.svg0.65
    CPI(M) win (new seat)

    2006

    There were 1,79,417 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election. [7]

    2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nemom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC N. Sakthan 60,884 50.74
    CPI(M) Venganoor P Bhaskaran50,13541.79
    BJP Malayinkeezhu Radhakrishnan6,7055.59
    Majority 10,7498.96
    Turnout 1,19,98266.87
    INC hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Nemom". www.mapsofindia.com.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    5. The SJ(D) party merged with the JD(U) in 2015
    6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
    7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.