Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency

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Neyyattinkara
Constituency No. 140 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established1957
Total electors1,86,705 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Neyyattinkara 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Ansalan of CPI(M).

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Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (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

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

ElectionNameParty
1957 Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair Communist Party of India
1960 P. Narayanan Thampi Praja Socialist Party
1967 R. G. Nair Indian National Congress
1970 R. Parameshwaran Pillai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 R. Sundareshwaran Nair Independent
1980
1982 S. R. Thankaraj Janata Party
1987
1991 Thampanoor Ravi Indian National Congress
1996
2001
2006 V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 R. Selvaraj
2012^ Indian National Congress
2016 K. Ansalan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 65,497 47.02 Decrease2.svg0.18
INC R. Selvaraj51,23536.78Decrease2.svg3.34
BJP Rajasekharan S Nair21,00915.08Increase2.svg7.55
NOTA None of the above9070.65
Margin of victory14,64210.24Increase2.svg3.16
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan62,11347.20Increase2.svg12.06
INC R. Selvaraj59,01640.12Increase2.svg6.16
BJP Punchakiri Surendran15,53111.53Decrease2.svg11.68
NOTA None of the above6930.51
BSP Prabhakaran5660.42
Independent Anilkumar2800.21
Margin of victory9,5437.08
Turnout 1,34,64575.25Decrease2.svg4.48
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2012 by-election

Due to the resignation of sitting CPI(M) MLA R. Selvaraj, Neyyatinkara Assembly constituency held a by-election 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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC R. Selvaraj52,52839.96Decrease2.svg3.02
CPI(M) F. Lawrence46,19435.14Decrease2.svg13.84
BJP O. Rajagopal30,50723.21Increase2.svg17.18
Margin of victory6,3344.82
Turnout 1,34,64579.73Increase2.svg8.97
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) R. Selvaraj54,71148.98
INC Thampanoor Ravi48,00942.98
BJP Athiyannoor Sreekumar6,7306.03
Margin of victory6,7026.00
Turnout 1,11,69870.76
CPI(M) hold Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V J Thankappan50,35147.31
INC Thampanoor Ravi49,60546.61
Margin of victory7460.70
Turnout 1,06,415
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi56,30550.0
JD(S) S B Rosechandran49,83044.3
Margin of victory6,4755.7
Turnout 1,12,60767.2
INC hold Swing

1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi50,92449.39
JD Charupara Ravi36,50035.39
Margin of victory14,42414
Turnout 1,03,13267.48
INC hold Swing

1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thampanoor Ravi49,10647.05
JD S R Thankaraj47,04245.15
Margin of victory1,9741.90
Turnout 1,04,18772.26
INC gain from JD Swing

See also

References

  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.
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