Parassala Assembly constituency

Parassala
Parassala
Constituency No. 137 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Established	1957
Total electors	2,19,131 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. K. Hareendran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Last updated August 06, 2025

Parassala 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 C. K. Hareendran of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kollayil	Grama panchayat	Neyyattinkara
2	Kunnathukal	Grama panchayat	Neyyattinkara
3	Parassala	Grama panchayat	Neyyattinkara
4	Perumkadavila	Grama panchayat	Neyyattinkara
5	Vellarada	Grama panchayat	Neyyattinkara
6	Amboori	Grama panchayat	Kattakada
7	Aryancode	Grama panchayat	Kattakada
8	Kallikkad	Grama panchayat	Kattakada
9	Ottasekharamangalam	Grama panchayat	Kattakada

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Name
1957	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Indian National Congress
1960	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Independent
1967	N. Gamaliel	Indian National Congress
1970	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Indian National Congress
1979*	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1982	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress
1987	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal	Indian National Congress
1996	N. Sundaran Nadar	Independent
2001	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress
2006	R. Selvaraj	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	A. T. George	Indian National Congress
2016	C. K. Hareendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	C. K. Hareendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Hareendran	78,548	48.16	3.75
	INC	Ansajitha Russal	52,720	32.33	0.33
	BJP	Karamana Jayan	29,850	18.3	2.61
	NOTA	None of the above	630	0.49
Margin of victory			25,828
Turnout			1,63,090
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2016

There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Hareendran	70,516	44.41	0.02
	INC	A. T. George	51,590	32.66	12.14
	BJP	Karamana Jayan	33,028	20.91	13.28
Margin of victory			18,566	11.75
Turnout			1,57,980	75.17	3.42
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. T. George	60,578	44.80
	CPI(M)	Anavoor Nagappan	60,073	44.43
	BJP	S. Suresh	10,310	7.63
	BSP	J. Sudhakaran	2,269	1.68
	Independent	T. K. Viswambharan	1,207	0.89
Margin of victory			505	0.37
Turnout			1,35,211	71.75	6.61
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	R. Selvaraj	49,297	50.37
	INC	N Sundaran Nadar	44,890	45.87
Margin of victory			4,407	4.50
Turnout			97,859
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N Sundaran Nadar	55,915	53.18
	CPI(M)	R. Selvaraj	44,365	42.18
Margin of victory			11,550	11
Turnout			1,05,156	65.82
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N Sundaran Nadar	36,297	37.9
	CPI(M)	W R Heeba	31,570	33.0
	INC	M R Reghuchandrabal	19,264	20.1
Margin of victory			4,727	4.9
Turnout			95,663	64.84
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M R Reghuchandrabal	48,423	49.44
	CPI(M)	M Sathyanesan	40,788	41.64
Margin of victory			7,635	7.80
Turnout			97,950	70.42
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
↑ "Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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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. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[3] "Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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