Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

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Thiruvananthapuram
Constituency No. 134 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency Thiruvananthapuram
Established2008
Total electors2,03,584 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
Elected year 2021

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] It has been vacant since 3 January 2026 following the disqualification of Antony Raju, who was elected in 2021 election, after a three-year conviction for tampering with the evidence in a drug-related case. [2]

Contents

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Trivandrum West Assembly Constituency from 1977 to 2008, and Trivandrum-I Assembly constituency from 1957 to 1977.

Local self-governed segments

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [3]

Sl no.NameWard no.Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation) Taluk
1 Thiruvananthapuram 26-30


40-47


59-60


69-75


77-78


80

Municipal CorporationThiruvananthapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: [4]

Thiruvananthapuram-I

ElectionMemberParty
1957 E. P. Eapen Praja Socialist Party
1960
1967 B. M. Nair Samyukta Socialist Party
1970 N. Gopala Pillai Praja Socialist Party

Thiruvananthapuram West

ElectionMemberParty
1977 K. Pankajakshan Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
1980 P. A. Muhammad Kannu Indian Union Muslim League
1982
1987 M. M. Hassan Indian National Congress
1991
1996 Antony Raju Kerala Congress
2001 M. V. Raghavan Communist Marxist Party
2006 V. Surendran Pillai Kerala Congress

Thiruvananthapuram

ElectionMemberParty
2011 V. S. Sivakumar Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Adv. Antony Raju Janadhipathya Kerala Congress

    Election results

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

    2021

    There were 2,03,584 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. [5]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JKC Adv. Antony Raju 48,748 38.01 Increase2.svg9.83
    INC V. S. Sivakumar 41,66932.49Decrease2.svg4.33
    BJP Krishnakumar G. 34,99627.29Decrease2.svg0.25
    NOTA None of the Above 10540.82Decrease2.svg0.32
    Independent Abhilash Vadakkan4360.34–
    SUCI(C) A. Saboora3660.29Decrease2.svg0.02
    Independent Raju Antony2890.23–
    Independent Chala Mohanan D.2450.19–
    Independent Antony Raju S/o Raju1900.15–
    Independent Sivakumar K. S/o Kumara Swamy1640.13–
    Independent Krishnakumar T. S. S/o Sankarankutty890.07–
    Majority 7,0895.57Decrease2.svg3.07
    Turnout 1,28,32263.03Decrease2.svg2.33
    JKC gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg9.83

    2016

    There were 1,93,101 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [6]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC V. S. Sivakumar 46,474 36.82 Decrease2.svg9.05
    JKC Adv. Antony Raju 35,56928.18–
    BJP S. Sreesanth 34,76427.54Increase2.svg16.78
    AIADMK Dr. Biju Ramesh5,7624.57
    NOTA None of the Above 1,4351.14–
    Independent Nandavanam Suseelan4500.36–
    Independent Antony Raju New Colony4240.34–
    BSP Mohanambika D.3980.32–
    SUCI(C) P. S. Gopakumar3440.27Increase2.svg0.05
    Independent Sivakumar Raveendran Nair2080.16–
    Independent Praveen Arimbrathodiyil1700.13–
    Independent M. S. Subi1130.09–
    Independent Sivakumar Pushkaran1010.08–
    Majority 10,9058.64Increase2.svg3.64
    Turnout 1,26,21265.36Increase2.svg5.01
    INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.05

    2011

    There were ,1,77,442 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election. [7]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC V. S. Sivakumar 49,122 45.87
    KEC V. Surendran Pillai 43,77040.87
    BJP B. K. Sekhar11,51910.76
    SDPI Abdu Razak A.8070.75
    Independent P. Surendran Pillai5180.48
    Independent S. Sivakumar4850.45
    SUCI(C) P. S. Gopakumar2350.22
    Independent N. Sivakumar2210.21
    Independent Sundaran Pillai2070.19
    Independent C. Vasantha Kumar1100.10
    Independent George Mankidan980.09
    Majority 5,3525.00
    Turnout 1,07,09260.35
    INC win (new seat)

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
    2. ↑ "Kerala MLA Antony Raju gets disqualified for conviction in 1990 drug case". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
    3. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    4. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thiruvananthapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
    5. ↑ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
    6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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