Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency

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Thiruvananthapuram
KL-20
Lok Sabha constituency
Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Map.jpg
Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
Assembly constituencies Kazhakootam
Vattiyoorkavu
Thiruvananthapuram
Nemom
Parassala
Kovalam
Neyyattinkara
Established1957
Total electors1,371,427 (2019) [1] [ needs update ]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2024

Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala State.

Contents

The incumbent MP of this constituency is Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, who has been elected consecutively on 4 occasions- 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is also the longest serving Member of Parliament representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

Demographics

As per the electoral roll for 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders. [2] Out of total electorate, 26% is rural and 74% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) is 9.82% and 0.45%, respectively of total electorate. As per Census 2011 estimates the Thiruvananthapuram district has 66.46% Hindus, 19.10% Christians and 13.72% Muslims. [3] [4] The constituency also has highest proportion of Nadars and Converted Christians in Kerala. [5]

As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency. [6] The voter turnout for the 2019 Lok Sabha election was 73.45% where as it was 68.63% and 65.74% in the 2014 and 2009 elections respectively. [7]

Assembly segments

Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments: [8]

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
132 Kazhakootam Thiruvananthapuram Kadakampally Surendran CPI(M) BJP
133 Vattiyoorkavu V. K. Prasanth CPI(M) BJP
134 Thiruvananthapuram Antony Raju JKC INC
135 Nemom V. Sivankutty CPI(M) BJP
137 Parassala C. K. Hareendran CPI(M) INC
139 Kovalam M. Vincent INC INC
140 Neyyattinkara K. Ansalan CPI(M) INC

Members of Parliament

YearMember [9] Party
1952 Annie Mascarene Independent
1957 Easwara Iyer
1962 P. S. Nataraja Pillai
1967 P. Viswambharan Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 V. K. Krishna Menon Independent
1977 M. N. Govindan Nair Communist Party of India
1980 Neelalohithadasan Nadar Indian National Congress (I)
1984 A. Charles Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 K. V. Surendranath Communist Party of India
1998 K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress
1999 V. S. Sivakumar
2004 P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party of India
2005^ Pannian Ravindran
2009 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress
2014
2019
2024

^ indicates bypolls

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election. [10]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
37.19%
2019
 
41.19%
2014
 
34.09%
2009
 
40.29%
2005
 
51.41%
2004
 
37.45%
1999
 
38.15%
1998
 
44.35%
1996
 
44.38%
1991
 
47.00%
1989
 
49.02%
1984
 
43.00%
1980
 
60.90%
1977
 
56.32%
1971
 
53.00%
1967
 
47.40%
1962
 
0%
1957
 
0%

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 358,155 37.19 Decrease2.svg 4.00
BJP Rajeev Chandrasekhar 342,07835.52Increase2.svg 4.22
CPI Pannyan Raveendran 247,64825.72Increase2.svg 0.12
NOTA None of the above6,7530.70Increase2.svg 0.70
Majority16,0771.66Decrease2.svg 8.23
Turnout 9,62,98366.47Decrease2.svg 7.23
Registered electors 14,30,531Increase2.svg 4.30
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg 4.0

Legislative Assembly Wise Results

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes %2nd PositionPartyVotes %3rd PositionPartyVotes %Margin
132 Kazhakootam Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 50,44440.56% Shashi Tharoor INC 39,60231.84% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 34,38226.81%Decrease2.svg 10,842
133 Vattiyoorkavu Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 53,02542.02% Shashi Tharoor INC 44,86335.52% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 28,33622.45%Decrease2.svg 8,162
134 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor INC 48,29640.58% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 43,75536.78% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 27,07622.71%Increase2.svg 4,541
135 Nemom Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 61,22745.80% Shashi Tharoor INC 39,10129.26% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 33,32224.94%Decrease2.svg 22,126
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 59,02638.93% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 46,65430.77% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 45,95730.30%Increase2.svg 13,069
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 64,04242.54% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 47,37631.48% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 39,13726.00%Increase2.svg 16,666
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 58,74945.09% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 36,13627.68% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 35,52627.23%Increase2.svg 22,613

General election 2019

There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election. [6] The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate. [11]

Party wise Results

2019 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 416,131 41.19 Increase2.svg7.10
BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 316,14231.30Decrease2.svg1.02
CPI C. Divakaran 258,55625.60Decrease2.svg2.90
NOTA None of the Above 4,5800.45Increase2.svg0.07
Margin of victory99,9899.89Increase2.svg8.12
Turnout 1,011,26873.74Increase2.svg5.11
INC hold Swing Increase2.svg7.10

Legislative Assembly wise Results [12]

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes %2nd PositionPartyVotes %3rd PositionPartyVotes %NOTAMargin
132 Kazhakootam Shashi Tharoor INC 4696435.50% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 4547934.38% C. Divakaran CPI 3768828.49%648Increase2.svg1385
133 Vattiyoorkavu Shashi Tharoor INC 5354539.46% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 5070937.37% C. Divakaran CPI 2941421.67%690Increase2.svg2836
134 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor INC 5707743.98% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 4287733.08% C. Divakaran CPI 2753021.23%647Increase2.svg14200
135 Nemom Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 5851341.40% Shashi Tharoor INC 4647232.88% C. Divakaran CPI 3392124.00%748Decrease2.svg 12041
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 6994442.57% C. Divakaran CPI 4794229.18% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 4288726.10%621Increase2.svg27057
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 7322145.65% C. Divakaran CPI 4205026.22% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 4109225.62%616Increase2.svg 32129
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 6683447.71% C. Divakaran CPI 3792527.07% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 3236823.11%583Increase2.svg 34466

General Election 2014

Party wise Results

2014 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 297,806 34.09 Decrease2.svg10.20
BJP O. Rajagopal 2,82,33632.32Increase2.svg20.92
CPI Bennet Abraham 2,48,94128.50Decrease2.svg2.24
AAP Ajit Joy14,1531.62N/A
SDPI Kunnil Shajahan4,8200.55N/A
NOTA None of the Above 3,3460.38−−−
Margin of victory15,4701.77Decrease2.svg11.78
Turnout 8,73,44168.63Increase2.svg2.89
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.20

Legislative Assembly wise Results

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes %2nd PositionPartyVotes %3rd PositionPartyVotes %NOTAMargin
132 Kazhakoottam O. Rajagopal BJP 4182937.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 3422030.4% Bennet Abraham CPI 3179928.2%483Decrease2.svg 7609
133 Vattiyoorkavu O. Rajagopal BJP 4358937.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 4066334.6% Bennet Abraham CPI 2750423.4%716Decrease2.svg2926
134 Thiruvananthapuram O. Rajagopal BJP 4083536.0% Shashi Tharoor INC 3902734.4% Bennet Abraham CPI 2738524.1%578Decrease2.svg1808
135 Nemom O. Rajagopal BJP 5068542.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 3263927.1% Bennet Abraham CPI 3164326.3%523Decrease2.svg18046
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 5036034.8% Bennet Abraham CPI 4795333.2% O. Rajagopal BJP 3975327.5%357Increase2.svg10607
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 5140137.7% Bennet Abraham CPI 4211230.9% O. Rajagopal BJP 3616926.5%347Increase2.svg 15232
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 4800939.3% Bennet Abraham CPI 3980632.6% O. Rajagopal BJP 2895823.7%336Increase2.svg19051

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Shashi Tharoor 326,725 44.29 Increase2.svg2.65
CPI P. Ramachandran Nair226,72730.74Decrease2.svg20.66
BSP A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar 86,23311.69N/A
BJP P. K. Krishna Das84,09411.40Increase2.svg6.57
NCP M. P. Gangadharan2,9720.40
Margin of victory99,99813.55Increase2.svg34.77
Turnout 737,64165.74Decrease2.svg2.81
INC gain from CPI Swing Increase2.svg45.26

By-Election 2005

By-Election, 2005: Thiruvananthapuram [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Pannyan Raveendran 490,324 51.41 Increase2.svg13.96
INC V. S. Sivakumar 316,12441.64Increase2.svg11.34
BJP C. K. Padmanabhan36,6904.83Decrease2.svg25.03
Margin of victory74,2009.77+35.89
Turnout 859,23768.13−0.66
CPI hold Swing +36.45

General Election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI P. K. Vasudevan Nair 386,057 37.45 Increase2.svg1.22
INC V. S. Sivakumar 231,45430.30Decrease2.svg7.85
BJP O. Rajagopal 228,05229.86Increase2.svg8.93
Margin of victory54,6037.15Increase2.svg5.24
Turnout 864,31768.7Increase2.svg5.52
CPI gain from INC Swing 24.18%

General Election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC V. S. Sivakumar 288,39038.15Decrease2.svg6.2
CPI Kaniyapuram Ramachandran273,90536.23Decrease2.svg6.1
BJP O. Rajagopal 158,22120.93Increase2.svg8.54
Margin of victory14,4851.91Decrease2.svg0.1
Turnout 757,49763.18%Decrease2.svg2.56
INC hold Swing -14.53%

General Election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. Karunakaran 337,42944.35%Increase2.svg2.92
CPI K.V. Surendranath322,03142.33Decrease2.svg2.05
BJP Kerala Varma Raja94,30312.39Increase2.svg1.76
Margin of victory15,3982.01
Turnout 766,77565.74
INC gain from CPI Swing

General Election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI K.V. Surendranath312,62244.38
INC A. Charles 291,82041.43
BJP K. Raman Pillai74,90410.63
Margin of victory20,8022.95
Turnout 721,08764.56
CPI gain from INC Swing

General Election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A. Charles 334,27246.99
CPI E. J. Vijayamma290,60240.85
BJP O. Rajagopal 80,56611.33
Margin of victory43,6706.14
Turnout 721,41268.89
INC hold Swing

General Election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A. Charles 367,82549.02
CPI O. N. V. Kurup 326,91242.23
BJP P. Asok Kumar56,0467.47
Margin of victory50,9136.79
Turnout 754,85373.78
INC hold Swing

General Election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A. Charles 239,79143.00
LKD Neelalohithadasan Nadar 186,35333.41−27%
Hindu Munnani (KL)Kerala Varma Raja110,44919.80
Independent Madhavikutty 1,7860.32
Margin of victory53,4389.58
Turnout 56198471.70
INC hold Swing

General Election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Neelalohithadasan Nadar 273,81860.90
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 166,76137.09
Margin of victory107,05723.81
Turnout 453,45863.44
INC gain from CPI Swing

General Election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 244,27756.32
JP P. Vishwambharan174,45540.22
Margin of victory69,82216.1
Turnout 448,58672.14
CPI gain from Independent Swing

General Election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent V. K. Krishna Menon 167,87252.99
PSP D. Damodaran Potti143,74545.38
Margin of victory24,1277.56
Turnout 318,88359.76
Independent gain from SSP Swing

General Election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SSP P. Viswambharan 153,04047.4
INC G.C. Pillai148,56246.0
Margin of victory4,4781.4
Turnout 310,99867.9
SSP gain from Independent Swing

See also

References

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