Vattiyoorkavu (State Assembly constituency)

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Vattiyoorkavu
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
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Kowdiar Palace at Kowdiar ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in Vattiyoorkavu Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established2011 - present
Total electors2,08,118 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA V. K. Prasanth
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2019

Vattiyoorkavu State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. K. Prasanth of CPI(M).

Contents

Vattiyoorkavu constituency came into existence in 2011. Before it was known as Trivandrum North Constituency from 1977 to 2011, and Trivandrum-II constituency from 1957 to 1977.

Local self governed segments

Vattiyoorkavu Legislative Assembly Constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameWardsStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation) Taluk
1 Thiruvananthapuram 24 wardsMunicipal CorporationThiruvananthapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vattiyoorkavu Legislative Assembly Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [3]

Key

  PSP     Independent     RSP     CPI(M)     INC   

As Trivandrum-II

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st Pattom Thanu Pillai PSP 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdK. C. Vamadevan Ind. 1967 – 1970
1970 4th K. Pankajakshan RSP 1970 – 1977

As Trivandrum North

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		MemberPartyTenure
1977 5thK. Ravindran Nair Ind. 1977 – 1980
1980 6thK. Anirudhan CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th G. Karthikeyan INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th M. Vijayakumar CPI(M) 1987 – 1991
1991 9th1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11thK. Mohankumar INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th M. Vijayakumar CPI(M) 2006 – 2011

As Vattiyoorkavu

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		MemberPartyTenure
2011 13th K. Muraleedharan INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th2016 – 2019
2019* V. K. Prasanth CPI(M) 2019 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

Niyamasabha election 2021

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

Partywise Results

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Vattiyoorkavu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 61,11144.40Increase2.svg0.15
BJP V. V. Rajesh39,59628.77Increase2.svg6.61
INC Veena S. Nair36,45625.76Decrease2.svg6.82
BSP N. Murali8900.3
SDPI A. Shyju2010.15
NOTA None of the above 1090.62Decrease2.svg0.04
Margin of victory21,51515.63Increase2.svg3.96
Turnout 1,37,636
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg0.15

Niyamasabha By-election 2019

Due to the election of the sitting MLA K. Muraleedharan as the MP from Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency), Vattiyoorkavu Constituency went to bypoll in 2019. There were 1,97,570 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Constituency for this election. [4] V. K. Prashanth won by 14,465 votes in the subsequent election conducted in October 2019. [5]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Vattiyoorkavu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 54,83044.25%Increase2.svg14.46
INC K. Mohankumar40,36532.58%Decrease2.svg5.23
BJP S. Suresh27,45322.16%Decrease2.svg10.03
NOTA None of the Above 8200.66%Increase2.svg0.06
Independent A.Mohanakumar1350.11%N/A
Independent Nagaraj G.1000.08%N/A
Independent Suresh S. S.930.08%N/A
Independent Murukan A.760.06%N/A
Independent Mithran G.380.03%N/A
Majority14,46511.67%Increase2.svg6.06
Turnout 1,23,91062.66%Decrease2.svg7.17
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg14.46

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,95,239 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Constituency for the 2016 Kerala legislative assembly Election. [6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. Muraleedharan 51,32237.81Decrease2.svg12.38
BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 43,70032.19Increase2.svg20.21
CPI(M) T. N. Seema 40,44129.79Decrease2.svg6.05
BSP Mekkansi K. John3990.29N/A
NOTA None of the Above 8160.60N/A
Independent Binu D.1470.11
Independent Sahadevan1040.08
Independent K. G. Mohanan770.06
Independent Baby D.530.04
Independent Saju Ameerdas480.04
Majority7,6225.56Decrease2.svg8.79
Turnout 1,37,10870.23Increase2.svg6.01
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg12.38

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,75,398 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. Muraleedharan56,53150.19
Independent Cheriyan Phillip40,36435.84
BJP V. V. Rajesh13,49411.98
BSP Kaithakodu Radhakrishnan9150.81
Independent Cheriyan P. T.5510.49
Independent Rajan K.4880.08
Independent G. Balakrishnan Nair2940.26
Majority16,16714.35
Turnout 1,12,63764.22
INC win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District".
  3. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vattiyoorkavu".
  4. ↑ "Vattiyoorkavu Niyamasabha Constituency goes to bypoll, www.thehindu.com". www.thehindu.com.
  5. ↑ "'ശരിദൂരം'കടന്ന് പ്രശാന്ത്; ബിജെപിക്കും യുഡിഎഫിനും കനത്ത പ്രഹരം". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  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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