Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency

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Vattiyoorkavu
Constituency No. 133 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Kowdiar Palace at Kowdiar ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established2008
Total electors2,08,579 (2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
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 seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. K. Prasanth of CPI(M).

Contents

Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency was established by 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Trivandrum North Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2008, and Trivandrum-II Assembly constituency from 1957 to 1977.

Local self-governed segments

Vattiyoorkavu 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 the Legislative Assembly

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

Trivandrum-II

ElectionMemberParty
1957 Pattom Thanu Pillai Praja Socialist Party
1960
1967 K. C. Vamadevan Independent
1970 K. Pankajakshan Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Trivandrum North

ElectionMemberParty
1977 K. Ravindran Nair Independent
1980 K. Anirudhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 G. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress
1987 M. Vijayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
2001 K. Mohankumar Indian National Congress
2006 M. Vijayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Vattiyoorkavu

ElectionMemberParty
2011 K. Muraleedharan Indian National Congress
2016
2019* V. K. Prasanth Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021

*by-election

Election results

2021

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

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 61,111 44.40 Increase2.svg0.15
BJP V. V. Rajesh39,59628.77Increase2.svg6.61
INC Veena S. Nair35,65525.76Decrease2.svg6.82
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

2019 by-election

Due to the election of the sitting MLA K. Muraleedharan as the MP from Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency, Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,570 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly 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
Majority 14,46511.67%Increase2.svg6.06
Turnout 1,23,91062.66%Decrease2.svg7.17
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg14.46

2016

There were 1,95,239 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly 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
Majority 7,6225.56Decrease2.svg8.79
Turnout 1,37,10870.23Increase2.svg6.01
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg12.38

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
Majority 16,16714.35
Turnout 1,12,63764.22
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  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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