Neyyattinkara
Constituency for the
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,86,705 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Neyyattinkara State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. 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 K. Ansalan of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Neyyattinkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Neyyattinkara Municipality Neyyattinkara
2 Athiyannur Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
3 Chenkal Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
4 Karode Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
5 Kulathoor Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara
6 Thirupuram Grama panchayat Neyyattinkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]

Key

  CPI  INC  CPI(M)  Independent   JP  PSP

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd P. Narayanan Thampi PSP 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd R. G. Nair INC 1967 – 1970
1970 4th R. Parameshwaran Pillai CPI(M) 1970 – 1977
1977 5th R. Sundareshwaran Nair Ind. 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th S. R. Thankaraj JNP 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Thampanoor Ravi INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th V. J. Thankappan CPI(M) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th R. Selvaraj 2011 – 2012
2012* 13th INC 2012 – 2016
2016 14th K. Ansalan CPI(M) 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 65,497 47.02 Decrease0.18
INC R. Selvaraj 51,235 36.78 Decrease3.34
BJP Rajasekharan S Nair 21,009 15.08 Increase7.55
NOTA None of the above 907 0.65
Margin of victory 14,642 10.24 Increase3.16
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 62,113 47.20 Increase12.06
INC R. Selvaraj 59,016 40.12 Increase6.16
BJP Punchakiri Surendran 15,531 11.53 Decrease11.68
NOTA None of the above 693 0.51
BSP Prabhakaran 566 0.42
Independent Anilkumar 280 0.21
Margin of victory 9,543 7.08
Turnout 1,34,645 75.25 Decrease4.48
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2012 by-election

Due to the resignation of sitting CPI(M) MLA R. Selvaraj, Neyyatinkara went to bypolls on June 6, 2012. There were 1,64,856 registered voters in the constituency for this election. R. Selvaraj, now contesting for INC, won the election by a margin of 6,334 votes.[5]

2012 by election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Selvaraj 52,528 39.96 Decrease3.02
CPI(M) F. Lawrence 46,194 35.14 Decrease13.84
BJP O. Rajagopal 30,507 23.21 Increase17.18
Independent Selvaraj 551 0.42
Independent T. Selvaraj 414 0.31
Independent S. M. Karani 350 0.27
RPI(A) T. R. Thankarajan 294 0.22
Independent Satyaseelan 200 0.15
Socialist E. V. Phillip 88 0.07
Independent J. Lawrence 71 0.05
Independent T. Lawrence 71 0.05
Independent K. G. Mohanan 54 0.04
Independent Lila Sundaresan 51 0.04
Independent J. Wilson 36 0.03
Independent J. R. L. Rose 36 0.03
Margin of victory 6,334 4.82
Turnout 1,34,645 79.73 Increase8.97
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Selvaraj 54,711 48.98
INC Thampanoor Ravi 48,009 42.98
BJP Athiyannoor Sreekumar 6,730 6.03
BSP Kovilloor A. Babu 1,168 1.05
Independent Mohanan 557 0.50
Independent Manaloor B. Vasantha 523 0.47
Margin of victory 6,702 6.00
Turnout 1,11,698 70.76
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

References

  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.
  3. ↑ "Neyyattinkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ PTI. "By-elections: UDF captures CPI-M seat in Kerala". @businessline. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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