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Neyyattinkara 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).
Neyyattinkara | |
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Constituency No. 140 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thiruvananthapuram |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 1,86,705 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Neyyattinkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | P. Narayanan Thampi | Praja Socialist Party | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | R. G. Nair | Indian National Congress | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | R. Parameshwaran Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | R. Sundareshwaran Nair | Independent | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | S. R. Thankaraj | Janata Party | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | Thampanoor Ravi | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | V. J. Thankappan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | R. Selvaraj | 2011 – 2012 | ||
2012* | 13th | Indian National Congress | 2012 – 2016 | ||
2016 | 14th | K. Ansalan | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the previous election.
There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | K. Ansalan | 62,113 | 47.20 | ![]() | |
INC | R. Selvaraj | 59,016 | 40.12 | ![]() | |
BJP | Punchakiri Surendran | 15,531 | 11.53 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing |
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]
There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
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