Attingal Assembly constituency
| Attingal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 128 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Kilimanoor - panoramio.jpg Kilimanoor town in the constituency. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,02,123 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Attingal State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is O. S. Ambika of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Attingal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Attingal | Municipality | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Karavaram | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Kilimanoor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Nagaroor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pazhayakunnummel | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pulimath | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Vakkom | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Cherunniyoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Manamboor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Ottoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | R. Prakasam | Communist Party of India | |
| 1960 | N. Kunjuraman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | K. P. K. Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1970 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (U) | ||
| 1982 | Independent | ||
| 1985* | P. Vijayadas | Indian Congress (Socialist) | |
| 1987 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | T. Sarath Chandra Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2001 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | B. Satyan | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | O. S. Ambika | ||
Election results
[edit | edit source]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit | edit source]There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. S. Ambika | 69,898 | 47.35 | Decrease5.36 | |
| BJP | P. Sudheer | 38,262 | 25.92 | Increase5.94 | |
| RSP | A. Sreedharan | 36,938 | 25.02 | Increase1.55 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,071 | 0.72 | ||
| BSP | Vipinlal Vidhyadharan | 927 | 0.63 | Increase0.06 | |
| Independent | Ambili | 191 | 0.13 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 31,636 | 21.43 | Decrease7.81 | ||
| Turnout | 1,47,626 | 73.04 | Increase3.51 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease5.36 | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 72,808 | 52.71 | Decrease2.73 | |
| RSP | K. Chandrababu | 32,425 | 23.47 | ||
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 27,602 | 19.98 | Increase15.75 | |
| SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 1,437 | 1.04 | Decrease0.32 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,267 | 0.92 | ||
| BSP | K. Sivanandan | 789 | 0.57 | Decrease0.51 | |
| Independent | Rajesh R. | 639 | 0.46 | ||
| SS | B. Jayanthakumar | 597 | 0.43 | ||
| Independent | C. R. Thulasi | 411 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Pratheeshkumar P. | 162 | 0.12 | ||
| Margin of victory | 40,383 | 29.24 | Increase3.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,38,137 | 69.53 | Increase2.76 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease2.73 | |||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 63,558 | 55.44 | ||
| INC | Thankamony Divakaran | 33,493 | 29.22 | ||
| Independent | Attingal Suresh | 7,857 | 6.85 | ||
| BJP | P. P. Vava | 4,844 | 4.23 | ||
| Independent | V. V. Selvaraj | 1,713 | 1.49 | ||
| SDPI | K. G. Soman | 1,561 | 1.36 | ||
| BSP | M. Chinamma | 1,235 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | G. Anirudhan | 377 | 0.33 | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,065 | 26.22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,14,638 | 66.77 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2006
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,912 | 53.75 | ||
| INC | C Mohanachandran | 31,704 | 39.71 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,208 | 14.04 | |||
| Turnout | 79,836 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2001
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 51,139 | 53.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 40,323 | 42.33 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,816 | 11.35 | |||
| Turnout | 95,259 | 69.75 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1996
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,161 | 48.69 | ||
| INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 41,145 | 47.52 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,016 | 1.17 | |||
| Turnout | 86,592 | 69.98 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1991
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T Saratchandra Prasad | 41,964 | 48.6 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 41,527 | 48.1 | ||
| Margin of victory | 437 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 86,343 | 67.33 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1965
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K.Anirudhan | 25,598 | 47.75% | ||
| INC | R.Sankar | 23,515 | 43.87% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,083 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Attingal
- Thiruvananthapuram district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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