Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency

Neyyattinkara
Neyyattinkara
Constituency No. 140 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,86,705 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Ansalan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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[edit]

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[edit]

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	R. Sundareshwaran Nair	Ind.	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	S. R. Thankaraj	JNP	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	S. R. Thankaraj	JNP	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	CPI(M)	2011 – 2012
2012*	13th	R. Selvaraj	INC	2012 – 2016
2016	14th	K. Ansalan	CPI(M)	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. Ansalan	CPI(M)	Incumbent

Election results[edit]

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

2021[edit]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Ansalan	65,497	47.02	0.18
	INC	R. Selvaraj	51,235	36.78	3.34
	BJP	Rajasekharan S Nair	21,009	15.08	7.55
	NOTA	None of the above	907	0.65
Margin of victory			14,642	10.24	3.16
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]

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	12.06
	INC	R. Selvaraj	59,016	40.12	6.16
	BJP	Punchakiri Surendran	15,531	11.53	11.68
	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	4.48
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2012 by-election[edit]

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	3.02
	CPI(M)	F. Lawrence	46,194	35.14	13.84
	BJP	O. Rajagopal	30,507	23.21	17.18
	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	8.97
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Neyyattinkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ PTI. "By-elections: UDF captures CPI-M seat in Kerala". @businessline. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[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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