Administration of Neyyattinkara
Neyyattinkara taluk is part of Trivandrum (Lok Sabha constituency) except kattakada assembly constituency which is part of Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Neyyattinkara taluk includes 4 assembly constituencies (Kattakada, Neyyattinkara, Parassala, Kovalam) in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. In early 2012, Neyyattinkara constituency attracted statewide attention, as it witnessed a much fiercely contested by-elections that Kerala Politics have ever seen caused by the resignation of the MLA R. Selvaraj. The tri-cornered contest was between O. Rajagopal of BJP, F. Lawrence of CPI(M) and Selvaraj (Now, of INC), with Selvaraj emerging as the winner finally.
Current MP: Dr. Shashi Tharoor (Indian National Congress party, re-elected as MP on 20 April 2014)
Neyyattinkara MLA: K. A. Ansalan, (Communist Party of India (Marxist) party, elected as MLA on 2016). In 2016 Assembly Election, K. Ansalan, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate, won a stunning victory by a margin of 9,543 votes against R. Selvaraj, who defected from the CPI (M) to the Congress in 2012 and romped home by a margin of 6,334 votes in the by-election.
Kattakada MLA: N. Sakthan, (Indian National Congress party, Deputy Speaker)
Neyyattinkara Municipality led by LDF COM. WR Heeba CPI(M) district committee member elected as chairperson and Com. KK Shibu CPI(M) Vice chairman.
Parassala MLA: A.T. George, (Indian National Congress party)
Kovalam MLA: Jameela Prakasam, (Janata Dal (Secular))
2014 Elections
In the 2014 Parliament Election (held on 2014-04-20) Dr. Shashi Tharoor (UDF) got maximum number of votes from Neyyattinkara Constituency i.e., Neyyattinkara – UDF – 48,009, BJP – 28958, LDF – 39806; Dr. Tharoor got an additional 19,051 votes against BJP from Neyyattinkara Constituency alone that resulted in his ultimate success against BJP. Finally, he won the election with 14,501 votes. The election results of other constituencies in this regard are: Parassala – UDF – 50360, BJP – 39753, LDF – 47953; Kovalam – UDF – 51401, BJP – 36169, LDF – 42112; Nemom – UDF – 32639, BJP – 50685, LDF – 31643; Thiruvananthapuram – UDF – 39027, BJP 40835, LDF – 27385; Vattiyoorkavu – UDF – 40663, BJP – 43589 – LDF, 27504; Kazhakoottam – UDF 34220, BJP – 41,829, LDF - 31799
2015 Elections
| Sl.No. | Name of Ward | Political Party | Elected Councillor | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aalampotta | UDF | G Sukumari | Won 443 votes against J S Kumari Kavitha |
| 2. | Aalummoodu | BJP | N Usha Kumari | Won 320 votes against Rajambika Devi S |
| 3. | Aaralummoodu | UDF | A Salim | Won 500 votes against M Shanavas |
| 4. | Amaravila | BJP | Shibu Raj Krishna M | Won 372 votes against S Sudevakumar |
| 5. | Athazhamangalam | LDF | Soumya D | Won 629 votes against T Kala |
| 6. | Athiyannoor | Others | S S Jayakumar | Won 478 votes against Muraleedharan Nair T |
| 7. | Brahmamkode | Others | Geetha S | Won 287 votes against Resmi N S |
| 8. | Chaikkottukonam | UDF | N Nirmala Bai | Won 372 votes against Ambili |
| 9. | Chundavila | LDF | Sathya Raj S | Won 371 votes against Raju S |
| 10. | Elavanikkara | LDF | S Sathi Kumar (Saji) | Won 356 votes against Pushpaleela |
| 11. | Fort | UDF | R Ajitha | Won 372 votes against Maya N S |
| 12. | Irumbil | LDF | Shyamala K | Won 512 votes against Christilda Baby |
| 13. | Kalathuvila | LDF | P Murukan | Won 595 votes against V Padma Kumar |
| 14. | Kavalakulam | LDF | K K Shibu | Won 666 votes against C S Bright Kumar |
| 15. | Kollavamvila | Others | Jojin | Won 780 votes against Vincent D S |
| 16. | Koottappana | UDF | Lalitha Teacher | Won 328 votes against K Sreelatha |
| 17. | Krishnapuram | UDF | Sajitha | Won 375 votes against Shalini C B |
| 18. | Kulathamal | LDF | Sunil Kumar | Won 425 votes against Isantobert |
| 19. | Mambazhakkara | LDF | Jayadaly M V | Won 570 votes against Shobha S |
| 20. | Manaloor | LDF | C Surendran | Won 528 votes against Sajinlal S P |
| 21. | Maruthathur | LDF | Joly J | Won 426 votes against T Ashalatha |
| 22. | Moonnukallinmoodu | LDF | L Usha | Won 515 votes against Jayasree(Moly) |
| 23. | Mullaravila | BJP | S S Swapna Jith | Won 442 votes against R O Arun |
| 24. | Muttakkadu | UDF | Jyothi Varghese | Won 491 votes against Nancy B |
| 25. | Narayanapuram | LDF | Mary Fathima A | Won 741 votes against Vasantha P |
| 26. | Nilamel | BJP | V Harikumar | Won 360 votes against Vaisakh J S |
| 27. | Olathanni | UDF | Sunitha | Won 512 votes against R V Vijaya Bose |
| 28. | Ooruttukaala | LDF | K P Sreekandan Nair | Won 477 votes against N K Sasi |
| 29. | Pallivilakaom | LDF | Jayaseeli K C | Won 563 votes against G M Krishna Kumari (Thanki) |
| 30. | Panangattukari | UDF | Suresh Kumar | Won 514 votes against C S Chandra Kiran |
| 31. | Perumpazhuthur | UDF | Aswathy V S | Won 404 votes against Laila L |
| 32. | Pirayummoodu | LDF | Anitha Kumari N K | Won 666 votes against J L Ranjit Sumanam |
| 33. | Plavila | LDF | Kala Mankeshkar C S | Won 564 votes against H Prasanna |
| 34. | Pullamala | LDF | G Babu Raj | Won 409 votes against Chandrakumar M C |
| 35. | Punnaykkadu | Others | C Saju | Won 472 votes against G Siva Kumar |
| 36. | Puthanambalam | Others | Anitha | Won 360 votes against Anitha R |
| 37. | Rameswaram | LDF | W R Heeba | Won 380 votes against Vijitha K M |
| 38. | Thavaravila | BJP | V N Sasikala | Won 388 votes against Preetha C V |
| 39. | Thozhukkal | Others | R Vijayan | Won 328 votes against P Rajan |
| 40. | Town | LDF | Ali Fathummal M | Won 456 votes against A Maheen |
| 41. | Vadakode | LDF | V Sudha | Won 422 votes against S Mayadevi |
| 42. | Vazhimukku | LDF | Shamila S | Won 580 votes against Shemeela M |
| 43. | Vazhuthur | UDF | L S Sheela | Won 724 votes against C D Justin Jose |
| 44. | Vlangamuri | UDF | Gramam Praveen | Won 661 votes against S Mohana Kumar |
References
- "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.