Neyyattinkara (State Assembly constituency)
Neyyattinkara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: നെയ്യാറ്റിൻകര നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Ansalan of CPI(M).
| 140 Neyyattinkara നെയ്യാറ്റിൻകര | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | General |
| Electorate | 1,78,942 (2016) |
| Current MLA | K. Ansalan |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Neyyattinkara Municipality and Athiyannur, Chenkal, Karode, Kulathoor, Thirupuram Panchayats in Neyyattinkara Taluk. |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[2]
Key
INC CPI (M) Independent JP PSP
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | O. 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 – 1984 | |
| 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) | Incumbent | |
* indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | K. Ansalan | 63,559 | 47.20 |  12.06 | |
| INC | R. Selvaraj | 54,016 | 40.12 | 0.16 | |
| 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
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.[4]
| 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
There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "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.