Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India

Neyyattinkara
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 K. Ansalan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Ansalan of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Neyyattinkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:

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 the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
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	R. Sundareshwaran Nair	Independent	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	S. R. Thankaraj	Janata Party	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	S. R. Thankaraj	Janata Party	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	Communist Party of India	2011 – 2012
2012*	13th	R. Selvaraj	Indian National Congress	2012 – 2016
2016	14th	K. Ansalan	Communist Party of India	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. Ansalan	Communist Party of India	Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

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

There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

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

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.

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
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.

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
Margin of victory			6,702	6.00
Turnout			1,11,698	70.76
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	V J Thankappan	50,351	47.31
	INC	Thampanoor Ravi	49,605	46.61
Margin of victory			746	0.70
Turnout			1,06,415
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thampanoor Ravi	56,305	50.0
	JD(S)	S B Rosechandran	49,830	44.3
Margin of victory			6,475	5.7
Turnout			1,12,607	67.2
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thampanoor Ravi	50,924	49.39
	JD	Charupara Ravi	36,500	35.39
Margin of victory			14,424	14
Turnout			1,03,132	67.48
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyatinkara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thampanoor Ravi	49,106	47.05
	JD	S R Thankaraj	47,042	45.15
Margin of victory			1,974	1.90
Turnout			1,04,187	72.26
	INC gain from JD		Swing

References

"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.

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