Attingal_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Attingal Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Attingal 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is O S Ambika of CPI(M).
| Attingal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 128 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kilimanoor town in the constituency. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| LS 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 Niyamasabha 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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
Key
INC CPI(M) IC(S) RSP(B) Independent INC(U)
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | R. Prakasam | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | N. Kunjuraman | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. P. K. Das | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | Independent | 1982 – 1985 | ||
| 1985* | 7th | P. Vijayadas | Indian Congress | 1985 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | T. Sarath Chandra Prasad | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | B. Satyan | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | O. S. Ambika | Incumbent | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. S. Ambika | 69,898 | 47.35 |  5.36 | |
| BJP | P. Sudheer | 38,262 | 25.92 |  5.94 | |
| RSP | A. Sreedharan | 36,938 | 25.02 | 1.55 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,071 | 0.72 | ||
| BSP | Vipinlal Vidhyadharan | 927 | 0.63 | 0.06 | |
| Independent | Ambili | 191 | 0.13 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 31,636 | 21.43 | 7.81 | ||
| Turnout | 1,47,626 | 73.04 | 3.51 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 5.36 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 72,808 | 52.71 | 2.73 | |
| RSP | K. Chandrababu | 32,425 | 23.47 | ||
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 27,602 | 19.98 | 15.75 | |
| SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 1,437 | 1.04 | 0.32 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,267 | 0.92 | ||
| BSP | K. Sivanandan | 789 | 0.57 | 0.51 | |
| Independent | Rajesh R. | 639 | 0.46 | ||
| SHS | 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 | 3.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,38,137 | 69.53 | 2.76 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.73 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
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 | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 1965
- "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.
- "Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.