Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency

Vattiyoorkavu
Constituency No. 133 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kowdiar Palace at Kowdiar ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established2008
Total electors1,65,272 (2026)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2026

Vattiyoorkavu State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Muraleedharan of the INC who is also the current Minister of Health and Devaswom, in the Government of Kerala.

Local self-governed segments

Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Wards Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation) Taluk
1 Thiruvananthapuram 24 wards Municipal Corporation Thiruvananthapuram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list consists of all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Trivandrum-II

Election Member Party
1957 Pattom Thanu Pillai Praja Socialist Party
1960
1967 K. C. Vamadevan Independent
1970 K. Pankajakshan Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Trivandrum North

Election Member Party
1977 K. Ravindran Nair Independent
1980 K. Anirudhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 G. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress
1987 M. Vijayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
2001 K. Mohankumar Indian National Congress
2006 M. Vijayakumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Vattiyoorkavu

Election Member Party
2011 K. Muraleedharan Indian National Congress
2016
2019* V. K. Prasanth Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021
2026 K. Muraleedharan Indian National Congress

*by-election

Election results

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Muraleedharan 48,338 37.20 Increase11.44
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 42,913 33.10 Decrease11.30
BJP R. Sreelekha 37,213 28.76 Decrease0.02
Margin of victory 5,425 4.10 Increase11.44
Turnout 1,29,765 76.92 Increase6.69
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing Increase11.44

2021

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

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 61,111 44.40 Increase0.15
BJP V. V. Rajesh 39,596 28.77 Increase6.61
INC Veena S. Nair 35,655 25.76 Decrease6.82
NOTA None of the above 109 0.62 Decrease0.04
Margin of victory 21,515 15.63 Increase3.96
Turnout 1,37,636
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase0.15

2019 by-election

Due to the election of the sitting MLA K. Muraleedharan as the MP from Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency, Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,570 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency for this election.[4] V. K. Prashanth won by 14,465 votes in the subsequent election conducted in October 2019.[5]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Vattiyoorkavu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V. K. Prasanth 54,830 44.25 Increase14.46
INC K. Mohankumar 40,365 32.58 Decrease5.23
BJP S. Suresh 27,453 22.16 Decrease10.03
NOTA None of the Above 820 0.66 Increase0.06
Majority 14,465 11.67 Increase6.06
Turnout 1,23,910 62.66 Decrease7.17
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase14.46

2016

There were 1,95,239 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Muraleedharan 51,322 37.81 Decrease12.38
BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 43,700 32.19 Increase20.21
CPI(M) T. N. Seema 40,441 29.79 Decrease6.05
BSP Mekkansi K. John 399 0.29 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 816 0.60 N/A
Independent Binu D. 147 0.11
Independent Sahadevan 104 0.08
Independent K. G. Mohanan 77 0.06
Independent Baby D. 53 0.04
Independent Saju Ameerdas 48 0.04
Majority 7,622 5.56 Decrease8.79
Turnout 1,37,108 70.23 Increase6.01
INC hold Swing Decrease12.38

2011

There were 1,75,398 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vattiyoorkavu
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Muraleedharan 56,531 50.19
LDF Cheriyan Phillip 40,364 35.84
BJP V. V. Rajesh 13,494 11.98
BSP Kaithakodu Radhakrishnan 915 0.81
Independent Cheriyan P. T. 551 0.49
Independent Rajan K. 488 0.08
Independent G. Balakrishnan Nair 294 0.26
Majority 16,167 14.35
Turnout 1,12,637 64.22
INC win (new seat)

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Vijayakumar 60,145 50.60
INC K. Mohankumar 50,421 42.52
Majority 9,724 8.18
Turnout 1,18,845
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2001

There were 2,11,264 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Mohankumar 63,202 48.97
CPI(M) M. Vijayakumar 56,818 44.03
Majority 6,384 4.94
Turnout 1,29,052 61.20
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1996

There were 1,87,779 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Vijayakumar 62,479 52.79
INC T. Saratchandra Prasad 48,170 40.70
Majority 14,309 12.70
Turnout 1,18,364 63.84
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

There were 1,73,461 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Vijayakumar 52,865 46.21
NDP T. Raveendran Thampi 52,525 45.91
Majority 340 0.30
Turnout 1,14,408 68.05
CPI(M) hold Swing

1987

There were 1,40,159 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Vijayakumar 53,167 49.99
INC G. Karthikeyan 38,002 35.73
Majority 15,165 14.26
Turnout 1,06,360 76.47
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1982

There were 1,06,347 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Trivandrum North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Karthikeyan 38,260 54.38
CPI(M) K. Anirudhan 29,414 41.81
Majority 8,846 12.57
Turnout 70,352 66.82
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vattiyoorkavu".
  4. ↑ "Vattiyoorkavu Niyamasabha Constituency goes to bypoll, www.thehindu.com". www.thehindu.com.
  5. ↑ "'ശരിദൂരം'കടന്ന് പ്രശാന്ത്; ബിജെപിക്കും യുഡിഎഫിനും കനത്ത പ്രഹരം". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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