Attingal Assembly constituency

Attingal
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 O S Ambika
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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).

Local self governed segments

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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		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		Indian National Congress	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	B. Satyan		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	O. S. Ambika		Incumbent

Election results

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]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
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
	SS	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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
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 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	42,912	53.75
	INC	C Mohanachandran	31,704	39.71
Margin of victory			11,208	14.04
Turnout			79,836
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	51,139	53.68
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	40,323	42.33
Margin of victory			10,816	11.35
Turnout			95,259	69.75
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	42,161	48.69
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	41,145	47.52
Margin of victory			1,016	1.17
Turnout			86,592	69.98
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T Saratchandra Prasad	41,964	48.6
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	41,527	48.1
Margin of victory			437	0.5
Turnout			86,343	67.33
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1965

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	K.Anirudhan	25,598	47.75%
	INC	R.Sankar	23,515	43.87%
Margin of victory			2,083
	CPI(M) gain from INC		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.
^ "Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[3] "Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[6] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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