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Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in Kerala

Summary

Lok Sabha Constituency in Kerala

FieldValue
typeLS
nameThiruvananthapuramKL-20
map_imageThiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Map.jpg
map_captionThiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency
established1957
party
alliance
incumbent_imageShashi Tharoor addressing the Convention of Ministers of Adult Education and Panchayati Raj and District Panchayat Presidents of Saakshar Bharat States, in New Delhi on June 13, 2013.jpg
mpShashi Tharoor
latest_election_year2024
stateKerala
reservationNone
electors(2019)
assembly_consKazhakootam
Vattiyoorkavu
Thiruvananthapuram
Nemom
Parassala
Kovalam
Neyyattinkara

Vattiyoorkavu Thiruvananthapuram Nemom Parassala Kovalam Neyyattinkara

Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala State.

The incumbent MP of this constituency, Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, has been elected on 4 consecutive occasions: 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is the longest serving Member of Parliament to have represented the constituency.

Demographics

This Constituency Is Dominated By Nair Caste.As per the electoral roll for the 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders. Out of total electorate, 26% is rural and 74% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) is 9.82% and 0.45%, respectively of total electorate. As per Census 2011 estimates the Thiruvananthapuram district has 66.46% Hindus, 19.10% Christians and 13.72% Muslims. The constituency also has highest proportion of Nadars and Converted Christians in Kerala.

As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency. The voter turnout for the 2019 Lok Sabha election was 73.45% where as it was 68.63% and 65.74% in the 2014 and 2009 elections respectively.

Assembly segments

Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:{{cite web |access-date = 2008-10-21 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf |archive-date = 2009-03-04

#NameDistrictMemberParty2024 lead
132KazhakootamThiruvananthapuramKadakampally Surendran
133VattiyoorkavuV. K. Prasanth
134ThiruvananthapuramAntony Raju
135NemomV. Sivankutty
137ParassalaC. K. Hareendran
139KovalamM. Vincent
140NeyyattinkaraK. AnsalanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPI(M)

Members of Parliament

Yearlast1=NDTVdate=16 May 2014title=Election Results 2014: Top 10 High-Profile Contests and Victory Marginswork=url=https://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/election-results-2014-top-10-high-profile-contests-and-victory-margins-562324access-date=9 November 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109195341/https://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/election-results-2014-top-10-high-profile-contests-and-victory-margins-562324archive-date=9 November 2022}}Party
1952Annie Mascarene
1957Easwara Iyer
1962P. S. Nataraja Pillai
1967P. Viswambharan
1971V. K. Krishna Menon
1977M. N. Govindan Nair
1980Neelalohithadasan Nadar
1984A. Charles
1989
1991
1996K. V. Surendranath
1998K. Karunakaran
1999V. S. Sivakumar
2004P. K. Vasudevan Nair
2005^Pannian Ravindran
2009Shashi Tharoor
2014
2019
2024

^ indicates bypolls

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.{{bar box|float=right|title=Vote share of Winning candidates|titlebar=#ddd|width=300px|barwidth=275px|bars=

General election 2024

|reg. electors = 1,430,531

Legislative Assembly Wise Results

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes%2nd PositionPartyVotes%3rd PositionPartyVotes%Margin
132KazhakootamRajeev ChandrasekharBJP50,44440.56%Shashi TharoorINC39,60231.84%Pannyan RaveendranCPI34,38226.81%10,842
133VattiyoorkavuRajeev ChandrasekharBJP53,02542.02%Shashi TharoorINC44,86335.52%Pannyan RaveendranCPI28,33622.45%8,162
134ThiruvananthapuramShashi TharoorINC48,29640.58%Rajeev ChandrasekharBJP43,75536.78%Pannyan RaveendranCPI27,07622.71%4,541
135NemomRajeev ChandrasekharBJP61,22745.80%Shashi TharoorINC39,10129.26%Pannyan RaveendranCPI33,32224.94%22,126
137ParassalaShashi TharoorINC59,02638.93%Pannyan RaveendranCPI46,65430.77%Rajeev ChandrasekharBJP45,95730.30%13,069
139KovalamShashi TharoorINC64,04242.54%Rajeev ChandrasekharBJP47,37631.48%Pannyan RaveendranCPI39,13726.00%16,666
140NeyyattinkaraShashi TharoorINC58,74945.09%Rajeev ChandrasekharBJP36,13627.68%Pannyan RaveendranCPI35,52627.23%22,613

General election 2019

There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election. The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.

Party wise Results

| |votes = 99,989 | |winner = Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly wise Results

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes%2nd PositionPartyVotes%3rd PositionPartyVotes%NOTAMargin
132KazhakootamShashi TharoorINC4696435.50%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4547934.38%C. DivakaranCPI3768828.49%6481385
133VattiyoorkavuShashi TharoorINC5354539.46%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP5070937.37%C. DivakaranCPI2941421.67%6902836
134ThiruvananthapuramShashi TharoorINC5707743.98%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4287733.08%C. DivakaranCPI2753021.23%64714200
135NemomKummanam RajasekharanBJP5851341.40%Shashi TharoorINC4647232.88%C. DivakaranCPI3392124.00%74812041
137ParassalaShashi TharoorINC6994442.57%C. DivakaranCPI4794229.18%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4288726.10%62127057
139KovalamShashi TharoorINC7322145.65%C. DivakaranCPI4205026.22%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4109225.62%61632129
140NeyyattinkaraShashi TharoorINC6683447.71%C. DivakaranCPI3792527.07%Kummanam RajasekharanBJP3236823.11%58334466

General Election 2014

Party wise Results

Legislative Assembly wise Results

No.Assembly1st PositionPartyVotes%2nd PositionPartyVotes%3rd PositionPartyVotes%NOTAMargin
132KazhakoottamO. RajagopalBJP4182937.1%Shashi TharoorINC3422030.4%Bennet AbrahamCPI3179928.2%4837609
133VattiyoorkavuO. RajagopalBJP4358937.1%Shashi TharoorINC4066334.6%Bennet AbrahamCPI2750423.4%7162926
134ThiruvananthapuramO. RajagopalBJP4083536.0%Shashi TharoorINC3902734.4%Bennet AbrahamCPI2738524.1%5781808
135NemomO. RajagopalBJP5068542.1%Shashi TharoorINC3263927.1%Bennet AbrahamCPI3164326.3%52318046
137ParassalaShashi TharoorINC5036034.8%Bennet AbrahamCPI4795333.2%O. RajagopalBJP3975327.5%35710607
139KovalamShashi TharoorINC5140137.7%Bennet AbrahamCPI4211230.9%O. RajagopalBJP3616926.5%34715232
140NeyyattinkaraShashi TharoorINC4800939.3%Bennet AbrahamCPI3980632.6%O. RajagopalBJP2895823.7%33619051

General Election 2009

| |candidate = Shashi Tharoor | |party = Communist Party of India | |candidate = A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar | |candidate = P. K. Krishna Das | |candidate = M. P. Gangadharan | |votes = 99,998 | |votes = 737,641 | |winner = Indian National Congress

By-Election 2005

| |party = Communist Party of India | |votes = 74,200 | |winner = Communist Party of India

General Election 2004

| |votes = 54,603 | |winner = Communist Party of India

General Election 1999

| |votes = 14,485 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1998

| |candidate = K. Karunakaran | |party = Communist Party of India | |candidate = Kerala Varma Raja | |votes = 15,398 | |votes = 766,775 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1996

| |votes = 20,802 | |winner = Communist Party of India

General Election 1991

| |votes = 43,670 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1989

| |party = Indian National Congress | |party = Communist Party of India | |candidate = P. Asok Kumar | |votes = 50,913 | |votes = 754,853 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1984

| |votes = 53,438 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1980

| |party = Indian National Congress | |party = Communist Party of India | |votes = 107,057 | |votes = 453,458 | |winner = Indian National Congress

General Election 1977

| |party = Communist Party of India | |party = Janata Party | |votes = 69,822 | |votes = 448,586 | |winner = Communist Party of India

General Election 1971

| |votes = 24,127

General Election 1967

| |votes = 4,478

References

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