Neyyattinkara (State Assembly constituency)

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Neyyattinkara
Constituency No. 140 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1957
Total electors1,86,705 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2026

Neyyattinkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. 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 N. Sakthan of INC.

Local self-governed segments

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

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:[3]

Election Name Party
1957 Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair Communist Party of India
1960 P. Narayanan Thampi Praja Socialist Party
1967 R. G. Nair Indian National Congress
1970 R. Parameshwaran Pillai Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 R. Sundareshwaran Nair Independent
1980
1982 S. R. Thankaraj Janata Party
1987
1991 Thampanoor Ravi Indian National Congress
1996
2001
2006 V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 R. Selvaraj
2012^ Indian National Congress
2016 K. Ansalan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021
2026 N. Sakthan Indian National Congress

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. Sakthan 58,760 43.98%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 51,794 38.76%
NDA S.Rajasekharan Nair 21,858 16.36%
NOTA None of the above 720 0.54%
BSP Surendranathan. K 327 0.24%
Independent Bipin S.B 157 0.12%
Margin of victory 6966
Turnout 133616
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 65,497 47.02 Decrease0.18
INC R. Selvaraj 51,235 36.78 Decrease3.34
BJP Rajasekharan S Nair 21,009 15.08 Increase7.55
NOTA None of the above 907 0.65
Margin of victory 14,642 10.24 Increase3.16
Turnout
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. Ansalan 62,113 47.20 Increase12.06
INC R. Selvaraj 59,016 40.12 Increase6.16
BJP Punchakiri Surendran 15,531 11.53 Decrease11.68
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 Decrease4.48
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2012 by-election

Due to the resignation of sitting CPI(M) MLA R. Selvaraj, Neyyatinkara Assembly constituency held a by-election 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.[5]

2012 by election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Selvaraj 52,528 39.96 Decrease3.02
CPI(M) F. Lawrence 46,194 35.14 Decrease13.84
BJP O. Rajagopal 30,507 23.21 Increase17.18
Margin of victory 6,334 4.82
Turnout 1,34,645 79.73 Increase8.97
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
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

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
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

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
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

1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
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

1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
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

1987

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP S. R. Thankaraj 45,212 47.37
INC K. C. Thankaraj 32,148 33.68
Margin of victory 13,064 13.69
Turnout 95,449 77.41
JP hold Swing

1982

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP S. R. Thankaraj 43,159 60.40
NDP R. Sundaresan Nair 28,179 39.44
Margin of victory 14,980 20.96
Turnout 71,456 73.76
JP gain from Independent Swing

1980

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R. Sundaresan Nair 39,975 56.52
CPI(M) R. Parameswaran Pillai 30,331 42.89
Margin of victory 9,644 13.63
Turnout 70,725 71.43
Independent hold Swing

1977

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R. Sundaresan Nair 30,372 48.92
CPI(M) R. Parameswaran Pillai 24,678 39.75
Margin of victory 5,694 9.17
Turnout 62,088 75.82
Independent gain from CPI(M) Swing

1970

1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Parameswaran Pillai 23,406 42.57
CPI R. Janardhanan Nair 16,514 30.04
INC(O) R. Gopalakrishnan Nair 13,037 23.71
Margin of victory 6,892 12.53
Turnout 54,978 72.70
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1967

1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Neyyattinkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Gopalakrishnan Nair 24,038 51.28
CPI(M) M. Sathyanesan 22,839 48.72
Margin of victory 1,199 2.56
Turnout 46,877 75.77
INC hold Swing

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