Parassala (State Assembly constituency)
Parassala State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പാറശ്ശാല നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. K. Hareendran of CPI(M).
| 136 Parassala പാറശ്ശാല | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | General |
| Electorate | 2,10,162 (2016) |
| Current MLA | C. K. Hareendran |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Amboori, Aryancode, Kallikkad, Kollayil, Kunnathukal, Ottasekharamangalam, Parassala, Perumkadavila and Vellarada Panchayats in Neyyattinkara Taluk. |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[2]
Key
INC CPI (M) INC(I) Independent
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | IND | 1960 – 1965 | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | N. Gamaliel | INC | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. Sathyaneshan | CPI(M) | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | INC | 1977 – 1979 | |
| 1979* | 5th | M. Sathyaneshan | CPI(M) | 1979 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | N Sundaran Nadar | INC(I) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | INC | 1982 – 1984 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. Sathyaneshan | CPI(M) | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | N Sundaran Nadar | IND | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | INC | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | R. Selvaraj | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | A. T. George | INC | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | C. K. Hareendran | CPI(M) | Incumbent | |
* indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | C. K. Hareendran | 70,516 | 44.41 |  0.02 | |
| INC | A. T. George | 51,590 | 32.66 | 12.14 | |
| BJP | Jayachandran Nair | 33,028 | 20.91 |  13.28 | |
| BSP | Binoy S. | 745 | 0.47 | 1.21 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Shaju | 732 | 0.46 | ||
| Independent | John Thampy | 294 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Mohanaraj T. | 287 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | V. Selvan | 243 | 0.15 | ||
| Independent | Shahjahan S. | 163 | 0.10 | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,566 | 11.75 | |||
| Turnout | 1,57,980 | 75.17 | 3.42 | ||
| CPI (M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. T. George | 60,578 | 44.80 | ||
| CPI (M) | Anavoor Nagappan | 60,073 | 44.43 | ||
| BJP | S. Suresh | 10,310 | 7.63 | ||
| BSP | J. Sudhakaran | 2,269 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent | T. K. Viswambharan | 1,207 | 0.89 | ||
| SHS | Ooruttukala Anilkumar | 774 | 0.57 | ||
| Margin of victory | 505 | 0.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,211 | 71.75 | 6.61 | ||
| INC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "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.