Vattiyoorkavu (State Assembly constituency)

Vattiyoorkavu State assembly constituency (Malayalam: വട്ടിയൂര്‍ക്കാവ് നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2019 assembly by-elections, the current MLA is V. K. Prasanth of CPI(M).

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Vattiyoorkavu
വട്ടിയൂര്‍ക്കാവ്
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
A skyview of Vattiyoorkavu Junction in the Vattiyoorkavu (State Assembly constituency)
Existence2011 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,97,570 (2019)
Current MLAV. K. Prasanth
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2019
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Local Self Governed Segments24 wards in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

Local self governed segments

Vattiyoorkavu Legislative 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 Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Vattiyoorkavu Legislative Assembly Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Key

  INC     CPI (M)  

Election Legislative Assembly Member Party Tenure
2011 13th K. Muraleedharan INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 – 2019
2019* V. K. Prasanth CPI(M) Incumbent

    * Bypoll

    Election results

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

    Niyamasabha By-election 2019

    Due to the election of the sitting MLA K. Muraleedharan as the MP from Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency), Vattiyoorkavu Constituency went to bypoll in 2019. There were 1,97,570 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu 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% 14.46
    INC K. Mohankumar 40,365 32.58% 5.23
    BJP S. Suresh 27,453 22.16% 10.03
    NOTA None of the Above 820 0.66% 0.06
    Independent A.Mohanakumar 135 0.11% N/A
    Independent Nagaraj G. 100 0.08% N/A
    Independent Suresh S. S. 93 0.08% N/A
    Independent Murukan A. 76 0.06% N/A
    Independent Mithran G. 38 0.03% N/A
    Majority 14,465 11.67% 6.06
    Turnout 1,23,910 62.66% 7.17
    CPI (M) gain from INC Swing 14.46

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,95,239 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu 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 12.38
    BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 43,700 32.19 20.21
    CPI (M) T. N. Seema 40,441 29.79 6.05
    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 8.79
    Turnout 1,37,108 70.23 6.01
    INC hold Swing 12.38

    Niyamasabha Election 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
    Independent 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)

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District".
    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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