Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)

Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം ലോകസഭ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies of Kerala, the southern state of India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala State.

Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha Constituency
Map of Thiruvananthapuram Parliament Constituency
IncumbentShashi Tharoor
Parliamentary PartyINC
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1957–present
StateKerala
Total Electors13,59,084
Assembly ConstituenciesThiruvananthapuram, Kazhakootam, Vattiyoorkavu, Nemom, Kovalam, Neyyattinkara, Parassala [1]

Demographics

As per the estimates of 2011 census, Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency has a population of 17,03,709 persons. Out of total population, 27.83% is rural and 72.17% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 9.82 and 0.45, respectively out of total population. As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there are 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency.[2]

The total population of Thiruvananthapuram district is 33,01,427 as per census of 2011. Hindus constitute 66.46% of Thiruvananthapuram district population, Christians form 19.1% and Muslims constitute 13.72% of the total population.[3]

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.[4]

Assembly segments

Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[1]

SL No. Name
1. Thiruvananthapuram
2. Kazhakootam
3. Vattiyoorkavu
4. Nemom
5. Kovalam
6. Neyyattinkara
7. Parassala

Members of Parliament
SL No. Year Name Party
Travancore-Cochin
1. 1952 Annie Mascarene Independent
Kerala
2. 1957 Easwara Iyer Independent
3. 1962 P. S. Nataraja Pillai Independent
4. 1967 P. Viswambharan Samyukta Socialist Party
5. 1971 V. K. Krishna Menon (died in 1974) Independent
6. 1977 M. N. Govindan Nair Communist Party of India
7. 1980 A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar Indian National Congress (I)
8. 1984 A. Charles Indian National Congress
9. 1989 A. Charles Indian National Congress
10. 1991 A. Charles Indian National Congress
11. 1996 K. V. Surendranath Communist Party of India
12. 1998 K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress
13. 1999 V. S. Sivakumar Indian National Congress
14. 2004 P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party of India
15. 2005
(by poll)		 Pannyan Raveendran Communist Party of India
16. 2009 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress
17. 2014 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress
18. 2019 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[5]

General Election 2019

There were 13,34,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election.[2] The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.[6]

Party wise Results
2019 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 4,16,131 41.19 7.10
BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 3,16,142 31.30 1.02
CPI C. Divakaran 2,58,556 25.60 2.90
NOTA None of the Above 4,580 0.45 0.07
Margin of victory 99,989 9.89 8.12
Turnout 10,11,268 73.74 5.11
INC hold Swing 7.10

Legislative Assembly wise Results [7]
No.Assembly 1st Position Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % NOTA Margin
134KazhakootamShashi TharoorINC4696435.50Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4547934.38C. DivakaranCPI3768828.496481385
135VattiyoorkavuShashi TharoorINC5354539.46Kummanam RajasekharanBJP5070937.37C. DivakaranCPI2941429.676902836
136ThiruvananthapuramShashi TharoorINC5707743.98Kummanam RajasekharanBJP4287733.08C. DivakaranCPI2753021.2364714200
137NemomKummanam RajasekharanBJP58513-Shashi TharoorINC46472-C. DivakaranCPI33921-748 12041
138ParassalaShashi TharoorINC69944-C. Divakaran CPI47942-Kummanam RajasekharanBJP42887-62127057
139KovalamShashi TharoorINC73221-C. Divakaran CPI 42050-Kummanam RajasekharanBJP41092-616 32129
140NeyyattinkaraShashi TharoorINC66834-C. Divakaran CPI 37925-Kummanam RajasekharanBJP32368-583 34466

Party wise Results
2014 Indian general election : Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 2,97,806 34.09 10.20
BJP O. Rajagopal 2,82,336 32.32 20.92
CPI Bennet Abraham 2,48,941 28.50 2.24
AAP Ajit Joy 14,153 1.62 N/A
SDPI Kunnil Shajahan 4,820 0.55 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 3,346 0.38 ---
Margin of victory 15,470 1.77 11.78
Turnout 8,73,441 68.63 2.89
INC hold Swing 10.20

Legislative Assembly wise Results
No.Assembly 1st Position Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % NOTA Margin
134KazhakoottamO. RajagopalBJP4182937.1%Shashi TharoorINC3422030.4%Bennet AbrahamCPI3179928.2%483 7609
135VattiyoorkavuO. RajagopalBJP4358937.1%Shashi TharoorINC4066334.6%Bennet AbrahamCPI2750423.4%7162926
136ThiruvananthapuramO. RajagopalBJP4083536.0%Shashi TharoorINC3902734.4%Bennet AbrahamCPI2738524.1%5781808
137NemomO. RajagopalBJP5068542.1%Shashi TharoorINC3263927.1%Bennet AbrahamCPI3164326.3%52318046
138ParassalaShashi TharoorINC5036034.8%Bennet AbrahamCPI4795333.2%O. RajagopalBJP3975327.5%35710607
139KovalamShashi TharoorINC5140137.7%Bennet AbrahamCPI4211230.9%O. RajagopalBJP3616926.5%347 15232
140NeyyattinkaraShashi TharoorINC4800939.3%Bennet AbrahamCPI3980632.6%O. RajagopalBJP2895823.7%33619051

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shashi Tharoor 326,725 44.29 3.35
CPI P. Ramachandran Nair 226,727 30.74 11.91
BSP A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar 86,233 11.69
BJP P. K. Krishna Das 84,094 11.40
NCP M. P. Gangadharan 2,972 0.40
Margin of victory 99,998 13.55 34.77
Turnout 737,641 65.74 2.81
INC gain from CPI Swing 45.26

Bye-Election 2005
Bye-Election, 2005: Thiruvananthapuram [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Pannyan Raveendran 390,324 51.41 +13.96
INC V. S. Sivakumar 316,124 41.64 +11.34
BJP C. K. Padmanabhan 36,690 4.83 -25.03
Margin of victory 74,200 9.77 +35.89
Turnout 759,237 68.13 -0.66
CPI hold Swing +36.45

General Election 2004
2004 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI P. K. Vasudevan Nair 286,057 37.45 +4.44
INC V. S. Sivakumar 231,454 30.30 -19.74
BJP O. Rajagopal 228,052 29.86 +44.14
Margin of victory 54,603 7.14 +276.96
Turnout 764,317 68.7 +0.9
LDF gain from UDF Swing 24.18%

General Election 1999
1999 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. S. Sivakumar 288,390 38.15 -14.53
CPI Kaniyapuram Ramachandran 273,905 36.23 -14.94
BJP O. Rajagopal 158,221 20.93 5.84
Margin of victory 14,485 1.91 -5.93
Turnout 757,497 63.18% -1.21
UDF hold Swing -14.53%

General Election 1998
1998 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Karunakaran 337,429 44.35%
CPI K.V. Surendranath 322,031 42.33
BJP Kerala Varma Raja 94,303 12.39
Margin of victory 15,398 2.01
Turnout 766,775 65.74
UDF gain from LDF Swing

General Election 1996
1996 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI K.V. Surendranath 312,622 44.38
INC A. Charles 291,820 41.43
BJP K. Raman Pillai 74,904 10.63
Margin of victory 20,802 2.95
Turnout 721,087 64.56
LDF gain from UDF Swing

General Election 1991
1991 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 334,272 46.99
CPI E. J. Vijayamma 290,602 40.85
BJP O. Rajagopal 80,566 11.33
Margin of victory 43,670 6.14
Turnout 721,412 68.89
UDF hold Swing

General Election 1989
1989 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 367,825 49.02
CPI O. N. V. Kurup 316,912 42.23
BJP P. Asok Kumar 56,046 7.47
Margin of victory 50,913 6.79
Turnout 754,853 73.78
UDF hold Swing

General Election 1984
1984 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 239,791 43.00
LKD Neelalohithadasan Nadar 186,353 33.41 -27%
Hindu Munnani (KL) Kerala Varma Raja 110,449 19.80
Margin of victory 53,438 9.58
Turnout 561984 71.70
UDF hold Swing

General Election 1980
1980 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Neelalohithadasan Nadar 273,818 60.90
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 166,761 37.09
Margin of victory 107,057 23.81
Turnout 453,458 63.44
UDF gain from LDF Swing

General Election 1977
1977 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 244,277 56.32
BLD P. Vishwambharan 174,455 40.22
Margin of victory 69,822 16.1
Turnout 448,586 72.14

General Election 1971
1971 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent V. K. Krishna Menon 167,872 52.99
PSP D. Damodaran Potti 143,745 45.38
Margin of victory 24,127 7.56
Turnout 318,883 59.76

See also

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