| Attingal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 128 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Kilimanoor town in the constituency. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,02,123 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Attingal State assembly constituency is one of the 140state legislative assembly constituencies inKerala in southernIndia. It is also one of the sevenstate legislative assembly constituencies included inAttingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the2021 assembly elections, the current MLA isO. S. Ambika ofCPI(M).
Attingal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Attingal | Municipality | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Karavaram | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Kilimanoor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Nagaroor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pazhayakunnummel | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pulimath | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Vakkom | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Cherunniyoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Manamboor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Ottoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
The following list contains all members ofKerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | R. Prakasam | Communist Party of India | |
| 1960 | N. Kunjuraman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | K. P. K. Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1970 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (U) | ||
| 1982 | Independent | ||
| 1985* | P. Vijayadas | Indian Congress (Socialist) | |
| 1987 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | T. Sarath Chandra Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2001 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | B. Satyan | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | O. S. Ambika | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | |||||
| UDF | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | O. S. Ambika | 69,898 | 47.35 |  5.36 | |
| BJP | P. Sudheer | 38,262 | 25.92 |  5.94 | |
| RSP | A. Sreedharan | 36,938 | 25.02 | 1.55 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,071 | 0.72 | ||
| BSP | Vipinlal Vidhyadharan | 927 | 0.63 | 0.06 | |
| Independent | Ambili | 191 | 0.13 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 31,636 | 21.43 | 7.81 | ||
| Turnout | 1,47,626 | 73.04 | 3.51 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 5.36 | |||
There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 72,808 | 52.71 | 2.73 | |
| RSP | K. Chandrababu | 32,425 | 23.47 | ||
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 27,602 | 19.98 | 15.75 | |
| SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 1,437 | 1.04 | 0.32 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,267 | 0.92 | ||
| BSP | K. Sivanandan | 789 | 0.57 | 0.51 | |
| Independent | Rajesh R. | 639 | 0.46 | ||
| SS | B. Jayanthakumar | 597 | 0.43 | ||
| Independent | C. R. Thulasi | 411 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Pratheeshkumar P. | 162 | 0.12 | ||
| Margin of victory | 40,383 | 29.24 | 3.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,38,137 | 69.53 | 2.76 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 2.73 | |||
There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 63,558 | 55.44 | ||
| INC | Thankamony Divakaran | 33,493 | 29.22 | ||
| Independent | Attingal Suresh | 7,857 | 6.85 | ||
| BJP | P. P. Vava | 4,844 | 4.23 | ||
| Independent | V. V. Selvaraj | 1,713 | 1.49 | ||
| SDPI | K. G. Soman | 1,561 | 1.36 | ||
| BSP | M. Chinamma | 1,235 | 1.08 | ||
| Independent | G. Anirudhan | 377 | 0.33 | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,065 | 26.22 | |||
| Turnout | 1,14,638 | 66.77 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,912 | 53.75 | ||
| INC | C Mohanachandran | 31,704 | 39.71 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,208 | 14.04 | |||
| Turnout | 79,836 | ||||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
There were 1,36,588 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 51,139 | 53.68 | ||
| CPI(M) | Kadakampally Surendran | 40,323 | 42.33 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,816 | 11.35 | |||
| Turnout | 95,259 | 69.75 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
There were 1,26,378 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,161 | 48.69 | ||
| INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 41,145 | 47.52 | ||
| Independent | S Kuttappan Chettiar | 1,311 | 1.51 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,016 | 1.17 | |||
| Turnout | 86,592 | 69.98 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
There were 1,30,610 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T Saratchandra Prasad | 41,964 | 48.60 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 41,527 | 48.10 | ||
| BJP | G Krishnan Kutty | 1,386 | 1.61 | ||
| Margin of victory | 437 | 0.50 | |||
| Turnout | 86,343 | 67.33 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
There were 1,11,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,413 | 52.72 | ||
| INC | Kaviyad Divakara Panicker | 33,528 | 41.68 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,885 | 11.11 | |||
| Turnout | 80,447 | 72.44 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromIC(S) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC(S) | P. Vijayadas | 36,430 | 51.38 | ||
| INC | S. Kunjukrishnan | 30,997 | 43.71 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,433 | 7.67 | |||
| Turnout | 70,900 | ||||
| IC(S)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||
There were 89,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vakkom Purushothaman | 31,791 | 53.41 | ||
| IC(S) | P. Vijayadas | 24,432 | 41.04 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,359 | 8.37 | |||
| Turnout | 59,527 | 66.86 | |||
| Independentgain fromINC(U) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Anirudhan | 25,598 | 47.75% | ||
| INC | R. Sankar | 23,515 | 43.87% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,083 | 3.88 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | ||||