| Thiruvananthapuram KL-20 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| Assembly constituencies | Kazhakootam Vattiyoorkavu Thiruvananthapuram Nemom Parassala Kovalam Neyyattinkara |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,371,427 (2019)[1][needs update] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located inThiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part ofThiruvananthapuram city, the capital ofKerala State.
The incumbent MP of this constituency,Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, has been elected on 4 consecutive occasions: 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is the longest serving Member of Parliament to have represented the constituency.
This Constituency Is Dominated ByNair Caste.As per the electoral roll for the 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders.[2] Out of total electorate, 26% is rural and 74% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) is 9.82% and 0.45%, respectively of total electorate. As per Census 2011 estimates theThiruvananthapuram district has 66.46% Hindus, 19.10% Christians and 13.72% Muslims.[3][4] The constituency also has highest proportion ofNadars andConverted Christians in Kerala.[5]
As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency.[6] The 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.[7]
Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[8]
^ indicates bypolls
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[10]
| 2024 | 37.19% | |||
| 2019 | 41.19% | |||
| 2014 | 34.09% | |||
| 2009 | 40.29% | |||
| 2005 | 51.41% | |||
| 2004 | 37.45% | |||
| 1999 | 38.15% | |||
| 1998 | 44.35% | |||
| 1996 | 44.38% | |||
| 1991 | 47.00% | |||
| 1989 | 49.02% | |||
| 1984 | 43.00% | |||
| 1980 | 60.90% | |||
| 1977 | 56.32% | |||
| 1971 | 53.00% | |||
| 1967 | 47.40% | |||
| 1962 | 0% | |||
| 1957 | 0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 358,155 | 37.19 | ||
| BJP | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | 342,078 | 35.52 | ||
| CPI | Pannyan Raveendran | 247,648 | 25.72 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,753 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 16,077 | 1.66 | |||
| Turnout | 964,351 | 67.22 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,430,531 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
Legislative Assembly Wise Results
| No. | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Kazhakootam | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 50,444 | 40.56% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 39,602 | 31.84% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 34,382 | 26.81% | |
| 133 | Vattiyoorkavu | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 53,025 | 42.02% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 44,863 | 35.52% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 28,336 | 22.45% | |
| 134 | Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 48,296 | 40.58% | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 43,755 | 36.78% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 27,076 | 22.71% | |
| 135 | Nemom | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 61,227 | 45.80% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 39,101 | 29.26% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 33,322 | 24.94% | |
| 137 | Parassala | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 59,026 | 38.93% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 46,654 | 30.77% | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 45,957 | 30.30% | |
| 139 | Kovalam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 64,042 | 42.54% | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 47,376 | 31.48% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 39,137 | 26.00% | |
| 140 | Neyyattinkara | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 58,749 | 45.09% | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 36,136 | 27.68% | Pannyan Raveendran | CPI | 35,526 | 27.23% |
There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election.[6] The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 416,131 | 41.19 | ||
| BJP | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 316,142 | 31.30 | ||
| CPI | C. Divakaran | 258,556 | 25.60 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,580 | 0.45 | ||
| Margin of victory | 99,989 | 9.89 | |||
| Turnout | 1,011,268 | 73.74 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| No.[12] | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | NOTA | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Kazhakootam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 46964 | 35.50% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 45479 | 34.38% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 37688 | 28.49% | 648 | |
| 133 | Vattiyoorkavu | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 53545 | 39.46% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 50709 | 37.37% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 29414 | 21.67% | 690 | |
| 134 | Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 57077 | 43.98% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42877 | 33.08% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 27530 | 21.23% | 647 | |
| 135 | Nemom | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 58513 | 41.40% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 46472 | 32.88% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 33921 | 24.00% | 748 | |
| 137 | Parassala | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 69944 | 42.57% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 47942 | 29.18% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42887 | 26.10% | 621 | |
| 139 | Kovalam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 73221 | 45.65% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 42050 | 26.22% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 41092 | 25.62% | 616 | |
| 140 | Neyyattinkara | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 66834 | 47.71% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 37925 | 27.07% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 32368 | 23.11% | 583 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 297,806 | 34.09 | ||
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 282,336 | 32.32 | ||
| CPI | Bennet Abraham | 248,941 | 28.50 | ||
| 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 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 15,470 | 1.77 | |||
| Turnout | 873,441 | 68.63 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| No. | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | NOTA | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Kazhakoottam | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 41829 | 37.1% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 34220 | 30.4% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 31799 | 28.2% | 483 | |
| 133 | Vattiyoorkavu | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 43589 | 37.1% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 40663 | 34.6% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 27504 | 23.4% | 716 | |
| 134 | Thiruvananthapuram | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 40835 | 36.0% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 39027 | 34.4% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 27385 | 24.1% | 578 | |
| 135 | Nemom | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 50685 | 42.1% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 32639 | 27.1% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 31643 | 26.3% | 523 | |
| 137 | Parassala | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 50360 | 34.8% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 47953 | 33.2% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 39753 | 27.5% | 357 | |
| 139 | Kovalam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 51401 | 37.7% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 42112 | 30.9% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 36169 | 26.5% | 347 | |
| 140 | Neyyattinkara | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 48009 | 39.3% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 39806 | 32.6% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 28958 | 23.7% | 336 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shashi Tharoor | 326,725 | 44.29 | ||
| CPI | P. Ramachandran Nair | 226,727 | 30.74 | ||
| BSP | A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar | 86,233 | 11.69 | N/A | |
| BJP | P. K. Krishna Das | 84,094 | 11.40 | ||
| NCP | M. P. Gangadharan | 2,972 | 0.40 | ||
| Margin of victory | 99,998 | 13.55 | |||
| Turnout | 737,641 | 65.74 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Pannyan Raveendran | 490,324 | 51.41 | ||
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 316,124 | 41.64 | ||
| BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 36,690 | 4.83 | ||
| Margin of victory | 74,200 | 9.77 | +35.89 | ||
| Turnout | 859,237 | 68.13 | −0.66 | ||
| CPIhold | Swing | +36.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | 386,057 | 37.45 | ||
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 231,454 | 30.30 | ||
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 228,052 | 29.86 | ||
| Margin of victory | 54,603 | 7.15 | |||
| Turnout | 864,317 | 68.7 | |||
| CPIgain fromINC | Swing | 24.18% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 288,390 | 38.15 | ||
| CPI | Kaniyapuram Ramachandran | 273,905 | 36.23 | ||
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 158,221 | 20.93 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,485 | 1.91 | |||
| Turnout | 757,497 | 63.18% | |||
| INChold | Swing | -14.53% | |||
| 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 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| CPIgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. Charles | 367,825 | 49.02 | ||
| CPI | O. N. V. Kurup | 326,912 | 42.23 | ||
| BJP | P. Asok Kumar | 56,046 | 7.47 | ||
| Margin of victory | 50,913 | 6.79 | |||
| Turnout | 754,853 | 73.78 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Independent | Madhavikutty | 1,786 | 0.32 | ||
| Margin of victory | 53,438 | 9.58 | |||
| Turnout | 561984 | 71.70 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | M. N. Govindan Nair | 244,277 | 56.32 | ||
| JP | P. Vishwambharan | 174,455 | 40.22 | ||
| Margin of victory | 69,822 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 448,586 | 72.14 | |||
| CPIgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Independentgain fromSSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSP | P. Viswambharan | 153,040 | 47.4 | ||
| INC | G.C. Pillai | 148,562 | 46.0 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,478 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 310,998 | 67.9 | |||
| SSPgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||