Parassala Assembly constituency
State assembly constituency of Kerala, India
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Parassala is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is C. K. Hareendran of CPI(M).
| Parassala | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 137 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,19,131 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Parassala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kollayil | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 2 | Kunnathukal | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 3 | Parassala | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 4 | Perumkadavila | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 5 | Vellarada | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 6 | Amboori | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 7 | Aryancode | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 8 | Kallikkad | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 9 | Ottasekharamangalam | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1960 | Independent | ||
| 1967 | N. Gamaliel | Indian National Congress | |
| 1970 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1979* | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1980 | N. Sundaran Nadar | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1982 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1987 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | N. Sundaran Nadar | Independent | |
| 2001 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2006 | R. Selvaraj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | A. T. George | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | C. K. Hareendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Neyyatinkara Sanal | ||||
| CPI(M) | C. K. Hareendran | ||||
| NDA | Adv. Gireesh Neyyar | ||||
| AAP | Deepumon N | ||||
| BSP | Adv. Dhanuvachapuram Thankachan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | C. K. Hareendran | 78,548 | 48.16 |  3.75 | |
| INC | Ansajitha Russal | 52,720 | 32.33 |  0.33 | |
| BJP | Karamana Jayan | 29,850 | 18.3 | 2.61 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 630 | 0.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,828 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,63,090 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2016
There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
2011
There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | ||
| Margin of victory | 505 | 0.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,211 | 71.75 | 6.61 | ||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | R. Selvaraj | 49,297 | 50.37 | ||
| INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 44,890 | 45.87 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,407 | 4.50 | |||
| Turnout | 97,859 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2001
There were 1,59,833 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 55,915 | 53.18 | ||
| CPI(M) | R. Selvaraj | 44,365 | 42.18 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,550 | 11 | |||
| Turnout | 1,05,156 | 65.82 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1996
There were 1,53,135 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | N Sundaran Nadar | 36,297 | 37.9 | ||
| CPI(M) | W R Heeba | 31,570 | 33.0 | ||
| INC | M R Reghuchandrabal | 19,264 | 20.1 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,727 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 95,663 | 64.84 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1991
There were 1,41,743 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
1987
There were 1,19,240 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M Sathyanesan | 41,754 | 46.09 | ||
| INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 35,062 | 38.70 | ||
| BJP | P Sukumaran | 12,222 | 13.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,692 | 7.39 | |||
| Turnout | 90,592 | 76.48 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1982
There were 95,560 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 34,503 | 52.05 | ||
| CPI(M) | V J Thankappan | 31,782 | 47.95 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,721 | 4.10 | |||
| Turnout | 66,285 | 69.89 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1980
There were 94,757 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 40,680 | 60.90 | ||
| CPI(M) | M Sathynesan | 26,121 | 39.10 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,559 | 21.80 | |||
| Turnout | 66,801 | 70.81 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||