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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Neyyattinkara<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 140<br />
| electors = 1,86,705 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[N. Sakthan]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#0087BD |'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Neyyattinkara''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies<br />
|website = trivandrum.nic.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district<br />
|access-date = 16 March 2020<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[N. Sakthan]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District<br />
|access-date = 14 March 2021<br />
|archive-date = 29 November 2023<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231129052856/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Athiyannur, Thiruvananthapuram|Athiyannur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Chenkal]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Karode]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Kulathoor, Thiruvananthapuram|Kulathoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Thirupuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neyyattinkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/neyyattinkara-assembly-constituency-map.html|access-date=2020-06-04|website=www.mapsofindia.com}}</ref><br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| [[Ottasekharamangalam Janardhanan Nair]] <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|P. Narayanan Thampi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|R. G. Nair<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|R. Parameshwaran Pillai<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |R. Sundareshwaran Nair<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |S. R. Thankaraj<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Thampanoor Ravi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|[[V. J. Thankappan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[R. Selvaraj (politician)|R. Selvaraj]]<br />
|-<br />
|2012^<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| rowspan="2"|[[K. Ansalan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|[[N. Sakthan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the previous election.<br />
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===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyattinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress <br />
|candidate = [[N. Sakthan]]<br />
|votes = 58,760<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = CPI(M)<br />
|candidate = [[K. Ansalan]]<br />
|votes = 51,794<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = National Democratic Alliance<br />
|candidate = [[S.Rajasekharan Nair]]<br />
|votes = 21,858<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 720<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = BSP<br />
|candidate = Surendranathan. K<br />
|votes = 327<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Bipin S.B<br />
|votes = 157<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Ansalan|votes=65,497|percentage=47.02|change={{decrease}}0.18|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Selvaraj|votes=51,235|percentage=36.78|change={{decrease}}3.34|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rajasekharan S Nair|votes=21,009|percentage=15.08|change={{increase}}7.55|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=907|percentage=0.65|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=14,642|percentage=10.24|change={{increase}}3.16|}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,78,942 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Ansalan|votes=62,113|percentage=47.20|change={{increase}}12.06|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Selvaraj|votes=59,016|percentage=40.12|change={{increase}}6.16|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Punchakiri Surendran|votes=15,531|percentage=11.53|change={{decrease}}11.68|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=693|percentage=0.51|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Prabhakaran|votes=566|percentage=0.42|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anilkumar|votes=280|percentage=0.21|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,543|percentage=7.08|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,645|percentage=75.25|change={{decrease}}4.48}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2012 by-election ===<br />
Due to the resignation of sitting CPI(M) MLA R. Selvaraj, Neyyatinkara Assembly constituency held a by-election on June 6, 2012. There were 1,64,856 registered voters in the constituency for this election. R. Selvaraj, now contesting for INC, won the election by a margin of 6,334 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|title=By-elections: UDF captures CPI-M seat in Kerala|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/By-elections-UDF-captures-CPI-M-seat-in-Kerala/article20454157.ece|access-date=2020-08-28|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=2012 by election: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Selvaraj|votes=52,528|percentage=39.96|change={{decrease}}3.02|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=F. Lawrence|votes=46,194|percentage=35.14|change={{decrease}}13.84|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=O. Rajagopal|votes=30,507|percentage=23.21|change={{increase}}17.18|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,334|percentage=4.82|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,645|percentage=79.73|change={{increase}}8.97}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,57,851 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=R. Selvaraj|votes=54,711|percentage=48.98|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thampanoor Ravi|votes=48,009|percentage=42.98|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Athiyannoor Sreekumar|votes=6,730|percentage=6.03|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,702|percentage=6.00|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,11,698|percentage=70.76|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V J Thankappan|votes=50,351|percentage=47.31|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thampanoor Ravi|votes=49,605|percentage=46.61|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=746|percentage=0.70|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,06,415|percentage=|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thampanoor Ravi|votes=56,305|percentage=50.0|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=S B Rosechandran|votes=49,830|percentage=44.3|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,475|percentage=5.7|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,12,607|percentage=67.2|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1996 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thampanoor Ravi|votes=50,924|percentage=49.39|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal|candidate=Charupara Ravi|votes=36,500|percentage=35.39|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=14,424|percentage=14|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,03,132|percentage=67.48|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1991 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Neyyatinkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thampanoor Ravi|votes=49,106|percentage=47.05|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal|candidate=S R Thankaraj|votes=47,042|percentage=45.15|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,974|percentage=1.90|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,04,187|percentage=72.26|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Janata Dal|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Neyyattinkara]]<br />
* [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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