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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|State assembly constituency of Kerala, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Parassala<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 137<br />
| map_image = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
| electors = 2,19,131 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[C. K. Hareendran]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Parassala''' 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 [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[C. K. Hareendran]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. <br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Parassala 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 />
<br />
{|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 />
|[[Kollayil (village)|Kollayil]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Kunnathukal]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Parassala]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Perumkadavila<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Vellarada]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Neyyattinkara (tehsil)|Neyyattinkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Amboori]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kattakada]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|Aryancode<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kattakada]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Kallikkad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kattakada]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Ottasekharamangalam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kattakada]]<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=Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/parassala-assembly-constituency-map.html|access-date=2020-06-03|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 />
| rowspan="2" |[[M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|N. Gamaliel<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|[[M. Sathyanesan|M. Sathyaneshan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|1979*<br />
|M. Sathyaneshan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[N. Sundaran Nadar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|M. Sathyaneshan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |N. Sundaran Nadar<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|[[R. Selvaraj (politician)|R. Selvaraj]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|[[A. T. George]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| rowspan="2"|[[C. K. Hareendran]]<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 />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = CPI(M)<br />
|candidate = [[C. K. Hareendran]]<br />
|votes = 69,149<br />
|percentage = 44.61<br />
|change = {{decrease}}3.55<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress <br />
|candidate = Neyyatinkara Sanal<br />
|votes = 54,136<br />
|percentage = 34.92<br />
|change = {{increase}}2.59<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = National Democratic Alliance<br />
|candidate = Adv. Gireesh Neyyar<br />
|votes = 29919<br />
|percentage = 19.30<br />
|change = {{increase}}1.0<br />
}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 632<br />
|percentage = 0.41<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party <br />
|candidate = Adv. Dhanuvachapuram Thankachan <br />
|votes = 340<br />
|percentage = 0.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party <br />
|candidate = Deepumon N<br />
|votes = 298<br />
|percentage = 0.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 15,013<br />
|percentage = 9.68<br />
|change = {{decrease}}6.15<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,55,008<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = CPI(M)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[C. K. Hareendran]]|votes=78,548 |percentage=48.16 |change={{increase}}3.75|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ansajitha Russal|votes=52,720|percentage=32.33|change={{decrease}}0.33|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Karamana Jayan|votes=29,850|percentage=18.3|change={{decrease}}2.61|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=630|percentage=0.49|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=25,828|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,63,090|percentage=|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,10,162 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]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. K. Hareendran|votes=70,516|percentage=44.41|change={{decrease}}0.02|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. T. George|votes=51,590|percentage=32.66|change={{decrease}}12.14|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Karamana Jayan|votes=33,028|percentage=20.91|change={{increase}}13.28|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=18,566|percentage=11.75|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,57,980|percentage=75.17|change={{increase}}3.42}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,88,442 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]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. T. George|votes=60,578|percentage=44.80|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Anavoor Nagappan|votes=60,073|percentage=44.43|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=S. Suresh|votes=10,310|percentage=7.63|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=J. Sudhakaran|votes=2,269|percentage=1.68|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T. K. Viswambharan|votes=1,207|percentage=0.89|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=505|percentage=0.37|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,35,211|percentage=71.75|change={{increase}}6.61}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[R. Selvaraj (politician)|R. Selvaraj]]|votes=49,297|percentage=50.37|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate= [[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=44,890|percentage=45.87|change=}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,407|percentage=4.50|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=97,859|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 />
There were 1,59,833 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=55,915|percentage=53.18|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[R. Selvaraj (politician)|R. Selvaraj]]|votes=44,365|percentage=42.18|change=}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,550|percentage=11|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,05,156|percentage=65.82|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Independent|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1996 ===<br />
There were 1,53,135 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=[[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=36,297|percentage=37.9|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=W R Heeba|votes=31,570|percentage=33.0|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M R Reghuchandrabal<br />
|votes=19,264|percentage=20.1|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,727|percentage=4.9|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=95,663|percentage=64.84|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Independent|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1991 ===<br />
There were 1,41,743 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M R Reghuchandrabal|votes=48,423|percentage=49.44|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M Sathyanesan|votes=40,788|percentage=41.64|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Premkumar|votes=7,934|percentage=8.10|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,635|percentage=7.80|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=97,950|percentage=70.42|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1987 ===<br />
There were 1,19,240 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate= M Sathyanesan|votes=41,754|percentage=46.09|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=35,062|percentage=38.70|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P Sukumaran|votes=12,222|percentage=13.49|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,692 |percentage=7.39|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=90,592|percentage=76.48|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 />
=== 1982 ===<br />
There were 95,560 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=34,503|percentage=52.05|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V J Thankappan|votes=31,782|percentage=47.95|change=}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,721|percentage=4.10|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=66,285|percentage=69.89|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1980 ===<br />
There were 94,757 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Parassala}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[N Sundaran Nadar]]|votes=40,680|percentage=60.90|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M Sathynesan|votes=26,121|percentage=39.10|change=}}<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=14,559|percentage=21.80|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=66,801|percentage=70.81|change=}}<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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==See also==<br />
* [[Parassala]]<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]]</div>LatonyaOconnor