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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Vattiyoorkavu
| state = Kerala
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 133
| map_image = Palace of Trivandrum.jpg
| map_caption = [[Kowdiar Palace]] at [[Kowdiar]] ward of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]] in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency
| established = 2008
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Muraleedharan.jpg
| electors = 1,65,272 (2026)
| mla = [[K. Muraleedharan]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alliance = {{legend2|#3399FF|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]
}}
'''Vattiyoorkavu State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies
|website = trivandrum.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[K. Muraleedharan]] of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency was established by 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Trivandrum North Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2008, and Trivandrum-II Assembly constituency from 1957 to 1977.

==Local self-governed segments==
Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District
|access-date = 11 September 2019
|archive-date = 29 November 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231129052856/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #666666 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="100px" |Wards
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]]/[[Municipal corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| 24 wards
|Municipal Corporation
|Thiruvananthapuram
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/vattiyoorkavu-assembly-constituency-map.html
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Vattiyoorkavu
}}</ref>

===Trivandrum-II===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pattom Thanu Pillai]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}"|
| rowspan="2" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|K. C. Vamadevan
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|[[K. Pankajakshan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]]
|}

===Trivandrum North===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|K. Ravindran Nair
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|K. Anirudhan
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|[[G. Karthikeyan]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="3" |[[M. Vijayakumar]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| rowspan="3" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|K. Mohankumar
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|M. Vijayakumar
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|}

===Vattiyoorkavu===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Muraleedharan]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]

|-
|[[2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections|2019*]]
| rowspan="2" |[[V. K. Prasanth]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[K. Muraleedharan]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>by-election

==Election results==

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vattiyoorkavu}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Indian National Congress
|candidate=[[K. Muraleedharan]]
|votes=48,338
|percentage=37.2
|change={{gain}}11.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate=[[V. K. Prasanth]]
|votes=42,913
|percentage=33.1
|change={{loss}}11.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate=[[R. Sreelekha]]
|votes=37,213
|percentage=28.76
|change={{loss}}0.02
}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 5,425
|percentage = 4.10
|change = {{increase}}11.44
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes=1,29,765
|percentage=76.92
|change={{gain}}6.69
}}

{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{gain}}11.44
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Vattiyoorkavu]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[V. K. Prasanth]]|votes=61,111|percentage=44.40|change={{gain}}0.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[V. V. Rajesh]]|votes=39,596|percentage=28.77|change={{gain}}6.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Veena S. Nair|votes=35,655|percentage=25.76|change={{loss}}6.82}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=109|percentage=0.62|change={{loss}}0.04}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes =21,515
|percentage =15.63
|change ={{increase}}3.96
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,636|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser =Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing ={{increase}}0.15
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019 by-election ===
Due to the election of the sitting MLA [[K. Muraleedharan]] as the [[Member of parliament (India)|MP]] from [[Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency]], Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,570 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency for this election.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/assembly-bypolls-likely-after-onam/article28462693.ece
|website = www.thehindu.com
|title = Vattiyoorkavu Niyamasabha Constituency goes to bypoll, www.thehindu.com
}}</ref> V. K. Prashanth won by 14,465 votes in the subsequent election conducted in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/10/24/kerala-bypoll-results-live-updates-vattiyoorkavu-election.html|title='ശരിദൂരം'കടന്ന് പ്രശാന്ത്; ബിജെപിക്കും യുഡിഎഫിനും കനത്ത പ്രഹരം|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: [[Vattiyoorkavu]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[V. K. Prasanth]]
|votes = 54,830
|percentage = 44.25%
|change = {{gain}}14.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = K. Mohankumar
|votes = 40,365
|percentage = 32.58%
|change = {{loss}}5.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|C
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = S. Suresh
|votes = 27,453
|percentage = 22.16%
|change = {{loss}}10.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 820
|percentage = 0.66%
|change = {{gain}}0.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = A.Mohanakumar
|votes = 135
|percentage = 0.11%
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nagaraj G.
|votes = 100
|percentage = 0.08%
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Suresh S. S.
|votes = 93
|percentage = 0.08%
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Murukan A.
|votes = 76
|percentage = 0.06%
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mithran G.
|votes = 38
|percentage = 0.03%
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,465
|percentage = 11.67%
|change = {{gain}}6.06
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,23,910
|percentage = 62.66%
|change = {{loss}}7.17
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{gain}}14.46
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,95,239 registered voters in Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|website = eci.gov.in
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Vattiyoorkavu]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[K. Muraleedharan]]|votes=51,322|percentage=37.81|change={{loss}}12.38}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Kummanam Rajasekharan]]|votes=43,700|percentage=32.19|change={{gain}}20.21}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[T. N. Seema]]|votes=40,441|percentage=29.79|change={{loss}}6.05}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mekkansi K. John|votes=399|percentage=0.29|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above|None of the Above]]|votes=816|percentage=0.60|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Binu D.|votes=147|percentage=0.11|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sahadevan|votes=104|percentage=0.08|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. G. Mohanan|votes=77|percentage=0.06|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Baby D.|votes=53|percentage=0.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Saju Ameerdas|votes=48|percentage=0.04|change=}}{{Election box majority||votes=7,622|percentage=5.56|change={{loss}}8.79}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,108|percentage=70.23|change={{gain}}6.01}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{loss}}12.38
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,75,398 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>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Vattiyoorkavu]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[K. Muraleedharan]]|votes=56,531|percentage=50.19|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=Cheriyan Phillip|votes=40,364|percentage=35.84|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[V. V. Rajesh]]|votes=13,494|percentage=11.98|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kaithakodu Radhakrishnan|votes=915|percentage=0.81|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Cheriyan P. T.|votes=551|percentage=0.49|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajan K.|votes=488|percentage=0.08|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=G. Balakrishnan Nair|votes=294|percentage=0.26|change=}}{{Election box majority||votes=16,167|percentage=14.35|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,12,637|percentage=64.22|change=}}

{{Election box new seat win|winner=Indian National Congress}}{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[Vattiyoorkavu]]
* [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

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