Parassala Assembly constituency

Parassala
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
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. K. Hareendran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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).

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:^[3]

Election	Name
1957	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Indian National Congress
1960	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Independent
1967	N. Gamaliel	Indian National Congress
1970	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India
1977	M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar	Indian National Congress
1979*	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India
1980	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress
1982	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress
1987	M. Sathyaneshan	Communist Party of India
1991	M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal	Indian National Congress
1996	N. Sundaran Nadar	Independent
2001	N. Sundaran Nadar	Indian National Congress
2006	R. Selvaraj	Communist Party of India
2011	A. T. George	Indian National Congress
2016	C. K. Hareendran	Communist Party of India
2021	C. K. Hareendran

Election results[edit | edit source]

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

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Hareendran	69,149	44.61	3.55
	INC	Neyyatinkara Sanal	54,136	34.92	2.59
	NDA	Adv. Gireesh Neyyar	29919	19.30	1.0
	NOTA	None of the above	632	0.41
	BSP	Adv. Dhanuvachapuram Thankachan	340	0.22
	AAP	Deepumon N	298	0.19
Margin of victory			15,013	9.68	6.15
Turnout			1,55,008
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Hareendran	70,516	44.41	0.02
	INC	A. T. George	51,590	32.66	12.14
	BJP	Karamana Jayan	33,028	20.91	13.28
Margin of victory			18,566	11.75
Turnout			1,57,980	75.17	3.42
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 1,59,833 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 1,53,135 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 1,41,743 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M R Reghuchandrabal	48,423	49.44
	CPI(M)	M Sathyanesan	40,788	41.64
	BJP	Premkumar	7,934	8.10
Margin of victory			7,635	7.80
Turnout			97,950	70.42
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

1987[edit | edit source]

There were 1,19,240 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 95,560 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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[edit | edit source]

There were 94,757 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
↑ "Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[3] "Parassala Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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