Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency

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Thiruvananthapuram
KL-20
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
Assembly constituenciesKazhakootam
Vattiyoorkavu
Thiruvananthapuram
Nemom
Parassala
Kovalam
Neyyattinkara
Established1957
Total electors1,371,427 (2019)[1][needs update]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  INC  
Alliance  [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024


Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala State.

The incumbent MP of this constituency, Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, has been elected on 4 consecutive occasions: 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is the longest serving Member of Parliament to have represented the constituency.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

This constituency is dominated By Nair and Nadar.[2].As per the electoral roll for the 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders.[3] Out of total electorate, 26% is rural and 74% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) is 9.82% and 0.45%, respectively of total electorate. As per Census 2011 estimates the Thiruvananthapuram district has 66.46% Hindus, 19.10% Christians and 13.72% Muslims.[4][5] The constituency also has highest proportion of Nadars and Converted Christians in Kerala.[6]

As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency.[7] The voter turnout for the 2019 Lok Sabha election was 73.45% where as it was 68.63% and 65.74% in the 2014 and 2009 elections respectively.[8]

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[9]

# Name District Member Party 2024 lead
132 Kazhakootam Thiruvananthapuram V. Muraleedharan BJP BJP
133 Vattiyoorkavu K. Muraleedharan INC
134 Thiruvananthapuram C. P. John Communist Marxist Party INC
135 Nemom Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP BJP
137 Parassala C. K. Hareendran CPI (M) INC
139 Kovalam M. Vincent INC
140 Neyyattinkara N. Sakthan

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year Member[10] Party
1952 Annie Mascarene Independent
1957 Easwara Iyer
1962 P. S. Nataraja Pillai
1967 P. Viswambharan Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 V. K. Krishna Menon[1] Independent
1977 M. N. Govindan Nair Communist Party of India
1980 Neelalohithadasan Nadar Indian National Congress
1984 A. Charles Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 K. V. Surendranath Communist Party of India
1998 K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress
1999 V. S. Sivakumar
2004 P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party of India
2005^ Pannian Ravindran
2009 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress
2014
2019
2024

^ indicates bypolls

Election results[edit | edit source]

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[11]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 37.19%
2019
 
 41.19%
2014
 
 34.09%
2009
 
 40.29%
2005
 
 51.41%
2004
 
 37.45%
1999
 
 38.15%
1998
 
 44.35%
1996
 
 44.38%
1991
 
 47.00%
1989
 
 49.02%
1984
 
 43.00%
1980
 
 60.90%
1977
 
 56.32%
1971
 
 53.00%
1967
 
 47.40%
1962
 
 0%
1957
 
 0%

General election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 358,155 37.19 Decrease4.00
BJP Rajeev Chandrasekhar 342,078 35.52 Increase4.22
CPI Pannyan Raveendran 247,648 25.72 Increase0.12
NOTA None of the above 6,753 0.70 Increase 0.70
Majority 16,077 1.66 Decrease8.23
Turnout 964,351 67.22 Decrease6.52
Registered electors 1,430,531
INC hold Swing Decrease4.00

Legislative Assembly Wise Results

No. Assembly 1st Position Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % Margin
132 Kazhakootam Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 50,444 40.56% Shashi Tharoor INC 39,602 31.84% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 34,382 26.81% Decrease 10,842
133 Vattiyoorkavu Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 53,025 42.02% Shashi Tharoor INC 44,863 35.52% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 28,336 22.45% Decrease 8,162
134 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor INC 48,296 40.58% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 43,755 36.78% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 27,076 22.71% Increase 4,541
135 Nemom Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 61,227 45.80% Shashi Tharoor INC 39,101 29.26% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 33,322 24.94% Decrease 22,126
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 59,026 38.93% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 46,654 30.77% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 45,957 30.30% Increase 13,069
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 64,042 42.54% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 47,376 31.48% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 39,137 26.00% Increase 16,666
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 58,749 45.09% Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP 36,136 27.68% Pannyan Raveendran CPI 35,526 27.23% Increase 22,613

General election 2019[edit | edit source]

There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election.[7] The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.[12]

Party wise Results[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 416,131 41.19 Increase7.10
BJP Kummanam Rajasekharan 316,142 31.30 Decrease1.02
CPI C. Divakaran 258,556 25.60 Decrease2.90
NOTA None of the Above 4,580 0.45 Increase0.07
Margin of victory 99,989 9.89 Increase8.12
Turnout 1,011,268 73.74 Increase5.11
INC hold Swing Increase7.10

Legislative Assembly wise Results[edit | edit source]

No.[13] Assembly 1st Position Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % NOTA Margin
132 Kazhakootam Shashi Tharoor INC 46964 35.50% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 45479 34.38% C. Divakaran CPI 37688 28.49% 648 Increase1385
133 Vattiyoorkavu Shashi Tharoor INC 53545 39.46% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 50709 37.37% C. Divakaran CPI 29414 21.67% 690 Increase2836
134 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor INC 57077 43.98% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 42877 33.08% C. Divakaran CPI 27530 21.23% 647 Increase14200
135 Nemom Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 58513 41.40% Shashi Tharoor INC 46472 32.88% C. Divakaran CPI 33921 24.00% 748 Decrease 12041
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 69944 42.57% C. Divakaran CPI 47942 29.18% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 42887 26.10% 621 Increase27057
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 73221 45.65% C. Divakaran CPI 42050 26.22% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 41092 25.62% 616 Increase 32129
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 66834 47.71% C. Divakaran CPI 37925 27.07% Kummanam Rajasekharan BJP 32368 23.11% 583 Increase 34466

General Election 2014[edit | edit source]

Party wise Results[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shashi Tharoor 297,806 34.09 Decrease10.20
BJP O. Rajagopal 282,336 32.32 Increase20.92
CPI Bennet Abraham 248,941 28.50 Decrease2.24
AAP Ajit Joy 14,153 1.62 N/A
SDPI Kunnil Shajahan 4,820 0.55 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 3,346 0.38 N/A
Margin of victory 15,470 1.77 Decrease11.78
Turnout 873,441 68.63 Increase2.89
INC hold Swing Decrease10.20

Legislative Assembly wise Results[edit | edit source]

No. Assembly 1st Position Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % NOTA Margin
132 Kazhakoottam O. Rajagopal BJP 41829 37.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 34220 30.4% Bennet Abraham CPI 31799 28.2% 483 Decrease 7609
133 Vattiyoorkavu O. Rajagopal BJP 43589 37.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 40663 34.6% Bennet Abraham CPI 27504 23.4% 716 Decrease2926
134 Thiruvananthapuram O. Rajagopal BJP 40835 36.0% Shashi Tharoor INC 39027 34.4% Bennet Abraham CPI 27385 24.1% 578 Decrease1808
135 Nemom O. Rajagopal BJP 50685 42.1% Shashi Tharoor INC 32639 27.1% Bennet Abraham CPI 31643 26.3% 523 Decrease18046
137 Parassala Shashi Tharoor INC 50360 34.8% Bennet Abraham CPI 47953 33.2% O. Rajagopal BJP 39753 27.5% 357 Increase10607
139 Kovalam Shashi Tharoor INC 51401 37.7% Bennet Abraham CPI 42112 30.9% O. Rajagopal BJP 36169 26.5% 347 Increase 15232
140 Neyyattinkara Shashi Tharoor INC 48009 39.3% Bennet Abraham CPI 39806 32.6% O. Rajagopal BJP 28958 23.7% 336 Increase19051

General Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shashi Tharoor 326,725 44.29 Increase2.65
CPI P. Ramachandran Nair 226,727 30.74 Decrease20.66
BSP A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar 86,233 11.69 N/A
BJP P. K. Krishna Das 84,094 11.40 Increase6.57
NCP M. P. Gangadharan 2,972 0.40
Margin of victory 99,998 13.55 Increase34.77
Turnout 737,641 65.74 Decrease2.81
INC gain from CPI Swing Increase45.26

By-Election 2005[edit | edit source]

By-Election, 2005: Thiruvananthapuram[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Pannyan Raveendran 490,324 51.41 Increase13.96
INC V. S. Sivakumar 316,124 41.64 Increase11.34
BJP C. K. Padmanabhan 36,690 4.83 Decrease25.03
Margin of victory 74,200 9.77 +35.89
Turnout 859,237 68.13 −0.66
CPI hold Swing +36.45

General Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI P. K. Vasudevan Nair 386,057 37.45 Increase1.22
INC V. S. Sivakumar 231,454 30.30 Decrease7.85
BJP O. Rajagopal 228,052 29.86 Increase8.93
Margin of victory 54,603 7.15 Increase5.24
Turnout 864,317 68.7 Increase5.52
CPI gain from INC Swing 24.18%

General Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. S. Sivakumar 288,390 38.15 Decrease6.2
CPI Kaniyapuram Ramachandran 273,905 36.23 Decrease6.1
BJP O. Rajagopal 158,221 20.93 Increase8.54
Margin of victory 14,485 1.91 Decrease0.1
Turnout 757,497 63.18% Decrease2.56
INC hold Swing -14.53%

General Election 1998[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Karunakaran 337,429 44.35% Increase2.92
CPI K.V. Surendranath 322,031 42.33 Decrease2.05
BJP Kerala Varma Raja 94,303 12.39 Increase1.76
Margin of victory 15,398 2.01
Turnout 766,775 65.74
INC gain from CPI Swing

General Election 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI K.V. Surendranath 312,622 44.38
INC A. Charles 291,820 41.43
BJP K. Raman Pillai 74,904 10.63
Margin of victory 20,802 2.95
Turnout 721,087 64.56
CPI gain from INC Swing

General Election 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 334,272 46.99
CPI E. J. Vijayamma 290,602 40.85
BJP O. Rajagopal 80,566 11.33
Margin of victory 43,670 6.14
Turnout 721,412 68.89
INC hold Swing

General Election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 367,825 49.02
CPI O. N. V. Kurup 326,912 42.23
BJP P. Asok Kumar 56,046 7.47
Margin of victory 50,913 6.79
Turnout 754,853 73.78
INC hold Swing

General Election 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC A. Charles 239,791 43.00
LKD Neelalohithadasan Nadar 186,353 33.41 −27%
Hindu Munnani (KL) Kerala Varma Raja 110,449 19.80
Independent Madhavikutty 1,786 0.32
Margin of victory 53,438 9.58
Turnout 561984 71.70
INC hold Swing

General Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Neelalohithadasan Nadar 273,818 60.90
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 166,761 37.09
Margin of victory 107,057 23.81
Turnout 453,458 63.44
INC gain from CPI Swing

General Election 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI M. N. Govindan Nair 244,277 56.32
JP P. Vishwambharan 174,455 40.22
Margin of victory 69,822 16.1
Turnout 448,586 72.14
CPI gain from Independent Swing

General Election 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent V. K. Krishna Menon 167,872 52.99
PSP D. Damodaran Potti 143,745 45.38
Margin of victory 24,127 7.56
Turnout 318,883 59.76
Independent gain from Samyukta Socialist Party Swing

General Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SSP P. Viswambharan 153,040 47.4
INC G.C. Pillai 148,562 46.0
Margin of victory 4,478 1.4
Turnout 310,998 67.9
Samyukta Socialist Party gain from Independent Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ↑ George, Sarath Babu (25 March 2024). "In Thiruvananthapuram, all three fronts will fancy their chances". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  3. ↑ George, Sarath Babu (25 March 2024). "In Thiruvananthapuram, all three fronts will fancy their chances". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Thiruvananthapuram District Religion Census 2011".
  5. ↑ "Shashi Tharoor's Thiruvananthapuram Winning Streak In BJP's Crosshair". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "CSI votes crucial in Thiruvananthapuram".
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  9. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  10. ↑ NDTV (16 May 2014). "Election Results 2014: Top 10 High-Profile Contests and Victory Margins". Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Thiruvananthapuram Election News".
  12. ↑ Indiancrux 2019 General Election Thiruvananthapuram Constituency Live Results[usurped]
  13. ↑ "CEO Kerala :: BOOTH WISE RESULTS".
  14. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results 2009 (Lok Sabha polls 2009)- Kerala". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  15. ↑ Bye Election -HPC. "Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala". Ceo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 2004". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1999". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1998". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  19. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1996". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1991". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  21. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1989". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  22. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1984". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  23. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1980". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Indian Parliament Election Results- Kerala 1977". Keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  25. ↑ "Statistical Report - Indian Parliament Election 1971" (PDF). Gujarat Election Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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