Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Constituency
The incumbent MP of this constituency is Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, who has been elected consecutively on 4 occasions- 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is also the longest serving Member of Parliament representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.
Demographics
As per the electoral roll for 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders. 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. The constituency also has highest proportion of Nadars and Converted Christians in Kerala.
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. 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.
Assembly segments
Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:
# | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
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132 | Kazhakootam | Thiruvananthapuram | Kadakampally Surendran | CPI(M) | BJP | ||
133 | Vattiyoorkavu | V. K. Prasanth | CPI(M) | BJP | |||
134 | Thiruvananthapuram | Antony Raju | JKC | INC | |||
135 | Nemom | V. Sivankutty | CPI(M) | BJP | |||
137 | Parassala | C. K. Hareendran | CPI(M) | INC | |||
139 | Kovalam | M. Vincent | INC | INC | |||
140 | Neyyattinkara | K. Ansalan | CPI(M) | INC |
Members of Parliament
^ indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
General election 2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 358,155 | 37.19 | 4.00 | |
BJP | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | 342,078 | 35.52 | 4.22 | |
CPI | Pannyan Raveendran | 247,648 | 25.72 | 0.12 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 6,753 | 0.70 | 0.70 | |
Majority | 16,077 | 1.66 | 8.23 | ||
Turnout | 9,62,983 | 66.47 | 7.23 | ||
Registered electors | 14,30,531 | 4.30 | |||
INC hold | Swing | 4.0 |
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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 22,613 |
General election 2019
There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election. The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.
Party wise Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 416,131 | 41.19 | 7.10 | |
BJP | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 316,142 | 31.30 | 1.02 | |
CPI | C. Divakaran | 258,556 | 25.60 | 2.90 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,580 | 0.45 | 0.07 | |
Margin of victory | 99,989 | 9.89 | 8.12 | ||
Turnout | 1,011,268 | 73.74 | 5.11 | ||
INC hold | Swing | 7.10 |
Legislative Assembly wise Results
No. | 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 | 1385 |
133 | Vattiyoorkavu | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 53545 | 39.46% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 50709 | 37.37% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 29414 | 21.67% | 690 | 2836 |
134 | Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 57077 | 43.98% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42877 | 33.08% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 27530 | 21.23% | 647 | 14200 |
135 | Nemom | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 58513 | 41.40% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 46472 | 32.88% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 33921 | 24.00% | 748 | 12041 |
137 | Parassala | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 69944 | 42.57% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 47942 | 29.18% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42887 | 26.10% | 621 | 27057 |
139 | Kovalam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 73221 | 45.65% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 42050 | 26.22% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 41092 | 25.62% | 616 | 32129 |
140 | Neyyattinkara | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 66834 | 47.71% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 37925 | 27.07% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 32368 | 23.11% | 583 | 34466 |
General Election 2014
Party wise Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Dr. Shashi Tharoor | 297,806 | 34.09 | 10.20 | |
BJP | O. Rajagopal | 2,82,336 | 32.32 | 20.92 | |
CPI | Bennet Abraham | 2,48,941 | 28.50 | 2.24 | |
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 | −−− | |
Margin of victory | 15,470 | 1.77 | 11.78 | ||
Turnout | 8,73,441 | 68.63 | 2.89 | ||
INC hold | Swing | 10.20 |
Legislative Assembly wise Results
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 | 7609 |
133 | Vattiyoorkavu | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 43589 | 37.1% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 40663 | 34.6% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 27504 | 23.4% | 716 | 2926 |
134 | Thiruvananthapuram | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 40835 | 36.0% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 39027 | 34.4% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 27385 | 24.1% | 578 | 1808 |
135 | Nemom | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 50685 | 42.1% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 32639 | 27.1% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 31643 | 26.3% | 523 | 18046 |
137 | Parassala | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 50360 | 34.8% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 47953 | 33.2% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 39753 | 27.5% | 357 | 10607 |
139 | Kovalam | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 51401 | 37.7% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 42112 | 30.9% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 36169 | 26.5% | 347 | 15232 |
140 | Neyyattinkara | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 48009 | 39.3% | Bennet Abraham | CPI | 39806 | 32.6% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 28958 | 23.7% | 336 | 19051 |
General Election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Shashi Tharoor | 326,725 | 44.29 | 2.65 | |
CPI | P. Ramachandran Nair | 226,727 | 30.74 | 20.66 | |
BSP | A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar | 86,233 | 11.69 | N/A | |
BJP | P. K. Krishna Das | 84,094 | 11.40 | 6.57 | |
NCP | M. P. Gangadharan | 2,972 | 0.40 | ||
Margin of victory | 99,998 | 13.55 | 34.77 | ||
Turnout | 737,641 | 65.74 | 2.81 | ||
INC gain from CPI | Swing | 45.26 |
By-Election 2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | Pannyan Raveendran | 490,324 | 51.41 | 13.96 | |
INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 316,124 | 41.64 | 11.34 | |
BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 36,690 | 4.83 | 25.03 | |
Margin of victory | 74,200 | 9.77 | +35.89 | ||
Turnout | 859,237 | 68.13 | −0.66 | ||
CPI hold | Swing | +36.45 |
General Election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | 386,057 | 37.45 | 1.22 | |
INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 231,454 | 30.30 | 7.85 | |
BJP | O. Rajagopal | 228,052 | 29.86 | 8.93 | |
Margin of victory | 54,603 | 7.15 | 5.24 | ||
Turnout | 864,317 | 68.7 | 5.52 | ||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | 24.18% |
General Election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 288,390 | 38.15 | 6.2 | |
CPI | Kaniyapuram Ramachandran | 273,905 | 36.23 | 6.1 | |
BJP | O. Rajagopal | 158,221 | 20.93 | 8.54 | |
Margin of victory | 14,485 | 1.91 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 757,497 | 63.18% | 2.56 | ||
INC hold | Swing | -14.53% |
General Election 1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K. Karunakaran | 337,429 | 44.35% | 2.92 | |
CPI | K.V. Surendranath | 322,031 | 42.33 | 2.05 | |
BJP | Kerala Varma Raja | 94,303 | 12.39 | 1.76 | |
Margin of victory | 15,398 | 2.01 | |||
Turnout | 766,775 | 65.74 | |||
INC gain from CPI | Swing |
General Election 1996
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 SSP | Swing |
General Election 1967
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 | |||
SSP gain from Independent | Swing |
See also
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