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).
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1960 | Independent | ||
| 1967 | N. Gamaliel | Indian National Congress | |
| 1970 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1977 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1979* | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1980 | N. Sundaran Nadar | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1982 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1987 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | N. Sundaran Nadar | Independent | |
| 2001 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2006 | R. Selvaraj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | A. T. George | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | C. K. Hareendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| 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 | ||||
There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| 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 | ||||
There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M R Reghuchandrabal | 48,423 | 49.44 | ||
| CPI(M) | M Sathyanesan | 40,788 | 41.64 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,635 | 7.80 | |||
| Turnout | 97,950 | 70.42 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
