Thiruvananthapuram State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, 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 Adv. Antony Raju of JKC.
Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it was known as Trivandrum West Assembly Constituency from 1977 to 2008, and Trivandrum-I Assembly constituency from 1957 to 1977.
Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Ward no. | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 26-30
|
Municipal Corporation | Thiruvananthapuram |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | E. P. Eapen | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1960 | |||
| 1967 | B. M. Nair | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1970 | N. Gopala Pillai | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | K. Pankajakshan | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | |
| 1980 | P. A. Muhammad Kannu | Indian Union Muslim League | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Antony Raju | Kerala Congress | |
| 2001 | M. V. Raghavan | Communist Marxist Party | |
| 2006 | V. Surendran Pillai | Kerala Congress | |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | V. S. Sivakumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Adv. Antony Raju | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKC | Antony Raju | 48,748 | 38.01 |  9.83
| |
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 41,669 | 32.49 |  4.33
| |
| BJP | Krishnakumar | 34,996 | 27.89 | 0.35
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1054 | 0.82 | 0.32
| |
| Majority | 7,079 | 5.52 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| JKC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
There were 1,93,101 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 46,474 | 36.82% | 9.05
| |
| JKC | Antony Raju | 35,569 | 28.18% | ||
| BJP | S. Sreesanth | 34,764 | 27.54% | 16.78
| |
| AIADMK | Biju Ramesh | 5,762 | 4.57% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,435 | 1.14% | ||
| Independent | Nandavanam Suseelan | 450 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | Antony Raju New Colony | 424 | 0.34% | ||
| BSP | Mohanambika .D | 398 | 0.32% | ||
| SUCI(C) | P. S. Gopakumar | 344 | 0.27% | 0.05
| |
| Independent | Sivakumar Raveendran Nair | 208 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | Praveen Arimbrathodiyil | 170 | 0.13% | ||
| Independent | M. S. Subi | 113 | 0.09% | ||
| Independent | Sivakumar Pushkaran | 101 | 0.08% | ||
| Majority | 10,905 | 8.64% | 3.64
| ||
| Turnout | 1,26,212 | 65.36% | 5.01
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 9.05
|
|||
There were 1,77,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. S. Sivakumar | 49,122 | 45.87% | ||
| KEC | V. Surendran Pillai | 43,770 | 40.87% | ||
| BJP | B. K .Sekhar | 11,519 | 10.76% | ||
| SDPI | Abdu Razak A. | 807 | 0.75% | ||
| Independent | P. Surendran Pillai | 518 | 0.48% | ||
| Independent | S. Sivakumar | 485 | 0.45% | ||
| SUCI(C) | P. S. Gopakumar | 235 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | N. Sivakumar | 221 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | Sundaran Pillai | 207 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | C. Vasantha Kumar | 110 | 0.10% | ||
| Independent | George Mankidan | 98 | 0.09% | ||
| Majority | 5,352 | 5.00% | |||
| Turnout | 1,07,092 | 60.35% | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
