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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Attingal<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Attingal Lok Sabha constituency|Attingal]]<br />
| constituency_no = 128<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| map_image = Kilimanoor - panoramio.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Kilimanoor]] town in the constituency.<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| electors = 2,02,123 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[O. S. Ambika|O S Ambika]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Attingal State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Attingal Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies<br />
|website = trivandrum.nic.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district<br />
|access-date = 16 March 2020<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[O. S. Ambika]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. <br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Attingal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{srn}}<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"<br />
! width="100px" | Name<br />
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Attingal]]<br />
| Municipality<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Karavaram]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kilimanoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nagaroor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Pazhayakunnummel]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Pulimath]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Vakkom]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Cherunniyoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Varkala Taluk|Varkala]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Manamboor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Varkala Taluk|Varkala]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ottoor]]<br />
| Grama panchayat<br />
| [[Varkala Taluk|Varkala]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/attingal-sc-assembly-constituency-map.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.mapsofindia.com}}</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
! Election<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[R. Prakasam]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|[[N. Kunjuraman]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|K. P. K. Das<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Vakkom Purushothaman]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|1985*<br />
|P. Vijayadas<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|[[Anathalavattom Anandan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|T. Sarath Chandra Prasad<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|Anathalavattom Anandan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|Vakkom Purushothaman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|Anathalavattom Anandan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[B. Satyan]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[O. S. Ambika]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate= [[O. S. Ambika]]|votes=59,163|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Democratic Alliance|candidate=Adv. P. Sudheer|votes=45,788|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate= Santhosh Bhadran|votes= 41372|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Jayarajan M|votes=1019|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India|candidate=Sunitha Kilimanoor|votes=397|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1272|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 13,375<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = CPI(M)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[O. S. Ambika]]|votes=69,898|percentage=47.35|change={{decrease}}5.36}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Sudheer|votes=38,262|percentage=25.92|change={{increase}}5.94}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=A. Sreedharan|votes=36,938|percentage=25.02|change={{increase}}1.55}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,071|percentage=0.72|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Vipinlal Vidhyadharan|votes=927|percentage=0.63|change={{increase}}0.06}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ambili|votes=191|percentage=0.13|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=31,636|percentage=21.43|change={{decrease}}7.81}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,47,626|percentage=73.04|change={{increase}}3.51}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}5.36}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=B. Satyan|votes=72,808|percentage=52.71|change={{decrease}}2.73}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=K. Chandrababu|votes=32,425|percentage=23.47|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Raji Prasad|votes=27,602|percentage=19.98|change={{increase}}15.75}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. K. Manoj Kumar|votes=1,437|percentage=1.04|change={{decrease}}0.32}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,267|percentage=0.92|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. Sivanandan|votes=789|percentage=0.57|change={{decrease}}0.51}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajesh R.|votes=639|percentage=0.46|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=B. Jayanthakumar|votes=597|percentage=0.43|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=C. R. Thulasi|votes=411|percentage=0.30|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pratheeshkumar P.|votes=162|percentage=0.12|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=40,383|percentage=29.24|change={{increase}}3.02}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,38,137|percentage=69.53|change={{increase}}2.76}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}2.73}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=B. Satyan|votes=63,558|percentage=55.44|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Thankamony Divakaran|votes=33,493|percentage=29.22|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Attingal Suresh|votes=7,857|percentage=6.85|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. P. Vava|votes=4,844|percentage=4.23|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. V. Selvaraj|votes=1,713|percentage=1.49|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=K. G. Soman|votes=1,561|percentage=1.36|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=M. Chinamma|votes=1,235|percentage=1.08|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=G. Anirudhan|votes=377|percentage=0.33|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=30,065|percentage=26.22|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,14,638|percentage=66.77|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Anathalavattom Anandan|votes=42,912|percentage=53.75|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=C Mohanachandran|votes=31,704|percentage=39.71|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,208|percentage=14.04|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=79,836|percentage=|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
There were 1,36,588 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Vakkom Purushothaman]]<br />
|votes=51,139|percentage=53.68|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Kadakampally Surendran]]|votes=40,323|percentage=42.33|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=10,816|percentage=11.35|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=95,259|percentage=69.75|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1996 ===<br />
There were 1,26,378 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Anathalavattom Anandan]]|votes=42,161|percentage=48.69|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Vakkom Purushothaman]]|votes=41,145|percentage=47.52|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=S Kuttappan Chettiar|votes=1,311|percentage=1.51|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,016|percentage=1.17|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=86,592|percentage=69.98|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1991 ===<br />
There were 1,30,610 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=T Saratchandra Prasad|votes=41,964|percentage=48.60|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Anathalavattom Anandan]]|votes=41,527|percentage=48.10|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=G Krishnan Kutty|votes=1,386|percentage=1.61|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=437|percentage=0.50|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=86,343|percentage=67.33|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1987 ===<br />
There were 1,11,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Anathalavattom Anandan]]|votes=42,413|percentage=52.72|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kaviyad Divakara Panicker|votes=33,528|percentage=41.68|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,885|percentage=11.11|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=80,447|percentage=72.44|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)||loser=Indian Congress (Socialist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1985 by-election ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=1985 by-election: Attingal}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Congress (Socialist)|candidate=P. Vijayadas|votes=36,430|percentage=51.38|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=S. Kunjukrishnan|votes=30,997|percentage=43.71|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=5,433|percentage=7.67|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=70,900|percentage=|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner= Indian Congress (Socialist)||loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1982 ===<br />
There were 89,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=[[Vakkom Purushothaman]]|votes=31,791|percentage=53.41|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Congress (Socialist)|candidate=P. Vijayadas|votes=24,432|percentage=41.04|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,359|percentage=8.37|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=59,527|percentage=66.86|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Independent|loser=Indian National Congress (Urs)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1965 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Attingal}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Anirudhan|votes=25,598|percentage=47.75%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[R. Sankar]]|votes=23,515|percentage=43.87%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,083|percentage=3.88|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Attingal]]<br />
* [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
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