Nedumangad Assembly constituency

Nedumangad
Constituency No. 130 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Koyikkal palace at Nedumangad
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
LS constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	2,04,198 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. R. Anil
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Nedumangad is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. R. Anil current minister for food and civil supplies, Government of Kerala of CPI.

Local self governed segments

Nedumangad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Nedumangad	Municipality	Nedumangad
2	Manikkal	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
3	Karakulam	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
4	Vembayam	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
5	Andoorkonam	Grama panchayat	Thiruvananthapuram
6	Pothencode	Grama panchayat	Thiruvananthapuram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Neelakantaru Pandarathil		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. G. Kunjukrishna Pillai			1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Kaniapuram Ramachandaran			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. V. Surendranath			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1984
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Palode Ravi		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Mankode Radhakrishnan		Communist Party of India	2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Palode Ravi		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	C. Divakaran		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	G. R. Anil			Incumbent

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.

Election results

2016

There were 2,04,198 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. Divakaran	57,745	38.16	5.68
	INC	Palode Ravi	54,124	35.76	12.11
	BJP	V. V. Rajesh	35,139	23.22	18.44
	SDPI	Abdul Salam A.	1,039	0.69	0.27
	BSP	Bipin M. I.	910	0.60	0.01
	NOTA	None of the above	807	0.53
	PDP	Andoorkonam Sulfi	503	0.33
	Independent	Shibu G.	318	0.21
	SS	Peringammala Aji	251	0.17
	Independent	Soman C.	217	0.14
	Independent	Divakaran Pani	143	0.09
	Independent	Pariyaram Raveendran	80	0.05
	Independent	Raveendran Nair	63	0.04
Margin of victory			3,621	2.40
Turnout			1,51,339	74.11	3.06
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,75,795 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	59,789	47.87
	CPI	P. Ramachandran Nair	54,759	43.84
	BJP	Anjana K. S.	1,255	4.78
	Independent	Andoorkonam Sulfi	1,255	1.00
	SDPI	Noorjahan A.	1,200	0.96
	BSP	Idamma N.	731	0.59
	Independent	Vazhode Ravi	346	0.28
	Independent	Biju A.	342	0.27
	Independent	Anand G. Ramachandran Nair	277	0.22
	Independent	Saji	237	0.19
Margin of victory			5,030	4.03
Turnout			1,24,907	71.05
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	58,674	47.80
	INC	Palode Ravi	58,589	47.73
	BJP	Paruthippally Sreekumar	2,970	2.41
Margin of victory			85	0.07
Turnout			1,22,735
	CPI hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	62,270	47.84
	INC	Palode Ravi	62,114	47.72
	BJP	R Subramanian Potty	4,762	3.66
Margin of victory			156	0.12
Turnout			1,30,173	71.48
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	57,220	49.32
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	52,956	45.64
	BJP	V Somasekharan Nair	3,960	3.41
Margin of victory			4,264	3.68
Turnout			1,16,020	71.83
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	54,678	48.59
	CPI	K Govinda Pillai	53,739	47.75
	BJP	M Somasekharan Nair	3,873	3.44
Margin of victory			939	0.84
Turnout			1,12,537	73.65
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

See also

• Nedumangad
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "Nedumangad Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.