Attingal Assembly constituency

Attingal
Attingal
Constituency No. 128 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Kilimanoor town in the constituency.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	2,02,123 (2021)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent O S Ambika
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2026

Attingal State assembly constituency 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is O. S. Ambika of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Attingal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Attingal	Municipality	Chirayinkeezhu
Karavaram	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Kilimanoor	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Nagaroor	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Pazhayakunnummel	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Pulimath	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Vakkom	Grama panchayat	Chirayinkeezhu
Cherunniyoor	Grama panchayat	Varkala
Manamboor	Grama panchayat	Varkala
Ottoor	Grama panchayat	Varkala

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Member
1957	R. Prakasam	Communist Party of India
1960	N. Kunjuraman	Indian National Congress
1967	K. P. K. Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1970	Vakkom Purushothaman	Indian National Congress
1977		Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress (U)
1982		Independent
1985*	P. Vijayadas	Indian Congress (Socialist)
1987	Anathalavattom Anandan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	T. Sarath Chandra Prasad	Indian National Congress
1996	Anathalavattom Anandan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001	Vakkom Purushothaman	Indian National Congress
2006	Anathalavattom Anandan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	B. Satyan
2016	B. Satyan
2021	O. S. Ambika
2026	O. S. Ambika

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. S. Ambika	59,163	39.46	7.89
	NDA	Adv. P. Sudheer	45,788	30,54	4.62
	UDF	Santhosh Bhadran	41,372	27.60	0.58
	SDPI	Jayarajan M	1019	0.68	−
	Anna DHRM	Sunitha Kilimanoor	397	0.26	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1272	0.85	−
Margin of victory			13,375	8.92	12.51
Turnout			1,49,916	73.82	0.78
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2021

There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	O. S. Ambika	69,898	47.35	5.36
	BJP	P. Sudheer	38,262	25.92	5.94
	RSP	A. Sreedharan	36,938	25.02	1.55
	NOTA	None of the above	1,071	0.72
	BSP	Vipinlal Vidhyadharan	927	0.63	0.06
	Independent	Ambili	191	0.13	−
Margin of victory			31,636	21.43	7.81
Turnout			1,47,626	73.04	3.51
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.36

2016

There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	B. Satyan	72,808	52.71	2.73
	RSP	K. Chandrababu	32,425	23.47
	BJP	Raji Prasad	27,602	19.98	15.75
	SDPI	M. K. Manoj Kumar	1,437	1.04	0.32
	NOTA	None of the above	1,267	0.92
	BSP	K. Sivanandan	789	0.57	0.51
	Independent	Rajesh R.	639	0.46
	SS	B. Jayanthakumar	597	0.43
	Independent	C. R. Thulasi	411	0.30
	Independent	Pratheeshkumar P.	162	0.12
Margin of victory			40,383	29.24	3.02
Turnout			1,38,137	69.53	2.76
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.73

2011

There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	B. Satyan	63,558	55.44
	INC	Thankamony Divakaran	33,493	29.22
	Independent	Attingal Suresh	7,857	6.85
	BJP	P. P. Vava	4,844	4.23
	Independent	V. V. Selvaraj	1,713	1.49
	SDPI	K. G. Soman	1,561	1.36
	BSP	M. Chinamma	1,235	1.08
	Independent	G. Anirudhan	377	0.33
Margin of victory			30,065	26.22
Turnout			1,14,638	66.77
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	42,912	53.75
	INC	C Mohanachandran	31,704	39.71
Margin of victory			11,208	14.04
Turnout			79,836
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2001

There were 1,36,588 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	51,139	53.68
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	40,323	42.33
Margin of victory			10,816	11.35
Turnout			95,259	69.75
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1996

There were 1,26,378 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	42,161	48.69
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	41,145	47.52
	Independent	S Kuttappan Chettiar	1,311	1.51
Margin of victory			1,016	1.17
Turnout			86,592	69.98
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1991

There were 1,30,610 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	T Saratchandra Prasad	41,964	48.60
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	41,527	48.10
	BJP	G Krishnan Kutty	1,386	1.61
Margin of victory			437	0.50
Turnout			86,343	67.33
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1987

There were 1,11,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Anathalavattom Anandan	42,413	52.72
	INC	Kaviyad Divakara Panicker	33,528	41.68
Margin of victory			8,885	11.11
Turnout			80,447	72.44
	CPI(M) gain from IC(S)		Swing

1985 by-election

1985 by-election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IC(S)	P. Vijayadas	36,430	51.38
	INC	S. Kunjukrishnan	30,997	43.71
Margin of victory			5,433	7.67
Turnout			70,900
	IC(S) gain from INC		Swing

1982

There were 89,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Vakkom Purushothaman	31,791	53.41
	IC(S)	P. Vijayadas	24,432	41.04
Margin of victory			7,359	8.37
Turnout			59,527	66.86
	Independent gain from INC(U)		Swing

1980

There were 92,008 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(U)	Vakkom Purushothaman	35,634	59.14
	Independent	Vakkom Devarajan	22,561	37.45
Margin of victory			13,073	21.69
Turnout			60,250	65.81
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing

1977

There were 79,079 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	32,452	56.08
	CPI(M)	Varkala Radhakrishnan	23,892	41.29
Margin of victory			8,560	14.79
Turnout			57,863	75.01
	INC hold		Swing

1970

There were 75,679 registered voters in the constituency for the 1970 election.

1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	33,637	58.34
	CPI(M)	V. Sreedharan	22,106	38.34
Margin of victory			11,531	20.0
Turnout			57,660	76.66
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1965

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	K. Anirudhan	25,598	47.75%
	INC	R. Sankar	23,515	43.87%
Margin of victory			2,083	3.88
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
↑ "Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[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] "Attingal (SC) Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[6] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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