Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

Thiruvananthapuram Central
Constituency No. 134 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple,Located In Thiruvananthapuram Central Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituencyThiruvananthapuram
Established2008
Total electors2,03,584 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
Elected year2021

Thiruvananthapuram Central Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] It has been vacant since 3 January 2026 following the disqualification of Antony Raju, who was elected in 2021 election, after a three-year conviction for tampering with the evidence in a drug-related case.[2]

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.

Local self-governed segments

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[3]

Sl no. Name Ward no. Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation) Taluk
1 Thiruvananthapuram 26-30

40-47

59-60

69-75

77-78

80

Municipal Corporation Thiruvananthapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]

Thiruvananthapuram-I

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

Thiruvananthapuram West

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

Thiruvananthapuram

Election Member Party
2011 V. S. Sivakumar Indian National Congress
2016
2021 Adv. Antony Raju Janadhipathya Kerala Congress

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF Sudheer Karamana
CMP C. P. John
BJP Karamana Jayan
AAP Samin Sathyadas
SUCI(C) A. Saboora
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

There were 2,03,584 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JKC Adv. Antony Raju 48,748 38.01 9.83
INC V. S. Sivakumar 41,669 32.49 4.33
BJP Krishnakumar G. 34,996 27.29 0.25
NOTA None of the Above 1054 0.82 0.32
Independent Abhilash Vadakkan 436 0.34 –
SUCI(C) A. Saboora 366 0.29 0.02
Independent Raju Antony 289 0.23 –
Independent Chala Mohanan D. 245 0.19 –
Independent Antony Raju S/o Raju 190 0.15 –
Independent Sivakumar K. S/o Kumara Swamy 164 0.13 –
Independent Krishnakumar T. S. S/o Sankarankutty 89 0.07 –
Majority 7,089 5.57 3.07
Turnout 1,28,322 63.03 2.33
JKC gain from INC Swing 9.83

2016

There were 1,93,101 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC V. S. Sivakumar 46,474 36.82 9.05
JKC Adv. Antony Raju 35,569 28.18 –
BJP S. Sreesanth 34,764 27.54 16.78
AIADMK Dr. 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

2011

There were ,1,77,442 registered voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvananthapuram
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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
  2. ^ "Kerala MLA Antony Raju gets disqualified for conviction in 1990 drug case". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thiruvananthapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
  5. ^ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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