Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Attingal
Lok Sabha Constituency
Attingal Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
Map of Attingal Parliament Constituency
IncumbentAdoor Prakash
Parliamentary PartyINC
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2009–present
ReservationNone
StateKerala
Most Successful PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (2 times)
Assembly ConstituenciesVarkala
Attingal
Chirayinkeezhu
Nedumangad
Vamanapuram
Aruvikkara
Kattakkada

Attingal Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: ആറ്റിങ്ങല്‍ ലോക്‌സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[1]

Assembly segments[]

Attingal Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
127 Varkala None Thiruvananthapuram
128 Attingal SC Thiruvananthapuram
129 Chirayinkeezhu SC Thiruvananthapuram
130 Nedumangad None Thiruvananthapuram
131 Vamanapuram None Thiruvananthapuram
136 Aruvikkara None Thiruvananthapuram
138 Kattakkada None Thiruvananthapuram

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  INC     CPI (M)     INC(I)   

As Chirayinkil

SL No. Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
Travancore-Cochin
1. 1952 1st V. Parameswaran Nayar United Front of Leftists 1952-1967
After the Formation of Kerala
2. 1957 2nd M.K. Kumaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1957-1962
1962 3rd 1962-1967
3. 1967 4th K. Anirudhan 1967-1971
4. 1971 5th Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress 1971-1977
1977 6th 1977-1980
5. 1980 7th A.A. Rahim Indian National Congress (I) 1980-1984
6. 1984 8th Thalekunnil Basheer 1984-1989
1989 9th 1989-1991
7. 1991 10th Susheela Gopalan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1991-1996
8. 1996 11th A. Sampath 1996-1998
9. 1996 12th Varkala Radhakrishnan 1998-1999
1999 13th 1999-2004
2004 14th 2004-2009

As Attingal

SL No. Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
8(a). 2009 15th A. Sampath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2009-2014
2014 16th 2014-2019
10. 2019 17th Adoor Prakash Indian National Congress Incumbent

Election results[]

General election 2019[]

2019 Indian general elections : Attingal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Adoor Prakash 3,80,995 37.91 +0.31
CPI (M) A. Sampath 3,42,748 34.11 -11.56
BJP Shobha Surendran 2,48,081 24.69 +10.16
SDPI Ajmal Ismail 5,524 0.64 +0.65
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory 38,247 3.80
Turnout 10,06,048 74.48
INC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 2014[]


2014 Indian general election : Attingal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) A. Sampath 392,478 45.67 +0.30
INC Bindhu Krishna 323,100 37.60 -5.23
BJP Girija Kumari S. 90,528 10.53 +3.94
SDPI M.K. Manoj Kumar 11,225 1.31 N/A
BSP Anil Kumar N.S. 8,586 1.00 -1.15
NOTA None of the above 6,924 0.81 ---
Margin of victory 69,378 8.07 +5.53
Turnout 859,350 68.77
CPI (M) hold Swing +0.30

See also[]

  • Chirayinkil (Lok Sabha constituency)
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
  • Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
  • 2014 Indian general election

References[]

  1. ^ Nair, C. Gouridasan (23 January 2008). "New electoral landscape for the State Delimitation impact". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links[]

Coordinates: 8°40′48″N 76°49′48″E / 8.6800°N 76.8300°E / 8.6800; 76.8300

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