Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

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. 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.

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Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

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

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Ward no.</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality/Municipal Corporation)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Thiruvananthapuram</td><td>26-30 40-47 59-60 69-75 77-78 80</td><td>Municipal Corporation</td><td>Thiruvananthapuram</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

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

Thiruvananthapuram-I

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>E. P. Eapen</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>B. M. Nair</td><td></td><td>Samyukta Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>N. Gopala Pillai</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr></tbody></table>

Thiruvananthapuram West

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1977</td><td>K. Pankajakshan</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>P. A. Muhammad Kannu</td><td></td><td>Indian Union Muslim League</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>M. M. Hassan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Antony Raju</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>M. V. Raghavan</td><td></td><td>Communist Marxist Party</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>V. Surendran Pillai</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>

Thiruvananthapuram

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>V. S. Sivakumar</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Adv. Antony Raju</td><td></td><td>Janadhipathya Kerala Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CMP</td><td>C. P. John</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LDF</td><td>Sudheer Karamana</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Karamana Jayan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Samin Sathyadas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>A. Saboora</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

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

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

2016

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. S. Sivakumar</td><td>46,474</td><td>36.82</td><td>9.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JKC</td><td>Adv. Antony Raju</td><td>35,569</td><td>28.18</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Sreesanth</td><td>34,764</td><td>27.54</td><td>16.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>Dr. Biju Ramesh</td><td>5,762</td><td>4.57</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>1,435</td><td>1.14</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Nandavanam Suseelan</td><td>450</td><td>0.36</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Antony Raju New Colony</td><td>424</td><td>0.34</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Mohanambika D.</td><td>398</td><td>0.32</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>P. S. Gopakumar</td><td>344</td><td>0.27</td><td>0.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivakumar Raveendran Nair</td><td>208</td><td>0.16</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Praveen Arimbrathodiyil</td><td>170</td><td>0.13</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. S. Subi</td><td>113</td><td>0.09</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivakumar Pushkaran</td><td>101</td><td>0.08</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>10,905</td><td>8.64</td><td>3.64</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,26,212</td><td>65.36</td><td>5.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.05</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. S. Sivakumar</td><td>49,122</td><td>45.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KEC</td><td>V. Surendran Pillai</td><td>43,770</td><td>40.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. K. Sekhar</td><td>11,519</td><td>10.76</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Abdu Razak A.</td><td>807</td><td>0.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Surendran Pillai</td><td>518</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Sivakumar</td><td>485</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>P. S. Gopakumar</td><td>235</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. Sivakumar</td><td>221</td><td>0.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sundaran Pillai</td><td>207</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. Vasantha Kumar</td><td>110</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>George Mankidan</td><td>98</td><td>0.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>5,352</td><td>5.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,07,092</td><td>60.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>