Attingal Lok Sabha constituency

Attingal Lok Sabha constituency 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]

Attingal KL-19
Lok Sabha constituency
Attingal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Varkala Attingal Chirayinkeezhu Nedumangad Vamanapuram Aruvikkara Kattakkada
Established	2009
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Adoor Prakash
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
127	Varkala	Thiruvananthapuram	V. Joy		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
128	Attingal (SC)		O. S. Ambika		CPI(M)		BJP
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)		V. Sasi		CPI		INC
130	Nedumangad		G. R. Anil		CPI		INC
131	Vamanapuram		D. K. Murali		CPI(M)		INC
136	Aruvikkara		G. Steephen		CPI(M)		INC
138	Kattakkada		I. B. Sathish		CPI(M)		BJP

Members of Parliament

As Chirayinkil

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
Travancore-Cochin
1952	1st	V. Parameswaran Nayar		United Front of Leftists	1952-1967
After the Formation of Kerala
1957	2nd	M. K. Kumaran		Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd				1962-1967
1967	4th	K. Anirudhan		Communist Party of India	1967-1971
1971	5th	Vayalar Ravi		Indian National Congress	1971-1977
1977	6th				1977-1980
1980	7th	A.A. Rahim		Indian National Congress (I)	1980-1984
1984	8th	Thalekunnil Basheer			1984-1989
1989	9th				1989-1991
1991	10th	Susheela Gopalan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1991-1996
1996	11th	A. Sampath			1996-1998
1998	12th	Varkala Radhakrishnan			1998-1999
1999	13th				1999-2004
2004	14th				2004-2009

As Attingal

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2009	15th	A. Sampath		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2009-2014
2014	16th				2014-2019
2019	17th	Adoor Prakash		Indian National Congress	2019-2024
2024	18th				Incumbent

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			33.29%
2019			38.34%
2014			45.67%
2009			45.37%
2004			46.90%
1999			44.80%
1998			46.20%
1996			48.53%
1991			47.86%
1989			48.16%
1984			50.67%
1980			48.01%
1977			57.33%
1971			57.54%
1967			52.38%
1962			55.45%
1957			52.54%

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Attingal^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adoor Prakash	328,051	33.29	−5.05
	CPI(M)	V. Joy	327,367	33.22	−1.28
	BJP	V. Muraleedharan	311,779	31.64	+6.67
	NOTA	None of the above	9,791	1.01	+0.44
Majority			684	0.07	−3.77
Turnout			986,917	70.44	−4.04
	INC hold		Swing	-5.05

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adoor Prakash	380,995	38.34	−0.75
	CPI(M)	Dr. Anirudhan Sampath	3,42,748	34.50	−11.18
	BJP	Sobha Surendran	2,48,081	24.97	+14.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,685	0.57	−0.23
	Independent	Sunil Soman	5,433	0.55
	SDPI	Ajamal Ismail	5,429	0.55	−0.76
Margin of victory			38,247	3.85	−4.22
Turnout			9,93,614	74.48	4.89
Registered electors			13,50,710		7.94
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-7.33

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anirudhan Sampath	392,478	45.67	0.30
	INC	Bindhu Krishna	3,23,100	37.60	−5.23
	BJP	S. Girija Kumari	90,528	10.53	3.95
	SDPI	M. K. Manoj Kumar	11,225	1.31
	BSP	K. S. Anil Kumar	8,586	1.00	−1.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,924	0.81
	SS	Vakkom G. Ajith	5,511	0.64
	WPOI	Priya Sunil	4,862	0.57
	Independent	K. S. Hariharan	4,064	0.47
	Independent	Sunil Krishnan	3,850	0.45
Margin of victory			69,378	8.07	5.54
Turnout			8,59,350	68.67	2.42
Registered electors			12,51,398		14.66
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.30

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anirudhan Sampath	328,036	45.37
	INC	Prof. G. Balachandran	3,09,695	42.83
	BJP	Thottakkadu Sasi	47,620	6.59
	BSP	J. Sudhakaran	15,558	2.15
	Independent	Sajimon	5,217	0.72
	SS	Sreenath	4,968	0.69
	Independent	M. Saifudeen	4,228	0.58
Margin of victory			18,341	2.54
Turnout			7,23,045	66.26
Registered electors			10,91,432
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Varkala Radhakrishnan	313,615	46.9
	INC	M.I. Shanavas	262,870	39.3
	BJP	Padmakumar	71,982	10.8
Margin of victory			50,745	7.6
Turnout			6,68,280	65.5
Registered electors			10,20,604
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Varkala Radhakrishnan	309,304	44.8
	INC	M.I. Shanavas	306,176	44.3
	BJP	Padmakumar	63,889	9.2
Margin of victory			3,128	0.5
Turnout			6,91,113	63.0
Registered electors			10,96,417
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Varkala Radhakrishnan	321,479	46.2
	INC	M.M. Hassan	313,937	45.1
	BJP	T.M. Viswambharan	47,249	6.8
Margin of victory			7,542	1.1
Turnout			6,95,722	65.68
Registered electors			10,56,903
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anirudhan Sampath	330,079	48.53	0.67
	INC	Thalekunnil Basheer	2,81,996	41.46	−6.24
	BJP	R. Radhakrishnan Unnithan	30,348	4.46	1.55
	PDP	Pulipara Biju	11,963	1.76
	Independent	Suseela Rajan	7,807	1.15
	Independent	Devadathan	3,298	0.48
	Independent	Sebastian	3,290	0.48
Margin of victory			48,083	7.07	6.91
Turnout			6,80,181	67.22	−2.51
Registered electors			10,35,445		3.20
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.67

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susheela Gopalan	331,518	47.86	0.41
	INC	Thalekunnil Basheer	3,30,412	47.70	−0.46
	BJP	K. K. R. Kumar	20,159	2.91	−0.27
Margin of victory			1,106	0.16	−0.55
Turnout			6,92,666	69.73	−4.48
Registered electors			10,03,307		1.95
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.30

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thalekunnil Basheer	349,068	48.16	−2.51
	CPI(M)	Susheela Gopalan	3,43,938	47.45	2.77
	BJP	V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair	23,049	3.18
	JP	D. Sanjeev	3,500	0.48
Margin of victory			5,130	0.71	−5.28
Turnout			7,24,825	74.21	1.24
Registered electors			9,84,118		35.16
	INC hold		Swing	-2.51

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Thalekunnil Basheer	266,230	50.67
	CPI(M)	K. Sudhakaran	2,34,765	44.68
	Independent	Vattappara Das	10,870	2.07
	Independent	Bharathanoor Das	2,989	0.57
	Independent	Basheer	2,765	0.53
	Independent	Pattom Jayachandran	2,567	0.49
Margin of victory			31,465	5.99	4.42
Turnout			5,25,386	72.97	13.85
Registered electors			7,28,111		10.20
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	2.66

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	A. A. Rahim	185,596	48.01
	INC(U)	Vayalar Ravi	1,79,533	46.45
	Independent	K. P. Vijayan	14,345	3.71
	Independent	Sreenivasan	4,156	1.08
	Independent	Varkala Balam	2,915	0.75
Margin of victory			6,063	1.57	−13.09
Turnout			3,86,545	59.12	−16.34
Registered electors			6,60,715		17.14
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	-9.32

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vayalar Ravi	238,253	57.33	−0.21
	CPI(M)	K. Anirudhan	1,77,328	42.67	0.67
Margin of victory			60,925	14.66	−0.88
Turnout			4,15,581	75.46	11.79
Registered electors			5,64,054		12.20
	INC hold		Swing	-0.21

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vayalar Ravi	182,431	57.54	14.95
	CPI(M)	V. Radhakrishnan	1,33,159	42.00	−10.38
	Independent	V. Sudevan	1,463	0.46
Margin of victory			49,272	15.54	5.75
Turnout			3,17,053	63.67	−11.80
Registered electors			5,02,730		22.38
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.16

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Anirudhan	157,040	52.38
	INC	R. Sankar	1,27,697	42.59	−1.95
	PSP	M. A. Sastry	15,072	5.03
Margin of victory			29,343	9.79	−1.12
Turnout			2,99,809	75.47	4.16
Registered electors			4,10,807		−6.03
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	-3.07

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. K. Kumaran	168,927	55.45	2.91
	INC	Shahul Hameed	1,35,708	44.55	26.53
Margin of victory			33,219	10.90	−23.62
Turnout			3,04,635	71.31	2.71
Registered electors			4,37,189		11.82
	CPI hold		Swing	2.91

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election : Attingal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. K. Kumaran	140,930	52.54
	INC	Madhavan	48,329	18.02
	PSP	Ahmed Hussain	43,261	16.13
	RSP	Balakrishnan	35,702	13.31
Margin of victory			92,601	34.52
Turnout			2,68,222	68.60
Registered electors			3,90,978
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

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