Nedumangad Assembly constituency

Nedumangad 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 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is G. R. Anil, the current minister for food and civil supplies, Government of Kerala of CPI.

Nedumangad
Constituency No. 130 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Koyikkal Palace at Nedumangad
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	2,04,198 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. R. Anil
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Nedumangad	Municipality	Nedumangad
2	Manikkal	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
3	Karakulam	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
4	Vembayam	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
5	Andoorkonam	Grama panchayat	Thiruvananthapuram
6	Pothencode	Grama panchayat	Thiruvananthapuram

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Name	Party
1957	K. Neelakantaru Pandarathil		Communist Party of India
1960
1967	K. G. Kunjukrishna Pillai
1970
1977	Kaniapuram Ramachandaran
1980	K. V. Surendranath
1982
1987
1991	Palode Ravi		Indian National Congress
1996
2001	Mankode Radhakrishnan		Communist Party of India
2006
2011	Palode Ravi		Indian National Congress
2016	C. Divakaran		Communist Party of India
2021	G. R. Anil

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

Election results

2016

There were 2,04,198 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. Divakaran	57,745	38.16	5.68
	INC	Palode Ravi	54,124	35.76	12.11
	BJP	V. V. Rajesh	35,139	23.22	18.44
	SDPI	Abdul Salam A.	1,039	0.69	0.27
	BSP	Bipin M. I.	910	0.60	0.01
	NOTA	None of the above	807	0.53
	PDP	Andoorkonam Sulfi	503	0.33
	Independent	Shibu G.	318	0.21
	SS	Peringammala Aji	251	0.17
	Independent	Soman C.	217	0.14
	Independent	Divakaran Pani	143	0.09
	Independent	Pariyaram Raveendran	80	0.05
	Independent	Raveendran Nair	63	0.04
Margin of victory			3,621	2.40
Turnout			1,51,339	74.11	3.06
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,75,795 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	59,789	47.87
	CPI	P. Ramachandran Nair	54,759	43.84
	BJP	Anjana K. S.	1,255	4.78
	Independent	Andoorkonam Sulfi	1,255	1.00
	SDPI	Noorjahan A.	1,200	0.96
	BSP	Idamma N.	731	0.59
	Independent	Vazhode Ravi	346	0.28
	Independent	Biju A.	342	0.27
	Independent	Anand G. Ramachandran Nair	277	0.22
	Independent	Saji	237	0.19
Margin of victory			5,030	4.03
Turnout			1,24,907	71.05
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	58,674	47.80
	INC	Palode Ravi	58,589	47.73
	BJP	Paruthippally Sreekumar	2,970	2.41
Margin of victory			85	0.07
Turnout			1,22,735
	CPI hold		Swing

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	62,270	47.84
	INC	Palode Ravi	62,114	47.72
	BJP	R Subramanian Potty	4,762	3.66
Margin of victory			156	0.12
Turnout			1,30,173	71.48
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	57,220	49.32
	CPI	Mankode Radhakrishnan	52,956	45.64
	BJP	V Somasekharan Nair	3,960	3.41
Margin of victory			4,264	3.68
Turnout			1,16,020	71.83
	INC hold		Swing

1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Nedumangad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Palode Ravi	54,678	48.59
	CPI	K Govinda Pillai	53,739	47.75
	BJP	M Somasekharan Nair	3,873	3.44
Margin of victory			939	0.84
Turnout			1,12,537	73.65
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

See also

• Nedumangad
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election