Thiruvananthapuram:There are 140 constituencies in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, including the Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency. In the Kerala Legislative Assembly, it is constituency number 133. The constituency is a general seat that is not designated for members of Scheduled Tribes (STs) or Scheduled Castes (SCs). The state's major political parties are the Congress, the LDF, the UDF, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The district of Thiruvananthapuram includes the important Kerala legislative assembly constituency of Vattiyoorkavu. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the seat in the 2021 assembly elections. By a margin of 21515 votes, V. V. Rajesh of the Bharatiya Janata Party lost to Vk Prasanth of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
VattiyoorkavuProfile of Constituency DemographicsThe Vattiyoorkavu constituency had 207732 voters in the 2021 Assembly Elections, according to data from the Election Commission. Of these voters, 108713 were women and 99011 were men in Vattiyoorkavu. Eight voters were of the third gender. In this constituency, 4538 postal votes were cast. In 2021, there were 425 service voters in Vattiyoorkavu (386 men and 39 women).
There were 194232 voters in the Vattiyoorkavu constituency overall in 2016. Of these, 101588 were female voters and 92644 were male voters. The third gender did not have any voters. In the constituency, 1440 postal votes were cast. In 2016, there were 895 service voters in Vattiyoorkavu (631 men and 264 women).
Vattiyoorkavu 2025 Assembly Election: Date of PollingThe schedule has not yet been made public by the Election Commission.
Vattiyoorkavu2025 Assembly Election: Date of ResultsThe schedule has not yet been made public by the Election Commission.
VattiyoorkavuCandidates for the 2025 Assembly ElectionCandidates have not yet been announced by political parties.
VattiyoorkavuWinners of Constituencies in 2021 and 2016 (Parties and Candidates)Adv VK Prasanth, a CPI-M candidate, won the Vattiyoorkavu seat in the 2021 Kerala Assembly Elections by a margin of 21515 votes (15.65%). With 61111 votes, he had a 44.04% vote share. With a vote share of 28.77%, he defeated Adv VV Rajesh, a BJP candidate who received 39596 votes. With 35455 votes (25.76%), Adv Veena S. Nair, a candidate for Congress, came in third.
K Muraleedharan, a Congress candidate, won the Vattiyoorkavu seat in the 2016 Kerala Assembly Elections by a margin of 7622 votes (5.56%). With 51322 votes, he had a 37.43% vote share. Kummanam Rajasekharan, a BJP candidate, came in second with 43700 votes (31.87%). Third place went to CPM candidate DR TN SEEMA, who received 40441 votes (29.50%).
VattiyoorkavuPast Winners by Assembly ConstituencyK Muraleedharan (INC) in 2016
K Muraleedharan (INC) in 2011
VattiyoorkavuVoter ParticipationThere were 137636 (66%) valid votes cast in the Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency in 2021. This Assembly constituency received 137108 (70.23%) valid votes in total in 2016.