Nemom Assembly constituency
| Nemom | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 135 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Nemom In Trivandrum District | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,71,178 (2026) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Nemom 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.[1] Since 2026, the constituency has been represented by Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Nemom is composed of 22 wards of the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.
The wards are:[2]
- Thirumala
- Thirikkannapuram
- Punnakkamugal
- Poojappura
- Mudavanmugal
- Estate
- Nemom
- Ponnumangalam
- Melamcode
- Pappanamcode
- Karamana
- Nedumcaud
- Kaladi
- Karumom
- Punchakkari
- Poonkulam
- Vellar
- Thiruvallam
- Ambalathara
- Attukal
- Kalippankulam
- Kamaleswaram
After The 2008 Delimitation,Major Parts Of Previous Trivandrum East Assembly Was Added To Nemom
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Nemom Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
| Election | Name | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | M. Sadasivan | Communist Party of India | |
| 1960 | P. Viswambharan | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | M. Sadasivan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1970 | G. Kuttapan | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | S. Varadarajan Nair | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | E. Ramesan Nair | ||
| 1982 | K. Karunakaran | ||
| 1987 | V. J. Thankappan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Venganoor P. Bhaskaran[4] | ||
| 2001 | N. Sakthan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| Delimitation and Major boundary changes | |||
| 2011 | V. Sivankutty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2016 | O. Rajagopal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021 | V. Sivankutty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2026 | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
[edit]There were 1,71,178 registered voters in Nemom Assembly constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election as per SIR2026.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | 57,192 | 40.75 |  5.21
| |
| CPI(M) | V. Sivankutty | 52,214 | 37.20 |  1.04
| |
| INC | K. S. Sabarinadhan | 29,730 | 21.18 | 3.83
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 604 | 0.43 | 0.09
| |
| Margin of victory | 4,978 | 3.55 | 0.84
| ||
| Turnout | 1,40,355 | 80.62 | 9.13
| ||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 5.21
|
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2021
[edit]There were 2,04,718 registered voters in Nemom Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Sivankutty | 55,837 | 38.24 | 3.15
| |
| BJP | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 51,888 | 35.54 | 11.92
| |
| INC | K. Muraleedharan | 36,524 | 25.01 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 756 | 0.52 | 0.09
| |
| BSP | D. Vijayan | 356 | 0.24 | – | |
| Independent | Jain Wilson | 165 | 0.11 | – | |
| Majority | 3,949 | 2.71 | 3.36
| ||
| Turnout | 1,46,354 | 71.49 | 2.75
| ||
| CPI(M) gain from BJP | Swing | 3.15
|
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2016
[edit]There were 1,92,459 registered voters in Nemom Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 67,813 | 47.46 | 9.97
| |
| CPI(M) | V. Sivankutty | 59,142 | 41.39 | 1.60
| |
| JD(U) | V. Surendran Pillai | 13,860 | 9.70 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 884 | 0.62 | – | |
| Majority | 8,671 | 6.07 | 0.57
| ||
| Turnout | 1,42,882 | 74.24 | 6.72
| ||
| BJP gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 9.97
|
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2011
[edit]This was the first election held after the 2008 delimitation. The boundaries of the constituency's boundaries were redrawn, and it now includes most parts of the former Thiruvananthapuram East consistuency. Major Parts Of Previous Nemam Constituency Was Added To Newly Formed Kattakada.There were 1,72,493 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Sivankutty | 50,076 | 42.99 | 1.20
| |
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 43,661 | 37.49 | 31.90
| |
| SJ(D) | Charupara Ravi | 20,248 | 17.38 | – | |
| Majority | 6,415 | 5.50 | 3.46
| ||
| Turnout | 1,16,474 | 67.52 | 0.65
| ||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
2006
[edit]There were 1,79,417 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Sakthan | 60,884 | 50.74 | ||
| CPI(M) | Venganoor P Bhaskaran | 50,135 | 41.79 | ||
| BJP | Malayinkeezhu Radhakrishnan | 6,705 | 5.59 | ||
| Majority | 10,749 | 8.96 | |||
| Turnout | 1,19,982 | 66.87 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2001
[edit]There were 1,80,006 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. Sakthan | 56,648 | 46.35 | ||
| CPI(M) | Venganoor P Bhaskaran | 47,291 | 38.69 | ||
| BJP | M S Kumar | 16,872 | 13.81 | ||
| Majority | 9,357 | 7.66 | |||
| Turnout | 1,22,215 | 67.91 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1996
[edit]There were 1,68,220 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Venganoor P Bhaskaran | 51,139 | 46.43 | ||
| INC | K Mohankumar | 47,543 | 43.16 | ||
| BJP | Madavoor Suresh | 9,011 | 8.18 | ||
| Majority | 3,596 | 3.27 | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,143 | 67.02 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1991
[edit]There were 1,51,817 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V J Thankappan | 47,063 | 44.12 | ||
| CMP | Stanly Sathyanesan | 40,201 | 37.69 | ||
| BJP | P Asok Kumar | 17,072 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 6,862 | 6.43 | |||
| Turnout | 1,06,674 | 72.52 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]- Nemom
- Thiruvananthapuram district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala". trivandrum.nic.in.
- ^ State Election Commission, Kerala (14 December 2025). [trend.kerala.nic.in "LSG Election Results 2025"].
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Nemom". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m091.htm
- ^ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.