| Type: | LS |
| Thiruvananthapuram | |
| Established: | 1957 |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Incumbent Image: | Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg |
| Mp: | Shashi Tharoor |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | Kerala |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | (2019)[1] |
| Assembly Cons: | Kazhakootam Vattiyoorkavu Thiruvananthapuram Nemom Parassala Kovalam Neyyattinkara |
Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala, India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala State.
The incumbent MP of this constituency is Dr. Shashi Tharoor of the Indian National Congress, who has been elected consecutively on 4 occasions- 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024. He is also the longest serving Member of Parliament representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.
As per the electoral roll for 2024 polls, the total electorate is of 14,03,281 people including 7,27,469 women, 6,75,771 men and 41 transgenders.[2] Out of total electorate, 26% is rural and 74% is urban. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) is 9.82% and 0.45%, respectively of total electorate. As per Census 2011 estimates the Thiruvananthapuram district has 66.46% Hindus, 19.10% Christians and 13.72% Muslims.[3] [4] The constituency also has highest proportion of Nadars and Converted Christians in Kerala.[5]
As per the voter list published by the Election commission for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were 13,34,665 voters in the electorate and 1077 polling stations in this constituency.[6] The voter turnout for the 2019 Lok Sabha election was 73.45% where as it was 68.63% and 65.74% in the 2014 and 2009 elections respectively.[7]
Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[8]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[10]
Legislative Assembly Wise Results
| No. | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | 50,444 | 40.56% | 39,602 | 31.84% | 34,382 | 26.81% | 10,842 | ||||||||
| 133 | 53,025 | 42.02% | 44,863 | 35.52% | 28,336 | 22.45% | 8,162 | ||||||||
| 134 | 48,296 | 40.58% | 43,755 | 36.78% | 27,076 | 22.71% | 4,541 | ||||||||
| 135 | 61,227 | 45.80% | 39,101 | 29.26% | 33,322 | 24.94% | 22,126 | ||||||||
| 137 | 59,026 | 38.93% | 46,654 | 30.77% | 45,957 | 30.30% | 13,069 | ||||||||
| 139 | 64,042 | 42.54% | 47,376 | 31.48% | 39,137 | 26.00% | 16,666 | ||||||||
| 140 | 58,749 | 45.09% | 36,136 | 27.68% | 35,526 | 27.23% | 22,613 |
There were 1,334,665 registered voters in Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election.[6] The Constituency recorded a polling percentage of 73.45% of the total electorate.[11]
| No. | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | NOTA | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 46964 | 35.50% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 45479 | 34.38% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 37688 | 28.49% | 648 | 1385 | |
| 133 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 53545 | 39.46% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 50709 | 37.37% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 29414 | 21.67% | 690 | 2836 | |
| 134 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 57077 | 43.98% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42877 | 33.08% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 27530 | 21.23% | 647 | 14200 | |
| 135 | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 58513 | 41.40% | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 46472 | 32.88% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 33921 | 24.00% | 748 | 12041 | |
| 137 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 69944 | 42.57% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 47942 | 29.18% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 42887 | 26.10% | 621 | 27057 | |
| 139 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 73221 | 45.65% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 42050 | 26.22% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 41092 | 25.62% | 616 | 32129 | |
| 140 | Shashi Tharoor | INC | 66834 | 47.71% | C. Divakaran | CPI | 37925 | 27.07% | Kummanam Rajasekharan | BJP | 32368 | 23.11% | 583 | 34466 | |
| No. | Assembly | 1st Position | Party | Votes | % | 2nd Position | Party | Votes | % | 3rd Position | Party | Votes | % | NOTA | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | 41829 | 37.1% | 34220 | 30.4% | 31799 | 28.2% | 483 | 7609 | |||||||
| 133 | 43589 | 37.1% | 40663 | 34.6% | 27504 | 23.4% | 716 | 2926 | |||||||
| 134 | 40835 | 36.0% | 39027 | 34.4% | 27385 | 24.1% | 578 | 1808 | |||||||
| 135 | 50685 | 42.1% | 32639 | 27.1% | 31643 | 26.3% | 523 | 18046 | |||||||
| 137 | 50360 | 34.8% | 47953 | 33.2% | 39753 | 27.5% | 357 | 10607 | |||||||
| 139 | 51401 | 37.7% | 42112 | 30.9% | 36169 | 26.5% | 347 | 15232 | |||||||
| 140 | 48009 | 39.3% | 39806 | 32.6% | 28958 | 23.7% | 336 | 19051 | |||||||