# Attingal Assembly constituency

Attingal State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is O S Ambika of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Attingal Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Attingal | Municipality | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Karavaram | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Kilimanoor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Nagaroor | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pazhayakunnummel | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Pulimath | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Vakkom | Grama panchayat | Chirayinkeezhu |
| Cherunniyoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Manamboor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| Ottoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1957 | R. Prakasam | Communist Party of India |
| 1960 | N. Kunjuraman | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | K. P. K. Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1970 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1982 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Independent |
| 1985* | P. Vijayadas | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 1987 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | T. Sarath Chandra Prasad | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Vakkom Purushothaman | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Anathalavattom Anandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | B. Satyan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | B. Satyan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | O. S. Ambika | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,02,123 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | O. S. Ambika | 69,898 | 47.35 | 5.36 |
| | BJP | P. Sudheer | 38,262 | 25.92 | 5.94 |
| | RSP | A. Sreedharan | 36,938 | 25.02 | 1.55 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,071 | 0.72 | |
| | BSP | Vipinlal Vidhyadharan | 927 | 0.63 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Ambili | 191 | 0.13 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,636 | 21.43 | 7.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,47,626 | 73.04 | 3.51 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 5.36 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,98,678 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 72,808 | 52.71 | 2.73 |
| | RSP | K. Chandrababu | 32,425 | 23.47 | |
| | BJP | Raji Prasad | 27,602 | 19.98 | 15.75 |
| | SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 1,437 | 1.04 | 0.32 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,267 | 0.92 | |
| | BSP | K. Sivanandan | 789 | 0.57 | 0.51 |
| | Independent | Rajesh R. | 639 | 0.46 | |
| | SS | B. Jayanthakumar | 597 | 0.43 | |
| | Independent | C. R. Thulasi | 411 | 0.30 | |
| | Independent | Pratheeshkumar P. | 162 | 0.12 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 40,383 | 29.24 | 3.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,38,137 | 69.53 | 2.76 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.73 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,71,684 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | B. Satyan | 63,558 | 55.44 |
| | INC | Thankamony Divakaran | 33,493 | 29.22 |
| | Independent | Attingal Suresh | 7,857 | 6.85 |
| | BJP | P. P. Vava | 4,844 | 4.23 |
| | Independent | V. V. Selvaraj | 1,713 | 1.49 |
| | SDPI | K. G. Soman | 1,561 | 1.36 |
| | BSP | M. Chinamma | 1,235 | 1.08 |
| | Independent | G. Anirudhan | 377 | 0.33 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 30,065 | 26.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,14,638 | 66.77 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,912 | 53.75 |
| | INC | C Mohanachandran | 31,704 | 39.71 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,208 | 14.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,836 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 51,139 | 53.68 |
| | CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 40,323 | 42.33 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,816 | 11.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,259 | 69.75 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 42,161 | 48.69 |
| | INC | Vakkom Purushothaman | 41,145 | 47.52 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,016 | 1.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,592 | 69.98 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | T Saratchandra Prasad | 41,964 | 48.6 |
| | CPI(M) | Anathalavattom Anandan | 41,527 | 48.1 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 437 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,343 | 67.33 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 1965

1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Attingal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | K.Anirudhan | 25,598 | 47.75% |
| | INC | R.Sankar | 23,515 | 43.87% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,083 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |