# Parassala Assembly constituency

Parassala 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. K. Hareendran of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Parassala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Kollayil | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 2 | Kunnathukal | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 3 | Parassala | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 4 | Perumkadavila | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 5 | Vellarada | Grama panchayat | Neyyattinkara |
| 6 | Amboori | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 7 | Aryancode | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 8 | Kallikkad | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| 9 | Ottasekharamangalam | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Name | Party |
| 1957 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress |
| 1960 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Independent |
| 1967 | N. Gamaliel | Indian National Congress |
| 1970 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Indian National Congress |
| 1979* | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1980 | N Sundaran Nadar | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1982 | N Sundaran Nadar | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | M. Sathyaneshan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | N Sundaran Nadar | Independent |
| 2001 | N Sundaran Nadar | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | R. Selvaraj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | A. T. George | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | C. K. Hareendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | C. K. Hareendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |

## Election results

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

### 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | C. K. Hareendran | 78,548 | 48.16 | 3.75 |
| | INC | Ansajitha Russal | 52,720 | 32.33 | 0.33 |
| | BJP | Karamana Jayan | 29,850 | 18.3 | 2.61 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 630 | 0.49 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,828 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,63,090 | | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | C. K. Hareendran | 70,516 | 44.41 | 0.02 |
| | INC | A. T. George | 51,590 | 32.66 | 12.14 |
| | BJP | Karamana Jayan | 33,028 | 20.91 | 13.28 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,566 | 11.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,57,980 | 75.17 | 3.42 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. T. George | 60,578 | 44.80 | |
| | CPI(M) | Anavoor Nagappan | 60,073 | 44.43 | |
| | BJP | S. Suresh | 10,310 | 7.63 | |
| | BSP | J. Sudhakaran | 2,269 | 1.68 | |
| | Independent | T. K. Viswambharan | 1,207 | 0.89 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 505 | 0.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,211 | 71.75 | 6.61 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | R. Selvaraj | 49,297 | 50.37 |
| | INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 44,890 | 45.87 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,407 | 4.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,859 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | N Sundaran Nadar | 55,915 | 53.18 |
| | CPI(M) | R. Selvaraj | 44,365 | 42.18 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,550 | 11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,05,156 | 65.82 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 1996

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | N Sundaran Nadar | 36,297 | 37.9 |
| | CPI(M) | W R Heeba | 31,570 | 33.0 |
| | INC | M R Reghuchandrabal | 19,264 | 20.1 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,727 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,663 | 64.84 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 1991

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | M R Reghuchandrabal | 48,423 | 49.44 |
| | CPI(M) | M Sathyanesan | 40,788 | 41.64 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,635 | 7.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,950 | 70.42 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |