Parassala Assembly constituency

Parassala is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in 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 Assembly 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		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		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		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

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party	Candidate	Votes
	INC	Neyyatinkara Sanal
	CPI(M)	C. K. Hareendran
	NDA	Adv. Gireesh Neyyar
	AAP	Deepumon N
	BSP	Adv. Dhanuvachapuram Thankachan
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
		Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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	25,828
Turnout	1,63,090
	CPI(M) hold	Swing

2016

There were 2,10,162 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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	18,566	11.75
Turnout	1,57,980	75.17	3.42
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing

2011

There were 1,88,442 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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	505	0.37
Turnout	1,35,211	71.75	6.61
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing

2006

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

2001

There were 1,59,833 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

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

1996

There were 1,53,135 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
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	4,727	4.9
Turnout	95,663	64.84
	Independent gain from INC	Swing

1991

There were 1,41,743 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M R Reghuchandrabal	48,423	49.44
	CPI(M)	M Sathyanesan	40,788	41.64
	BJP	Premkumar	7,934	8.10
Margin of victory	7,635	7.80
Turnout	97,950	70.42
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing

1987

There were 1,19,240 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M Sathyanesan	41,754	46.09
	INC	N Sundaran Nadar	35,062	38.70
	BJP	P Sukumaran	12,222	13.49
Margin of victory	6,692	7.39
Turnout	90,592	76.48
	CPI(M) gain from INC	Swing

1982

There were 95,560 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N Sundaran Nadar	34,503	52.05
	CPI(M)	V J Thankappan	31,782	47.95
Margin of victory	2,721	4.10
Turnout	66,285	69.89
	INC hold	Swing

1980

There were 94,757 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.

1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Parassala
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N Sundaran Nadar	40,680	60.90
	CPI(M)	M Sathynesan	26,121	39.10
Margin of victory	14,559	21.80
Turnout	66,801	70.81
	INC gain from CPI(M)	Swing