Nemom (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nemom Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of 140 constituencies of Kerala Legislative Assembly. It comes under Thiruvananthapuram district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Part
1957 A. Sadasivan Communist Party of India
1960 Viswambaran Praja Socialist Party
1965 M. Sadasivan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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 Indian National Congress (I)
1982 K. Karunakaran Indian National Congress
1987 V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 V. J. Thankappan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 P. Bhaskaran Venganoor Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001 N. Sakthan Indian National Congress
2006 N. Sakthan Indian National Congress
2011 V. Sivankutty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016 O. Rajagopal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2016 results

Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016: Nemom
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 [1] 13,860 9.70 -7.68
AKTP A. Noushad 406 0.28 N/A
Independent B. Shamlaja Beevi 330 0.23 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 884 0.62 N/A
Majority 8,671 6.07 +0.57
Turnout 1,42,882 74.24 +6.72
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing +4.47

2011 results

Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2011: Nemom
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI(M) V. Sivankutty 50,076 42.99
BJP O. Rajagopal 43,661 37.49
SJ(D) Charupara Ravi 20,248 17.38
Independent Jain Wilson 964 0.83
BSP O. Maheen 667 0.57
Independent Thiruvallam Sreekantan 338 0.29
DPSP J. Vikraman 303 0.26
Independent Ramachandran 217 0.19
Majority 6,415 5.50
Turnout 1,16,474 67.52
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

References

  1. The SJ(D) party merged with the JD(U) in 2015

http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/nemom.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/19/o-rajagopal-first-bjp-kerala_n_10044072.html

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kerala-election-2016-is-this-the-last-chance-for-bjp-s-o-rajagopal-2205461

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Tz5jlG9EiZzZ58UNfpk9JJ/O-Rajagopal-BJPs-first-Kerala-MLA-looks-to-change-old-noti.html

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