Kerala Assembly Elections: Which Way Will Swing In Thiruvananthapuram?

The Thiruvananthapuram swing is the most hotly debated question as the urban constituency prepares for this year’s assembly elections. The development of the capital city, a perennial bone of contention, will be high on the campaign agenda on all three fronts, with elections scheduled to take place on April 6.

Congress’s VS Sivakumar claimed assembly constituency for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 2011 and 2016. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has strong hopes of upsetting the UDF Appleus this time. Once again, Mr. Shivakumar will face Janadhipati Kerala Congress’s LDF candidate Antony Raju, whom he defeated in 2016. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen actor Krishnakumar as the party’s candidate.

The Thiruvananthapuram assembly constituency, as we know it today, is relatively young. The Vattiyurkavu segments from Thiruvananthapuram North and Thiruvananthapuram West and Thiruvananthapuram East constituencies were shaped which existed after delimitation.

It was from Thiruvananthapuram East that Congressman B. Vijayakumar won in 1991, 1996 and 2001. Thiruvananthapuram North held the CPI (M) ‘s M. in 1987, 1991, 1996 and 2006. Conquered Vijaykumar. Thiruvananthapuram West in 1987 and 1991 and MV Raghavan of CMP in 2001. The three constituencies last saw fighting in their old incarnations in 2006. M. that year Vijayakumar and V. Sivakutty claimed north and east for the CPI (M)), while V in the west. Surendran Pillai won.

In the battle for the new Thiruvananthapuram constituency in 2011, VS Shivakumar of UDF defeated Mr. Surendran Pillai by 5,352 votes. Shri Sivakumar repeated this feat in 2016, this time defeating LDF’s Antony Raju by 10,905 votes.

BJP’s presence

In recent years, the BJP has also tried to increase its influence in the region. BJP’s BK Shekhar finished third in 2011 with 11,519 votes. In 2016, cricketer S. The party’s decision to field Sreesanth drew national attention for the Battle of Thiruvananthapuram. Sreesanth was pushed to the third position, but managed to get 34,764 votes.

The assembly constituency supported the UDF in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Shashi Tharoor secured 57,077 votes in the constituency, while Kummanam Rajasekharan of BJP 42,877 votes and C.D. of LDF. Divakaran, 27,530.

Geographically, the boundaries of the Thiruvananthapuram assembly constituency are Nimom in the south, Vattiyurakavu and Kazakhutam in the north and the Arabian Sea in the west. The constituency is made up of 25 of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation wards, which include the main city areas as well as several coastal wards.

As per the last voter list published on 20 January, the constituency has 2,00,281 voters, including 97,179 males, 1,03,079 females and 23 transgender voters. The number is likely to increase by adding additions to the list of voters once integrated.