Kerala · PC 20

Thiruvananthapuram

Name: Thiruvananthapuram
Address: Kerala, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1971

← Lok Sabha General Election 1971 · Kerala

533,641

Electors

316,793

Votes polled

59.36%

Turnout

24,127

Margin

Winner

V. K. Krishna Menon

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	V. K. Krishna Menon Won Male	IND	167,872	52.99%
2	D. Damodaran Potti Male	PSP	143,745	45.38%
3	George Kunjipalu Male	IND	2,430	0.77%
4	P. Kunjan Male	IND	1,946	0.61%
5	S. R. Chandran Male	IND	800	0.25%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Shashi Tharoor Male INC	37.14%	Rajeev Chandrasekhar Male BJP	35.47%
2019	Dr. Shashi Tharoor Male INC	41.15%	Kummanam Rajasekharan Male BJP	31.26%
2014	Dr. Shashi Tharoor Male INC	34.10%	O Rajagopal Male BJP	32.32%
2009	Shashi Tharoor Male INC	44.29%	Adv. P Ramachandran Nair CPI	30.74%
2004	P. K. Vasudevan Nair Male CPI	37.45%	V S Sivakumar Male INC	30.30%
1999	Advocate V.S. Sivakumar Male INC	38.15%	Kaniyapuram Ramachandran Male CPI	36.23%
1998	K. Karunakaran Male INC	44.35%	K.V. Surendra Nath Male CPI	42.33%
1996	K.V.Surendranath Male CPI	44.38%	A.Charles Male INC	41.43%
1991	A. Charles Male INC	46.99%	E.J. Vijayamma (w) Female CPI	40.85%
1989	A. Charles Male INC	49.02%	O. N. V. Kurup Male IND	42.23%
1984	A. Charles Male INC	43.00%	A. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar Male LKD	33.41%
1980	A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar Male INC(I)	60.90%	M. N. Govindan Nair Male CPI	37.09%
1977	M. N. Govindan Nair Male CPI	56.34%	P. Viswambharan Male BLD	40.23%
1971	V. K. Krishna Menon Male IND	52.99%	D. Damodaran Potti Male PSP	45.38%
1967	P. Viswambharan Male SSP	49.21%	G.C. Pillai Male INC	47.77%
1957	Easwara Iyer IND	41.99%	Thanu Pillai A PSP	38.21%