Kayamkulam Assembly constituency
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| Kayamkulam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 108 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Coconut tree orchard.JPG Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,03,308 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kayamkulam State assembly constituency 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Kayamkulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayamkulam | Municipality | Karthikappally |
| 2 | Devikulangara | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 3 | Kandalloor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 4 | Krishnapuram | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 5 | Pathiyoor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 6 | Bharanikkavu | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 7 | Chettikulangara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. O. Aysha Bai | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Kungu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Indian national congress (s)Independent symbol ) | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. R. Gopalakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | G. Sudhakaran | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | C. K. Sadasivan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | U. Prathibha | 2016-2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit | edit source]There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 77,348 | 47.97 | Increase1.44 | |
| INC | Aritha Babu | 71,050 | 44.06 | Increase4.01 | |
| BDJS | Pradeeplal | 11413 | 7.08 | Decrease5.67 | |
| Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 367 | 0.47 | Decrease0.24 | |
| Independent | Rajeev R | 231 | 0.14 | − | |
| Independent | Geevarghese Samuel | 205 | 0.13 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Myna Gopinath | 150 | 0.09 | − | |
| Independent | Sathyanarayanan S | 73 | 0.05 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 6,298 | 3.88 | Decrease2.75 | ||
| Turnout | 16,21,93 | 75.47 | Decrease1.66 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease3.91 | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 72,956 | 46.53 | Decrease1.75 | |
| INC | M. Liju | 61,099 | 38.96 | Decrease8.38 | |
| BDJS | Shaji M. Panicker | 20,000 | 12.75 | Increase10.54 | |
| PDP | Muttam Nazar | 1,125 | 0.72 | − | |
| Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 739 | 0.47 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 458 | 0.29 | − | |
| Independent | G. Veena | 177 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Ajith P. | 159 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Liju M. | 93 | 0.06 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,857 | 7.57 | Increase6.63 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,806 | 77.13 | Increase0.43 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease1.75 | |||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | C. K. Sadasivan | 67,409 | 48.28 | ||
| INC | M. Murali | 66,094 | 47.34 | ||
| BJP | T. O. Noushad | 3,083 | 2.21 | ||
| Independent | K. Sadasivan | 744 | 0.53 | − | |
| Independent | Murali | 704 | 0.50 | − | |
| BSP | Ambujan | 602 | 0.43 | − | |
| Independent | Shal Mohan | 585 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | Kalesh Manimandiram | 405 | 0.29 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,315 | 0.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,626 | 76.70 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Kayamkulam
- Alappuzha district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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