Vaikom Assembly constituency
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| Vaikom | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 95 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Vaikom and Vembanadu Kayal.jpg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,64,469 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2016 |
Vaikom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is C. K. Asha of CPI.
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Vaikom Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaikom | Municipality | Vaikom |
| 2 | Chempu | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 3 | Kallara | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 4 | Maravanthuruthu | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 5 | T. V. Puram | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 6 | Thalayazham | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 7 | Thalayolaparambu | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 8 | Udayanapuram | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 9 | Vechoor | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
| 10 | Velloor | Grama panchayat | Vaikom |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. R. Narayanan | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1967 – 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Keshavan | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | P. K. Raghavan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | K. K. Balakrishnan | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1996 – 1998 | |
| 1998* | 10th | P. Narayanan | 1998 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. Ajith | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | C. K. Asha | 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]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Asha | 71,388 | 55.96 | Increase9.01 | |
| INC | P. R. Sona | 42,266 | 33.13 | Increase4.8 | |
| BDJS | Ajitha Sabu | 11,953 | 9.37 | Decrease9.4 | |
| Margin of victory | 29,122 | 22.83 | Increase4.21 | ||
| Turnout | 1,34,132 | 82.01 | Increase0.80 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | Increase4.67 | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Asha | 61,997 | 46.95 | Decrease4.67 | |
| INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 37,413 | 28.83 | Decrease14.08 | |
| BDJS | N. K. Neelakandan | 30,087 | 22.77 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 800 | 0.61 | − | |
| BSP | K. C. Chandrasekharan | 540 | 0.41 | Decrease0.16 | |
| PDP | Subeesh Surendran | 489 | 0.37 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Anila Bose | 420 | 0.32 | Decrease0.02 | |
| CPI(M-L) | K. C. Prakash | 204 | 0.15 | − | |
| Independent | Kuttan Kattachira | 118 | 0.09 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 24,584 | 18.62 | Increase9.91 | ||
| Turnout | 1,32,048 | 81.19 | Increase2.04 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | Increase4.67 | |||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Ajith | 62,603 | 51.62 | ||
| INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 52,035 | 42.91 | − | |
| BJP | Ramesh Kavimattam | 4,512 | 3.72 | − | |
| Independent | K. Sanesh | 691 | 0.57 | − | |
| BSP | P. K. Prakashan | 645 | 0.53 | ||
| SUCI(C) | K .S. Sasikala | 412 | 0.34 | − | |
| Independent | M. K. Dasan | 367 | 0.30 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,568 | 8.71 | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,265 | 79.15 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Vaikom
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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