Kayamkulam Assembly constituency

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Kayamkulam
Constituency No. 108 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency Alappuzha
Established1957
Total electors2,03,308 (2016)
ReservationNone
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).

Contents

Local self governed segments

Kayamkulam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kayamkulam Municipality Karthikappally
2DevikulangaraGrama 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

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
1957 1st K. O. Aysha Bai Communist Party of India 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdP. K. Kungu Samyukta Socialist Party 1967 – 1970
1970 4thThundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai Indian National Congress 1970 – 1977
1977 5th1977 – 1980
1980 6th Thachadi Prabhakaran Indian National Congress 1980 – 1982
1982 7thIndian national congress (s)Independent symbol )1982 – 1987
1987 8thM. R. Gopalakrishnan Communist Party of India 1987 – 1991
1991 9thThachadi 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 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th U. Prathibha 2016-2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) U. Pratibha 77,348 47.97 Increase2.svg1.44
INC Aritha Babu71,05044.06Increase2.svg4.01
BDJS Pradeeplal114137.08Decrease2.svg5.67
Independent Maniyappan Achari3670.47Decrease2.svg0.24
Independent Rajeev R2310.14
Independent Geevarghese Samuel2050.13
SUCI(C) Myna Gopinath1500.09
Independent Sathyanarayanan S730.05
Margin of victory6,2983.88Decrease2.svg2.75
Turnout 16,21,9375.47Decrease2.svg1.66
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.91

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) U. Pratibha72,95646.53Decrease2.svg1.75
INC M. Liju61,09938.96Decrease2.svg8.38
BDJS Shaji M. Panicker20,00012.75Increase2.svg10.54
PDP Muttam Nazar1,1250.72
Independent Maniyappan Achari7390.47
NOTA None of the above4580.29
Independent G. Veena1770.11
Independent Ajith P.1590.10
Independent Liju M.930.06
Margin of victory11,8577.57Increase2.svg6.63
Turnout 1,56,80677.13Increase2.svg0.43
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.75

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) C. K. Sadasivan67,40948.28
INC M. Murali66,09447.34
BJP T. O. Noushad3,0832.21
Independent K. Sadasivan7440.53
Independent Murali7040.50
BSP Ambujan6020.43
Independent Shal Mohan5850.42
Independent Kalesh Manimandiram4050.29
Margin of victory1,3150.94
Turnout 1,39,62676.70
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.