Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

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Kazhakootam
Constituency No. 132 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established1965
Total electors1,81,771 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Kazhakootam 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).

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Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency: [2]

ElectionNameParty
1965N. Lakshmanan Indian National Congress
1967 M. H. Sahib Indian Union Muslim League
1970 P. Neelakandan Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Thalekunnil Basheer Indian National Congress
1977 A. K. Antony
1980 M. M. Hassan Indian National Congress (Urs)
1982 Independent
1987 Nabeesa Ummal
1991 M. V. Raghavan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 Kadakampally Surendran Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001 M. A. Vaheed Independent politician
2006 Indian National Congress
2011
2016 Kadakampally Surendran Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Kadakampally Surendran 63,690 46.04 Increase2.svg9.48
BJP Shobha Surendran 40,19329.06Decrease2.svg2.84
INC S.S Lal33,99523.85Decrease2.svg4.97
NOTA None of the above6680.48
BSP Kochumani18990.27Increase2.svg1.12
Independent V. Sasikumaran Nair1990.09
Independent Lalumon220.08
Independent Syamlal210.06
Independent Adv. Sen A. G.200.05
Margin of victory23,49717.0
Turnout 420
CPI(M) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Kadakampally Surendran 50,07937.38Decrease2.svg7.00
BJP V. Muraleedharan 42,73231.90Increase2.svg25.04
INC M. A. Vaheed 38,60228.82Decrease2.svg17.56
NOTA None of the above8220.61
BSP Kochumani4960.37Decrease2.svg0.25
Independent N. A. Vahid4120.31
Independent Aneesh3700.28
Independent Surendran Pillai1080.08
Independent Manimekhala840.06Decrease2.svg0.15
Independent Sasikala830.06
Independent Murukan A.590.04
Independent Muraleedharan580.04
Independent Prasad P.540.04
Margin of victory7,3475.48
Turnout 1,33,95973.70Increase2.svg6.61
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2011

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. A. Vaheed50,78746.38
CPI(M) C. Ajayakumar48,59144.38
BJP Padmakumar7,5086.86
Independent M. Wahid9860.90
BSP K. Bhuvanendran Chettiyar6780.62
SDPI M. A. Jaleel4180.38
Independent Sudarshanan S.3250.30
Independent K. Ajithkumar2050.19
Margin of victory2,1962.00
Turnout 2367.09
INC hold Swing

1977 by-election

There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A.K. Antony38,46355.33
Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Independent P. Sreedharan Nair29,79442.86
Margin of victory866912.47
Turnout 69,50480.41
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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