Vaikom Assembly constituency

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Vaikom
Constituency No. 95 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Vaikom and Vembanadu Kayal.jpg
Vembanad Lake at Vaikom
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kottayam
Established1957
Total electors1,64,469(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 at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is C. K. Asha of CPI.

Contents

Local self governed segments

Vaikom Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Vaikom Municipality Vaikom
2 Chempu Grama panchayat Vaikom
3 Kallara Grama panchayat Vaikom
4 Maravanthuruthu Grama panchayat Vaikom
5T V PuramGrama panchayat Vaikom
6 Thalayazham Grama panchayat Vaikom
7 Thalayolaparambu Grama panchayat Vaikom
8UdayanapuramGrama panchayat Vaikom
9 Vechoor Grama panchayat Vaikom
10 Velloor Grama panchayat Vaikom

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI   INC

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1957 1stK. R. Narayanan Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd P. S. Sreenivasan CPI 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5th M. K. Keshavan 1977 – 1980
1980 6th1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8th P. K. Raghavan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K. K. Balakrishnan Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th M. K. Keshavan CPI 1996 – 1998
1998*10th P. Narayanan 1998 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12th K. Ajith 2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th C. K. Asha 2016 – 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    Niyamasabha Election 2021

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Vaikom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI C. K. Asha 71,388 55.96 Increase2.svg9.01
    INC P. R. Sona42,26633.13Increase2.svg4.8
    BDJS Ajitha Sabu11,9539.37Decrease2.svg9.4
    Margin of victory29,12222.83Increase2.svg4.21
    Turnout 1,34,13282.01Increase2.svg0.80
    CPI hold Swing Increase2.svg4.67

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Vaikom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI C. K. Asha61,99746.95Decrease2.svg4.67
    INC A. Saneeshkumar37,41328.83Decrease2.svg14.08
    BDJS N. K. Neelakandan30,08722.77-
    NOTA None of the above8000.61-
    BSP K. C. Chandrasekharan5400.41Decrease2.svg0.16
    PDP Subeesh Surendran4890.37-
    SUCI(C) Anila Bose4200.32Decrease2.svg0.02
    CPI(M-L) K. C. Prakash2040.15-
    Independent Kuttan Kattachira1180.09-
    Margin of victory24,58418.62Increase2.svg9.91
    Turnout 1,32,04881.19Increase2.svg2.04
    CPI hold Swing Increase2.svg4.67

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election  : Vaikom
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI K. Ajith62,60351.62
    INC A. Saneeshkumar52,03542.91-
    BJP Ramesh Kavimattam4,5123.72-
    Independent K. Sanesh6910.57-
    BSP P. K. Prakashan6450.53
    SUCI(C) K .S. Sasikala4120.34-
    Independent M. K. Dasan3670.30
    Margin of victory10,5688.71
    Turnout 1,21,26579.15
    CPI hold Swing

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    References

    1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
    2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    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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