Vamanapuram Assembly constituency

Vamanapuram
Constituency No. 131 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	1,99,992 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent D. K. Murali
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Vamanapuram 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is D. K. Murali of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Vamanapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Anad	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
2	Kallara	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
3	Nanniyode	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
4	Nellanad	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
5	Panavoor	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
6	Pangode	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
7	Peringamala	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
8	Pullampara	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
9	Vamanapuram	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency: ^[3]

Election	Member	Party
1967	N. V. Pillai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1970	M. Kunjukrishna Pillai		Indian National Congress
1977	N. Vasudevan Pillai		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair
1982
1987
1991
1996	Pirappancode Murali
2001
2006	J. Arundathi
2011	Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair
2016	D. K. Murali
2021

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,97,254 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	D. K. Murali	65,848	46.56	0.05
	INC	T. Sarathchandra Prasad	56,252	39.77	4.93
	BDJS	R. V. Nikhil	13,956	9.87
	SDPI	Thachonam Nisamudeen	1,774	1.25	0.55
	BSP	Anil Paalode	901	0.64	0.06
	NOTA	None of the above	789	0.56
	Independent	Sugathan S.	517	0.37
	SS	G. Ajith	515	0.36
	Independent	Irincham Suresh	286	0.20	0.15
	API	Anil K. Pongadu	228	0.16
	Independent	Maniraj Bharathannoor	123	0.09
Margin of victory			9,596	6.79	4.98
Turnout			1,41,435	71.70	0.96
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.05

2011

There were 1,74,408 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair	57,381	46.51
	INC	C. Mohanachandran	55,145	44.70
	BJP	Karette Sivaprasad	5,228	4.24
	SDPI	Pirappankode Shahjahan	2,225	1.80
	Independent	Seleena Prakkanam	1,613	1.31
	BSP	Sasi R. Cheraman	667	0.70
	Independent	Irinchayam Suresh	437	0.35
	Independent	Krishnan Nair	275	0.22
	Independent	Bharathannoor Balan	205	0.17
Margin of victory			2.236	1.81
Turnout			1,23,376	70.74
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Vamanapuram
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
3. "Vamanapuram Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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.