Varkala Assembly constituency

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Varkala
Constituency No. 127 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
LS constituency Attingal
Established1957
Total electors1,87,646 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent
Party CPI-M-flag.svg CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Varkala State assembly constituency 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Joy of CPI(M).

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Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Varkala Municipality Varkala
2 Chemmaruthy Grama panchayat Varkala
3 Edava Grama panchayat Varkala
4ElakamonGrama panchayat Varkala
5 Madavoor Grama panchayat Varkala
6 Navaikulam Grama panchayat Varkala
7 Pallickal Grama panchayat Varkala
8 Vettoor Grama panchayat Varkala

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

ElectionMemberParty
1957 T. Abdul Majeed Communist Party of India
K. Sivadasan
1960 Balakrishnan
Shamsuddin Indian National Congress
1967 T. Abdul Majeed Communist Party of India
1970
1977
1980 Varkala Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996 A. Ali Hassan
2001 Varkala Kahar Indian National Congress
2006
2011
2016 V. Joy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. [3] [4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V. Joy 68,816 50.89 Increase2.svg9.46
INC Adv. BRM Shafeer50,99537.71Decrease2.svg1.86
BDJS Aji S11,2148.29Decrease2.svg7.21
BSP Anu M.C1,9481.44Decrease2.svg0.03
NOTA None of the above8150.6Increase2.svg0.11
Independent Prince6580.49
Democratic Human Rights Movement Party Anilkumar P4600.34
Independent Shefeer3230.24
Margin of victory17,82113.18Increase2.svg11.32
Turnout 1,35,22972.06Increase2.svg0.52
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg9.46

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) V. Joy 53,10241.43Decrease2.svg1.25
INC Varkala Kahar50,71639.57Decrease2.svg12.83
BDJS Aji S. R. M.19,87215.50
BSP Varkala P. Linees1,8881.47
NOTA None of the above6280.49
SDPI Abdul Salam4660.36Decrease2.svg0.36
Independent Sunil Kumar S.3570.28
Independent Sudevan3510.27
PDP Nadayara Jabbar2970.23
Independent Bhasidharan Nair1380.11
Independent Salu R.1350.11
Independent Varkala Sabesan1260.10
Independent Vivekanandan1010.08
Margin of victory2,3861.86
Turnout 1,28,17771.54Decrease2.svg1.01
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Varkala Kahar57,77552.40
CPI(M) A.A RAHEEM47,04542.68
BJP Elakaman Satheesan3,4303.11
Independent Cherunniyoor Ganesh9270.84
SDPI Kunnil Shahjahan7950.72
Independent Aneesh Kumar2750.25
Margin of victory10,7109.72
Turnout 1,10,22772.55
INC hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Varkala Kahar44,88348.78
CPI(M) S Sundaresan43,25847.01
Margin of victory1,6251.77
Turnout 92,002
INC hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Varkala Kahar45,31548.90
CPI(M) P K Gurudasan43,32746.75
Margin of victory1,9882.15
Turnout 92,67866.94
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

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References

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  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
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