Vypen Assembly constituency

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Vypen
Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Ernakulam
Established2008
Total electors1,64,237 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF

Vypen 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).

Contents

Vypen Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.

Local self-governed segments

The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Edavanakkad Grama panchayat Kochi
2 Elamkunnapuzha Grama panchayat Kochi
3 Kuzhuppilly Grama panchayat Kochi
4 Nayarambalam Grama panchayat Kochi
5 Njarackal Grama panchayat Kochi
6 Pallippuram Grama panchayat Kochi
7 Kadamakkudy Grama panchayat Kanayannur
8 Mulavukad Grama panchayat Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Njarackal

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
1957 1st K. C. Abraham Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdA. S. Purushothaman Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4thM. K. Raghavan Indian National Congress 1970 – 1977
1977 5thT. A. Paraman Revolutionary Socialist Party 1977 – 1980
1980 6thM. K. Krishnan Communist Party of India 1980 – 1982
1982 7th P. K. Velayudhan Independent 1982 – 1987
1987 8thK. K. Madhavan Indian Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9thK. Kunjambu Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10thM A Kuttapan1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12thM. K. Purushothaman Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011

Vypen

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		NamePartyTenure
2011 13th S. Sharma Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th2016-2021
2021 15thK. N. Unnikrishnan Incumbent

    Election results

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

    2021

    There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. [3]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) K. N. Unnikrishnan 53,858 41.24 Decrease2.svg11.00
    INC Deepak Joy45,65734.96Decrease2.svg2.53
    Twenty 20 PartyJob Chakkalackal16,70712.79New
    BJP K. S. Shaiju13,54010.37−
    NOTA None of the above5250.40−
    Independent M. K. Mukundan3090.24−
    Margin of victory8,2016.28Decrease2.svg8.47
    Turnout 1,30,59675.89Increase2.svg3.98
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.00

    2016

    There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) S. Sarma68,52652.24Increase2.svg1.87
    INC K. R. Subhash49,17337.49Decrease2.svg8.54
    BDJS Vamalochanan K. K.10,0517.66−
    WPOI Jyothidas Paravur1,4061.07−
    NOTA None of the above9100.69−
    CPI(ML)L Manjuladevi2480.19−
    API Rajeev Naagan2310.18−
    Independent Subhash K. S.2170.17−
    PDP K. D. Vishwanathan1830.14−
    Independent Kodickal Sadasivan1360.10−
    Independent S. D. Satheesh880.07−
    Margin of victory19,35314.75Increase2.svg10.41
    Turnout 1,31,16979.87Increase2.svg0.47
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg1.87

    2011

    There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) S. Sarma60,53050.37
    INC Ajay Tharayil55,57246.03
    BJP T. G. Surendran2,9302.43−
    BSP T. K. Sivanandan5460.45−
    Independent Santhosh Sarma4900.41−
    Independent Benny Joseph3740.31
    Margin of victory5,2424.34
    Turnout 1,20,72679.40
    CPI(M) win (new seat)

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
    2. ↑ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
    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.
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