Kayamkulam Assembly constituency

Kayamkulam 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).

Kayamkulam
Constituency for the
Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictAlappuzha
Established1957 - present
Total electors2,03,308 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kayamkulam Municipality Karthikappally
2 Devikulangara Grama panchayat Karthikappally
3 Kandalloor Grama panchayat Karthikappally
4 Krishnapuram Grama panchayat Karthikappally
5 Pathiyoor Grama panchayat Karthikappally
6 Bharanikkavu Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
7 Chettikulangara Grama panchayat Mavelikkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  CPI(M)   INC  SSP  INC(U)  Independent

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
1957 1st K. O. Aysha Bai CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd P. K. Kungu SSP 1967 – 1970
1970 4th T. Kunjukrishna Pillai INC 1970 – 1977
1977 5th 1977 – 1980
1980 6th Thachadi Prabhakaran INC(U) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Ind. 1982 – 1987
1987 8th M. R. Gopalakrishnan CPI(M) 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Thachadi Prabhakaran INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th G. Sudhakaran CPI(M) 1996 – 2001
2001 11th M. M. Hassan INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th C. K. Sadasivan CPI(M) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th U. Prathibha 2016-2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) U. Pratibha 77,348 47.97 Increase1.44
INC Aritha Babu 71,050 44.06 Increase4.01
BDJS Pradeeplal 11413 7.08 Decrease5.67
Independent Maniyappan Achari 367 0.47 Decrease0.24
Independent Rajeev R 231 0.14 -
Independent Geevarghese Samuel 205 0.13 -
SUCI(C) Myna Gopinath 150 0.09 -
Independent Sathyanarayanan S 73 0.05 -
Margin of victory 6,298 3.88 Decrease2.75
Turnout 16,21,93 75.47 Decrease1.66
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease3.91

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) U. Pratibha 72,956 46.53 Decrease1.75
INC M. Liju 61,099 38.96 Decrease8.38
BDJS Shaji M. Panicker 20,000 12.75 Increase10.54
PDP Muttam Nazar 1,125 0.72 -
Independent Maniyappan Achari 739 0.47 -
NOTA None of the above 458 0.29 -
Independent G. Veena 177 0.11
Independent Ajith P. 159 0.10
Independent Liju M. 93 0.06
Margin of victory 11,857 7.57 Increase6.63
Turnout 1,56,806 77.13 Increase0.43
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease1.75

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) C. K. Sadasivan 67,409 48.28
INC M. Murali 66,094 47.34
BJP T. O. Noushad 3,083 2.21
Independent K. Sadasivan 744 0.53 -
Independent Murali 704 0.50 -
BSP Ambujan 602 0.43 -
Independent Shal Mohan 585 0.42
Independent Kalesh Manimandiram 405 0.29
Margin of victory 1,315 0.94
Turnout 1,39,626 76.70
CPI(M) hold Swing

See also

References

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