Vamanapuram Assembly constituency

Vamanapuram 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 D. K. Murali of CPI(M).

Vamanapuram
Constituency for the
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,99,992 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

Local self governed segments

Vamanapuram Niyamasabha 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 Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]

Key

  INC  CPI(M)

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Majority Tenure
1967 3rd N. V. Pillai CPI(M) 7965 1967 – 1970
1970 4th M. Kunjukrishna Pillai INC 1817 1970 – 1977
1977 5th N. Vasudevan Pillai CPI(M) 2392 1977 – 1980
1980 6th Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair 12060 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1954 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 10116 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1366 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Pirappancode Murali 6386 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 1609 2001 – 2006
2006 12th J. Arundathi 6509 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair 2236 2011 – 2016
2016 14th D. K. Murali 9596 2016 - 2021
2021 15th 10242 Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,254 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) D. K. Murali 65,848 46.56 Increase0.05
INC T. Sarathchandra Prasad 56,252 39.77 Decrease4.93
BDJS R. V. Nikhil 13,956 9.87
SDPI Thachonam Nisamudeen 1,774 1.25 Decrease0.55
BSP Anil Paalode 901 0.64 Decrease0.06
NOTA None of the above 789 0.56
Independent Sugathan S. 517 0.37
SHS G. Ajith 515 0.36
Independent Irincham Suresh 286 0.20 Decrease0.15
API Anil K. Pongadu 228 0.16
Independent Maniraj Bharathannoor 123 0.09
Margin of victory 9,596 6.79 Increase4.98
Turnout 1,41,435 71.70 Increase0.96
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase0.05

Niyamasabha Election 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

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.
  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.
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