Varkala Assembly constituency

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).

Varkala
Constituency for the
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,87,646 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Varkala Municipality Varkala
2 Chemmaruthy Grama panchayat Varkala
3 Edava Grama panchayat Varkala
4 Elakamon Grama 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:

Key

  INC  CPI(M)  CPI

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st T. Abdul Majeed CPI 1957 – 1960
K. Sivadasan
1960 2nd Balakrishnan 1960 – 1965
Shamsuddin INC
1967 3rd T. Abdul Majeed CPI 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th Varkala Radhakrishnan CPI(M) 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th A. Ali Hassan 1996 – 2001
2001 11th Varkala Kahar INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th V. Joy CPI(M) 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) V. Joy 53,102 41.43 Decrease1.25
INC Varkala Kahar 50,716 39.57 Decrease12.83
BDJS Aji S. R. M. 19,872 15.50
BSP Varkala P. Linees 1,888 1.47
NOTA None of the above 628 0.49
SDPI Abdul Salam 466 0.36 Decrease0.36
Independent Sunil Kumar S. 357 0.28
Independent Sudevan 351 0.27
PDP Nadayara Jabbar 297 0.23
Independent Bhasidharan Nair 138 0.11
Independent Salu R. 135 0.11
Independent Varkala Sabesan 126 0.10
Independent Vivekanandan 101 0.08
Margin of victory 2,386 1.86
Turnout 1,28,177 71.54 Decrease1.01
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varkala Kahar 57,775 52.40
CPI(M) A. A. Rahim 47,045 42.68
BJP Elakaman Satheesan 3,430 3.11
Independent Cherunniyoor Ganesh 927 0.84
SDPI Kunnil Shahjahan 795 0.72
Independent Aneesh Kumar 275 0.25
Margin of victory 10,710 9.72
Turnout 1,10,227 72.55
INC 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. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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