Vaikom
Constituency for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Vembanad Lake at Vaikom
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Established1957
Total electors1,64,469(2021)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

Vaikom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is C. K. Asha of CPI.

Local self governed segments

Vaikom Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Vaikom Municipality Vaikom
2 Chempu Grama panchayat Vaikom
3 Kallara Grama panchayat Vaikom
4 Maravanthuruthu Grama panchayat Vaikom
5 T V Puram Grama panchayat Vaikom
6 Thalayazham Grama panchayat Vaikom
7 Thalayolaparambu Grama panchayat Vaikom
8 Udayanapuram Grama panchayat Vaikom
9 Vechoor Grama panchayat Vaikom
10 Velloor Grama panchayat Vaikom

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  INC

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st K. R. Narayanan Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd P. S. Sreenivasan CPI 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th M. K. Keshavan 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th P. K. Raghavan 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K. K. Balakrishnan Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th M. K. Keshavan CPI 1996 – 1998
1998* 10th P. Narayanan 1998 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th K. Ajith 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th C. K. Asha 2016 – 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    Niyamasabha Election 2021


    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vaikom
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI C. K. Asha 71,388 55.96 Increase9.01
    INC P. R. Sona 42,266 33.13 Increase4.8
    BDJS Ajitha Sabu 11,953 9.37 Decrease9.4
    Margin of victory 29,122 22.83 Increase4.21
    Turnout 1,34,132 82.01 Increase0.80
    CPI hold Swing Increase4.67

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vaikom
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI C. K. Asha 61,997 46.95 Decrease4.67
    INC A. Saneeshkumar 37,413 28.83 Decrease14.08
    BDJS N. K. Neelakandan 30,087 22.77 -
    NOTA None of the above 800 0.61 -
    BSP K. C. Chandrasekharan 540 0.41 Decrease0.16
    PDP Subeesh Surendran 489 0.37 -
    SUCI(C) Anila Bose 420 0.32 Decrease0.02
    CPI(M-L) K. C. Prakash 204 0.15 -
    Independent Kuttan Kattachira 118 0.09 -
    Margin of victory 24,584 18.62 Increase9.91
    Turnout 1,32,048 81.19 Increase2.04
    CPI hold Swing Increase4.67

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vaikom
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI K. Ajith 62,603 51.62
    INC A. Saneeshkumar 52,035 42.91 -
    BJP Ramesh Kavimattam 4,512 3.72 -
    Independent K. Sanesh 691 0.57 -
    BSP P. K. Prakashan 645 0.53
    SUCI(C) K .S. Sasikala 412 0.34 -
    Independent M. K. Dasan 367 0.30
    Margin of victory 10,568 8.71
    Turnout 1,21,265 79.15
    CPI hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
    2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam 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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