Vaikom (State Assembly constituency)
Vaikom Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Kerala, Kottayam district.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections,the current MLA of this constituency is C.K.Asha of CPI.
| 95 Vaikom വൈക്കം | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | SC |
| Electorate | 1,62,632 (2016) |
| Current MLA | C. K. Asha |
| Party | CPI |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Kottayam |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Chempu, Kallara, Maravanthuruthu, T.V. Puram, Thalayazham, Thalayolaparambu, Udayanapuram, Vechoor, Velloor |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. R. Narayanan | INC | 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 | INC | 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 | Incumbent | ||
* indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Asha | 61,997 | 46.95 |  | |
| INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 31,413 | 28.83 |  | |
| BDJS | N. K. Neelakandan | 30,087 | 22.77 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 800 | 0.61 | - | |
| BSP | K. C. Chandrasekharan | 540 | 0.41 | | |
| PDP | Subeesh Surendran | 489 | 0.37 | - | |
| SUCI(C) | Anila Bose | 420 | 0.32 | | |
| CPI(M-L) | K. C. Prakash | 204 | 0.15 | - | |
| Independent | Kuttan Kattachira | 118 | 0.09 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 24,584 | 18.62 | | ||
| Turnout | 1,32,048 | 81.19 | | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| 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 | ||||
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References
- "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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