Kayamkulam_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Kayamkulam Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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 No. 108 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| LS constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 2,03,308 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. O. Aysha Bai | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Kungu | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | T. Kunjukrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. R. Gopalakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | G. Sudhakaran | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | C. K. Sadasivan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | U. Prathibha | 2016-2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 77,348 | 47.97 |  1.44 | |
| INC | Aritha Babu | 71,050 | 44.06 | 4.01 | |
| BDJS | Pradeeplal | 11413 | 7.08 |  5.67 | |
| Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 367 | 0.47 | 0.24 | |
| 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 | 2.75 | ||
| Turnout | 16,21,93 | 75.47 | 1.66 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 3.91 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 72,956 | 46.53 | 1.75 | |
| INC | M. Liju | 61,099 | 38.96 | 8.38 | |
| BDJS | Shaji M. Panicker | 20,000 | 12.75 | 10.54 | |
| 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 | 6.63 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,806 | 77.13 | 0.43 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.75 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.