Vamanapuram_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Vamanapuram Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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 No. 131 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| LS constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 1,99,992 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2016 |
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
Key
| 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 | |||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | D. K. Murali | 65,848 | 46.56 |  0.05 | |
| INC | T. Sarathchandra Prasad | 56,252 | 39.77 |  4.93 | |
| BDJS | R. V. Nikhil | 13,956 | 9.87 | ||
| SDPI | Thachonam Nisamudeen | 1,774 | 1.25 | 0.55 | |
| BSP | Anil Paalode | 901 | 0.64 | 0.06 | |
| 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 | 0.15 | |
| API | Anil K. Pongadu | 228 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Maniraj Bharathannoor | 123 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,596 | 6.79 | 4.98 | ||
| Turnout | 1,41,435 | 71.70 | 0.96 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.05 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,74,408 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Vamanapuram Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.