Vypin_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Vypen Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Vypen State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K.N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).
| Vypen | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 2011 - present |
| Total electors | 1,64,237 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent K.N. Unnikrishnan | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
Vypen constituency came into existence in 2011. Before It was known as Njarackal Constituency from 1957 to 2011.
The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edavanakkad | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 2 | Elamkunnapuzha | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 3 | Kuzhuppilly | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 4 | Nayarambalam | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 5 | Njarackal | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 6 | Pallippuram | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 7 | Kadamakkudy | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 8 | Mulavukad | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC CPI(M) RSP Independent IC(S)
As Njarackal
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. C. Abraham | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. S. Purushothaman | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. K. Raghavan | INC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | T. A. Paraman | RSP | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | M. K. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | P. K. Velayudhan | Ind. | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | K. K. Madhavan | IC(S) | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Dr. I Muhamed Suffeer | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M. A. Kuttappan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
As Vypen
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | S. Sharma | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Unnikrishnan | Incumbent | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. N. Unnikrishnan | 53,858 | 41.24 |  11.00 | |
| INC | Deepak Joy | 45,657 | 37.49 | 2.53 | |
| Twenty 20 Party | Job Chakkalackal | 16,707 | 12.79 | New | |
| BJP | K. S. Shaiju | 13,540 | 10.37 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 525 | 0.40 | - | |
| Independent | M. K. Mukundan | 309 | 0.24 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 8,201 | 6.28 | 8.47 | ||
| Turnout | 1,30,596 | 75.89 |  3.98 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 11.00 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. Sarma | 68,526 | 52.24 | 1.87 | |
| INC | K. R. Subhash | 49,173 | 37.49 | 8.54 | |
| BDJS | Vamalochanan K. K. | 10,051 | 7.66 | - | |
| WPOI | Jyothidas Paravur | 1,406 | 1.07 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 910 | 0.69 | - | |
| CPI(ML)L | Manjuladevi | 248 | 0.19 | - | |
| API | Rajeev Naagan | 231 | 0.18 | - | |
| Independent | Subhash K. S. | 217 | 0.17 | - | |
| PDP | K. D. Vishwanathan | 183 | 0.14 | - | |
| Independent | Kodickal Sadasivan | 136 | 0.10 | - | |
| Independent | S. D. Satheesh | 88 | 0.07 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 19,353 | 14.75 | 10.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,31,169 | 79.87 | 0.47 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.87 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. Sarma | 60,530 | 50.37 | ||
| INC | Ajay Tharayil | 55,572 | 46.03 | ||
| BJP | T. G. Surendran | 2,930 | 2.43 | - | |
| BSP | T. K. Sivanandan | 546 | 0.45 | - | |
| Independent | Santhosh Sarma | 490 | 0.41 | - | |
| Independent | Benny Joseph | 374 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,242 | 4.34 | |||
| Turnout | 1,20,726 | 79.40 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
- "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.