Vypen Assembly constituency
| Vypen | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,64,237 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
Vypen State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).
Vypen Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.
Local self-governed segments
[edit ]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 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit ]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Njarackal
[edit ]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. S. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. K. Raghavan | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | T. A. Paraman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | M. K. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | P. K. Velayudhan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | K. K. Madhavan | Indian Congress | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Kunjambu | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M A Kuttapan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
Vypen
[edit ]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | S. Sharma | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Unnikrishnan | Incumbent | ||
Election results
[edit ]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit ]There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. N. Unnikrishnan | 53,858 | 41.24 | Decrease11.00 | |
| INC | Deepak Joy | 45,657 | 34.96 | Decrease2.53 | |
| 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 | Decrease8.47 | ||
| Turnout | 1,30,596 | 75.89 | Increase3.98 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease11.00 | |||
2016
[edit ]There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. Sarma | 68,526 | 52.24 | Increase1.87 | |
| INC | K. R. Subhash | 49,173 | 37.49 | Decrease8.54 | |
| 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 | Increase10.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,31,169 | 79.87 | Increase0.47 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Increase1.87 | |||
2011
[edit ]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) | |||||
See also
[edit ]- Vypin
- Ernakulam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit ]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "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.