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.

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Vaikom
വൈക്കം
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
C.K. Asha, the current MLA
Existence1957 - present
ReservationSC
Electorate1,62,632 (2016)
Current MLAC. K. Asha
PartyCPI
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictKottayam
Local Self Governed SegmentsChempu, 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

 CPI   INC  

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]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vaikom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI C. K. Asha 61,997 46.95 4.67
INC A. Saneeshkumar 31,413 28.83 14.08
BDJS N. K. Neelakandan 30,087 22.77 -
NOTA None of the above 800 0.61 -
BSP K. C. Chandrasekharan 540 0.41 0.16
PDP Subeesh Surendran 489 0.37 -
SUCI(C) Anila Bose 420 0.32 0.02
CPI(M-L) K. C. Prakash 204 0.15 -
Independent Kuttan Kattachira 118 0.09 -
Margin of victory 24,584 18.62 9.91
Turnout 1,32,048 81.19 2.04
CPI hold Swing 4.67

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Vaikom
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

References

  1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.


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