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 | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
Vypen constituency came into existence in 2011. Before It was known as Njarackal Constituency from 1957 to 2011.
Local self governed segments
editThe 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
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
As Njarackal
| 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 | Dr. I Muhamed Suffeer | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M. A. Kuttappan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
As Vypen
| 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
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
editThere 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 | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere 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 | |||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "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.