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Kayamkulam Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Kayamkulam

| type = SLA

| loksabha_cons = Alappuzha

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 108

| map_image = Coconut tree orchard.JPG

| map_caption = Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam

| established = 1957

| reservation = None

| electors = 2,03,308 (2016)

| mla = U. Prathibha

| party = CPI(M)

| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Alappuzha

}}

Kayamkulam 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = https://alappuzha.nic.in/legislative-assembly-constituencies

|website = alappuzha.nic.in

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala

|access-date = 11 March 2020

}} The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Kayamkulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District

|access-date = 2021-03-13

|archive-date = 2011-03-13

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313040130/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html

|url-status = dead

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!width="30px" |Sl no.

!width="100px" |Name

!width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)

!width="100px" |Taluk

1

|Kayamkulam

|Municipality

|Karthikappally

2

|Devikulangara

|Grama panchayat

|Karthikappally

3

|Kandalloor

|Grama panchayat

|Karthikappally

4

|Krishnapuram

|Grama panchayat

|Karthikappally

5

|Pathiyoor

|Grama panchayat

|Karthikappally

6

|Bharanikkavu

|Grama panchayat

|Mavelikkara

7

|Chettikulangara

|Grama panchayat

|Mavelikkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Niyama

Sabha

!Name

! colspan=2|Party

!Tenure

1957

|1st

| rowspan="2" |K. O. Aysha Bai

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}

|1957 – 1960

1960

|2nd

|1960 – 1965

1967

|3rd

|P. K. Kungu

|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}

|1967 – 1970

1970

|4th

| rowspan="2" |Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}

|1970 – 1977

1977

|5th

|1977 – 1980

1980

|6th

| rowspan="2" |Thachadi Prabhakaran

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}

|1980 – 1982

1982

|7th

|{{Full party name with color|Indian national congress (s)Independent symbol )

|1982 – 1987

1987

|8th

| M. R. Gopalakrishnan

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|1987 – 1991

1991

|9th

|Thachadi Prabhakaran

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|1991 – 1996

1996

|10th

|G. Sudhakaran

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|1996 – 2001

2001

|11th

|M. M. Hassan

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|2001 – 2006

2006

|12th

| rowspan="2" |C. K. Sadasivan

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|2006 – 2011

2011

|13th

|2011 – 2016

2016

|14th

| rowspan="2" |U. Prathibha

|2016-2021

2021

|15th

|Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

= 2021 =

There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=U. Pratibha |votes=77,348|percentage=47.97|change={{increase}}1.44|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Aritha Babu|votes=71,050|percentage=44.06|change={{increase}}4.01|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Pradeeplal|votes=11413|percentage=7.08|change={{decrease}}5.67|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniyappan Achari|votes=367|percentage=0.47|change={{decrease}}0.24|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajeev R|votes=231|percentage=0.14|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Geevarghese Samuel|votes=205|percentage=0.13|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=SUCI(C)|candidate=Myna Gopinath|votes=150|percentage=0.09|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sathyanarayanan S|votes=73|percentage=0.05|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,298|percentage=3.88|change={{decrease}}2.75}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=16,21,93|percentage=75.47|change={{decrease}}1.66}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}3.91}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2016 =

There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=U. Pratibha |votes=72,956|percentage=46.53|change={{decrease}}1.75|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Liju|votes=61,099|percentage=38.96|change={{decrease}}8.38|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Shaji M. Panicker|votes=20,000|percentage=12.75|change={{increase}}10.54|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Muttam Nazar|votes=1,125|percentage=0.72|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniyappan Achari|votes=739|percentage=0.47|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=458|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=G. Veena|votes=177|percentage=0.11|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ajith P.|votes=159|percentage=0.10|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Liju M.|votes=93|percentage=0.06|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,857|percentage=7.57|change={{increase}}6.63}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,806|percentage=77.13|change={{increase}}0.43}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}1.75}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2011 =

There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. K. Sadasivan|votes=67,409|percentage=48.28|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Murali|votes=66,094|percentage=47.34|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. O. Noushad|votes=3,083|percentage=2.21|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. Sadasivan|votes=744|percentage=0.53|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Murali|votes=704|percentage=0.50|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ambujan|votes=602|percentage=0.43|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shal Mohan|votes=585|percentage=0.42|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kalesh Manimandiram|votes=405|percentage=0.29|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,315|percentage=0.94|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,626|percentage=76.70|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala

Category:State assembly constituencies in Alappuzha district

Category:Constituencies established in 1957

Category:1957 establishments in Kerala