Varkala Assembly constituency
{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Varkala
| mla = V. Joy
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| state = Kerala
| district = Thiruvananthapuram
| loksabha_cons = Attingal
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,87,646 (2021)
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 127
| latest_election_year = 2021
| incumbent_image = File:Wiki joy.jpg
}}
Varkala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies
|website = trivandrum.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district
|access-date = 16 March 2020
}} As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Joy of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Varkala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District
}}
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!width="30px" |Sl no. !width="100px" |Name !width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) !width="100px" |Taluk |
| 1
|Municipality |
| 2
|Grama panchayat |
| 3
|Grama panchayat |
| 4
|Elakamon |Grama panchayat |
| 5
|Grama panchayat |
| 6
|Grama panchayat |
| 7
|Grama panchayat |
| 8
|Grama panchayat |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election ! Member ! colspan="2" |Party |
| rowspan="2" |1957
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" | | rowspan="3" |Communist Party of India |
| K. Sivadasan |
| rowspan="2" |1960
| Balakrishnan |
| Shamsuddin
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |
| 1967
| rowspan="3" |T. Abdul Majeed | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" | | rowspan="3" |Communist Party of India |
| 1970 |
| 1977 |
| 1980
| rowspan="4" |Varkala Radhakrishnan | rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | | rowspan="5" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 |
| 1987 |
| 1991 |
| 1996
|A. Ali Hassan |
| 2001
| rowspan="3" |Varkala Kahar | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress |
| 2006 |
| 2011 |
| 2016
| rowspan="2"|V. Joy | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | | rowspan="2"|Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
= Niyamasabha Election 2021 =
There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416184312/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS11127.htm?ac=127 |title=Election Commission of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507043302/https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS11127.htm?ac=127 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |website=results.eci.gov.in}}
{{Election box begin|title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. Joy|votes=68,816|percentage=50.89|change={{increase}}9.46|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Adv. BRM Shafeer |votes=50,995|percentage=37.71|change={{decrease}}1.86|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Aji S|votes=11,214|percentage=8.29|change={{decrease}}7.21|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Anu M.C|votes=1,948|percentage=1.44|change={{decrease}}0.03|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=815|percentage=0.6|change={{increase}}0.11|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Prince|votes=658|percentage=0.49|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Human Rights Movement Party |candidate=Anilkumar P |votes=460|percentage=0.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shefeer |votes=323|percentage=0.24|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=17,821|percentage=13.18|change={{increase}}11.32}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,35,229|percentage=72.06|change={{increase}}0.52}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{gain}}9.46}}{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha Election 2016 =
There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 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: Varkala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. Joy|votes=53,102|percentage=41.43|change={{decrease}}1.25|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varkala Kahar|votes=50,716|percentage=39.57|change={{decrease}}12.83|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Aji S. R. M.|votes=19,872|percentage=15.50|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Varkala P. Linees|votes=1,888|percentage=1.47|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=628|percentage=0.49|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Abdul Salam|votes=466|percentage=0.36|change={{decrease}}0.36}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sunil Kumar S.|votes=357|percentage=0.28|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sudevan|votes=351|percentage=0.27|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Nadayara Jabbar|votes=297|percentage=0.23|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Bhasidharan Nair|votes=138|percentage=0.11|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Salu R.|votes=135|percentage=0.11|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Varkala Sabesan|votes=126|percentage=0.10|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Vivekanandan|votes=101|percentage=0.08|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,386|percentage=1.86|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,177|percentage=71.54|change={{decrease}}1.01}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =
There were 1,51,930 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: Varkala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party INC|candidate=Varkala Kahar|votes=57,775|percentage=52.40|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=A.A RAHEEM|votes=47,045|percentage=42.68|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Elakaman Satheesan|votes=3,430|percentage=3.11|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Cherunniyoor Ganesh|votes=927|percentage=0.84|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Kunnil Shahjahan|votes=795|percentage=0.72|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aneesh Kumar|votes=275|percentage=0.25|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=10,710|percentage=9.72|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,10,227|percentage=72.55|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha Election 2006 =
{{Election box begin|title=2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varkala Kahar|votes= 44,883|percentage=48.78|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate= S Sundaresan|votes= 43,258|percentage=47.01|change=|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,625|percentage=1.77|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=92,002|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner= Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha Election 2001 =
{{Election box begin|title=2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varkala Kahar|votes= 45,315|percentage=48.90|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate= P K Gurudasan|votes= 43,327|percentage=46.75|change=|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,988|percentage=2.15|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=92,678|percentage=66.94|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner= Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala
Category:State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district