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Vypen 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 = Vypen

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 79

| state = Kerala

| map_image = Nedungad2.jpg

| map_caption = Nedungad at Nayarambalam

| established = 2011 - present

| reservation = None

| electors = 1,64,237 (2016)

| mla = K. N. Unnikrishnan

| party = CPI(M)

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

| district = Ernakulam

}}

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.

{{cite web

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

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala

}} As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).

Vypen constituency came into existence in 2011. Before It was known as Njarackal Constituency from 1957 to 2011.

Local self governed segments

The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

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

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

|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.

}}

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

!width="30px" |Sl no.

!width="100px" |Name

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

!width="100px" |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

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

As Njarackal

class="wikitable sortable"

! Election

! Niyama
Sabha

! Name

! colspan="2"|Party

! Tenure

1957

| 1st

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

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

| 1957 – 1960

1960

| 2nd

| 1960 – 1965

1967

| 3rd

| A. S. Purushothaman

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

| 1967 – 1970

1970

| 4th

| M. K. Raghavan

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

| 1970 – 1977

1977

| 5th

| T. A. Paraman

| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}

| 1977 – 1980

1980

| 6th

| M. K. Krishnan

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

| 1980 – 1982

1982

| 7th

| P. K. Velayudhan

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| 1982 – 1987

1987

| 8th

| K. K. Madhavan

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

| 1987 – 1991

1991

| 9th

| K. Kunjambu

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}

| 1991 – 1996

1996

| 10th

| rowspan="2"| I. Muhamed Suffeer

| 1996 – 2001

2001

| 11th

| 2001 – 2006

2006

| 12th

| M. K. Purushothaman

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

| 2006 – 2011

As Vypen

class="wikitable sortable"

! Election

! Niyama
Sabha

! Name

! colspan="2"|Party

! Tenure

2011

|13th

| rowspan="2" |S. Sharma

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|2011 – 2016

2016

|14th

|2016-2021

2021

|15th

|K. N. Unnikrishnan

|Incumbent

{{notelist}}

Election results

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

= Niyamasabha Election 2021 =

There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha 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-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. N. Unnikrishnan|votes=53,858|percentage=41.24|change={{decrease}}11.00|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Deepak Joy|votes=45,657|percentage=34.96 |change={{decrease}}2.53|}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Twenty 20 Party|candidate=Job Chakkalackal|votes=16,707|percentage=12.79|change=New|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. S. Shaiju|votes=13,540|percentage=10.37|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=525|percentage=0.40|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. K. Mukundan|votes=309|percentage=0.24|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,201|percentage=6.28|change={{decrease}}8.47}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,30,596|percentage=75.89|change={{increase}}3.98}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}11.00}}

{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2016 =

There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha 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: Vypen}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=S. Sarma|votes=68,526|percentage=52.24|change={{increase}}1.87|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. R. Subhash|votes=49,173|percentage=37.49|change={{decrease}}8.54|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Vamalochanan K. K.|votes=10,051|percentage=7.66|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Jyothidas Paravur|votes=1,406|percentage=1.07|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=910|percentage=0.69|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Manjuladevi|votes=248|percentage=0.19|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Rajeev Naagan|votes=231|percentage=0.18|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Subhash K. S.|votes=217|percentage=0.17|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=K. D. Vishwanathan|votes=183|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kodickal Sadasivan|votes=136|percentage=0.10|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. D. Satheesh|votes=88|percentage=0.07|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=19,353|percentage=14.75|change={{increase}}10.41}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,169|percentage=79.87|change={{increase}}0.47}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.87}}{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =

There were 1,52,040 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: Vypen}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=S. Sarma|votes=60,530|percentage=50.37|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ajay Tharayil|votes=55,572|percentage=46.03|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. G. Surendran|votes=2,930|percentage=2.43|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=T. K. Sivanandan|votes=546|percentage=0.45|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Santhosh Sarma|votes=490|percentage=0.41|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Benny Joseph|votes=374|percentage=0.31|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=5,242|percentage=4.34|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,20,726|percentage=79.40|change=}}

{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala

Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district