Varkala Assembly constituency
Varkala | |
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Constituency No. 127 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thiruvananthapuram |
LS constituency | Attingal |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 1,87,646 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
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. 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:
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Varkala | Municipality | Varkala |
2 | Chemmaruthy | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
3 | Edava | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
4 | Elakamon | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
5 | Madavoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
6 | Navaikulam | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
7 | Pallickal | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
8 | Vettoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | T. Abdul Majeed | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
K. Sivadasan | |||||
1960 | 2nd | Balakrishnan | 1960 – 1965 | ||
Shamsuddin | INC | ||||
1967 | 3rd | T. Abdul Majeed | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
1977 | 5th | Varkala Radhakrishnan | CPI(M) | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | A. Ali Hassan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | Varkala Kahar | INC | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | V. Joy | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | V. Joy | 68,816 | 50.89 | 9.46 | |
INC | Adv. BRM Shafeer | 50,995 | 37.71 | 1.86 | |
BDJS | Aji S | 11,214 | 8.29 | 7.21 | |
BSP | Anu M.C | 1,948 | 1.44 | 0.03 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 815 | 0.6 | 0.11 | |
Independent | Prince | 658 | 0.49 | ||
Democratic Human Rights Movement Party | Anilkumar P | 460 | 0.34 | ||
Independent | Shefeer | 323 | 0.24 | ||
Margin of victory | 17,821 | 13.18 | 11.32 | ||
Turnout | 1,35,229 | 72.06 | 0.52 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 9.46 |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | V. Joy | 53,102 | 41.43 | 1.25 | |
INC | Varkala Kahar | 50,716 | 39.57 | 12.83 | |
BDJS | Aji S. R. M. | 19,872 | 15.50 | ||
BSP | Varkala P. Linees | 1,888 | 1.47 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 628 | 0.49 | ||
SDPI | Abdul Salam | 466 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
Independent | Sunil Kumar S. | 357 | 0.28 | ||
Independent | Sudevan | 351 | 0.27 | ||
PDP | Nadayara Jabbar | 297 | 0.23 | ||
Independent | Bhasidharan Nair | 138 | 0.11 | ||
Independent | Salu R. | 135 | 0.11 | ||
Independent | Varkala Sabesan | 126 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Vivekanandan | 101 | 0.08 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,386 | 1.86 | |||
Turnout | 1,28,177 | 71.54 | 1.01 | ||
CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Varkala Kahar | 57,775 | 52.40 | ||
CPI(M) | A. A. Rahim | 47,045 | 42.68 | ||
BJP | Elakaman Satheesan | 3,430 | 3.11 | ||
Independent | Cherunniyoor Ganesh | 927 | 0.84 | ||
SDPI | Kunnil Shahjahan | 795 | 0.72 | ||
Independent | Aneesh Kumar | 275 | 0.25 | ||
Margin of victory | 10,710 | 9.72 | |||
Turnout | 1,10,227 | 72.55 | |||
INC hold | Swing |