Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam is No 132 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).

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Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam is No 132 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1965</td><td>N. Lakshmanan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>M. H. Sahib</td><td></td><td>Indian Union Muslim League</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>P. Neelakandan</td><td></td><td>Samyukta Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Thalekunnil Basheer</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>A. K. Antony</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>M. M. Hassan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress (Urs)</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Nabeesa Ummal</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>M. V. Raghavan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>M. A. Vaheed</td><td></td><td>Independent politician</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adv. T Sharath Chandra Prasad</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Muraleedharan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td>63,690</td><td>46.04</td><td>9.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Shobha Surendran</td><td>40,193</td><td>29.06</td><td>2.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>S.S Lal</td><td>33,995</td><td>23.85</td><td>4.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>668</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kochumani</td><td>1899</td><td>0.27</td><td>1.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Sasikumaran Nair</td><td>199</td><td>0.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Lalumon</td><td>22</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Syamlal</td><td>21</td><td>0.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Adv. Sen A. G.</td><td>20</td><td>0.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,497</td><td>17.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,40,707</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td>50,079</td><td>37.38</td><td>7.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. Muraleedharan</td><td>42,732</td><td>31.90</td><td>25.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. Vaheed</td><td>38,602</td><td>28.82</td><td>17.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>822</td><td>0.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kochumani</td><td>496</td><td>0.37</td><td>0.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. A. Vahid</td><td>412</td><td>0.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Aneesh</td><td>370</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Surendran Pillai</td><td>108</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manimekhala</td><td>84</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sasikala</td><td>83</td><td>0.06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Murukan A.</td><td>59</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muraleedharan</td><td>58</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prasad P.</td><td>54</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,347</td><td>5.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,33,959</td><td>73.70</td><td>6.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. Vaheed</td><td>50,787</td><td>46.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>C. Ajayakumar</td><td>48,591</td><td>44.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>J. R. Padmakumar</td><td>7,508</td><td>6.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Wahid</td><td>986</td><td>0.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. Bhuvanendran Chettiyar</td><td>678</td><td>0.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>M. A. Jaleel</td><td>418</td><td>0.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sudarshanan S.</td><td>325</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Ajithkumar</td><td>205</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,196</td><td>2.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,09,498</td><td>67.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>M. A. Vaheed</td><td>51,296</td><td>46.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td>51,081</td><td>46.70</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Madavoor Radhakrishnan Unnithan</td><td>2,499</td><td>2.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>215</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,09,379</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

There were 1,74,313 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. A. Vaheed</td><td>49,917</td><td>44.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Bindu Ummar</td><td>45,624</td><td>40.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mohammedali Nishad</td><td>10,408</td><td>9.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,293</td><td>3.83</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,12,307</td><td>64.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

There were 1,68,659 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Kadakampally Surendran</td><td>56,425</td><td>53.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E A Rasheed</td><td>32,368</td><td>30.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Padmakumar</td><td>9,230</td><td>8.81</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>24,057</td><td>22.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,740</td><td>63.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from CMP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

There were 1,55,360 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CMP</td><td>M. V. Raghavan</td><td>51,243</td><td>48.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>A Nabeesa Ummal</td><td>50,554</td><td>47.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Padmakumar</td><td>2,298</td><td>2.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>689</td><td>0.65</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,05,924</td><td>69.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CMP gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977 by-election

There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. K. Antony</td><td>38,463</td><td>55.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Sreedharan Nair</td><td>29,794</td><td>42.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8669</td><td>12.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>69,504</td><td>80.41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977 Assembly election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Thalekunnil Basheer</td><td>37,014</td><td>59.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIML</td><td>A Essuddin</td><td>22,637</td><td>36.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,377</td><td>23.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>61,747</td><td>76.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from SSP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>