Nadapuram Assembly constituency
Nadapuram 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is E. K. Vijayan of CPI.
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Nadapuram Assembly constituency
Nadapuram 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 Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is E. K. Vijayan of CPI.
Local self-governed segments
Nadapuram Assembly constituency
Nadapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Chekkiad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Edacheri</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kavilumpara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kayakkodi</td><td>Grama Panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Maruthonkara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Nadapuram</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Narippatta</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Thuneri</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Valayam</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Vanimal</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vatakara</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Nadapuram Assembly constituency
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>C. H. Kanaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1957–1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>Hameed Ali Shemnad</td><td></td><td>Indian Union Muslim League</td><td>1960–1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>E. V. Kumaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1967–1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>Kumaran Madathil</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1970–1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>Kandalottu Kunhambu</td><td>1977–1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>K. T. Kanaran</td><td>1980–1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>1982–1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>Sathyan Mokeri</td><td>1987–1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>1991–1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>1996–2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>Binoy Viswam</td><td>2001–2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>2006–2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>E. K. Vijayan</td><td>2011–2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>2016–2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
2025
<table><thead><tr><th>SEGMENT</th><th>LDF</th><th>NDA</th><th>UDF</th><th>IND</th><th>SDPI</th><th>WPI</th><th></th><th>LEADING ALLIANCE lMAJORITY VOTE</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>CHEKKIAD</td><td>4907</td><td>399</td><td>10154</td><td>183</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>15643</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>EDACHERI</td><td>9973</td><td>1463</td><td>7766</td><td>161</td><td>125</td><td>0</td><td>19488</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>KAVILUMPARA</td><td>7150</td><td>999</td><td>7503</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>15652</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>KAYAKKODI</td><td>8153</td><td>1357</td><td>7717</td><td>0</td><td>61</td><td>0</td><td>17288</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>MARUTHONKARA</td><td>7143</td><td>806</td><td>5361</td><td>734</td><td>335</td><td>285</td><td>14664</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>NADAPURAM</td><td>10365</td><td>1766</td><td>16020</td><td>0</td><td>161</td><td>0</td><td>28312</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>NARIPATTA</td><td>9047</td><td>2242</td><td>6306</td><td>478</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>18073</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>THUNERI</td><td>7213</td><td>901</td><td>9113</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>17241</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>VALAYAM</td><td>6881</td><td>1585</td><td>4603</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>13069</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>VANIMAL</td><td>7228</td><td>943</td><td>8235</td><td>0</td><td>425</td><td>0</td><td>16831</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>78060</td><td>12461</td><td>82778</td><td>1570</td><td>1107</td><td>285</td><td>176261</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>%</td><td>44.28659772</td><td>7.069629697</td><td>46.96331009</td><td>0.8907245505</td><td>0.6280459092</td><td>0.1616920362</td></tr></tbody></table>
2026
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Vasantham</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. M. Abhijith</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. P. Vipin Chandran</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
There were 201,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 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</td><td>E. K. Vijayan</td><td>83,293</td><td>47.46</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Praveenkumar</td><td>79,258</td><td>45.16</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. P. Rajan</td><td>10,537</td><td>6.00</td><td>2.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>K. K. Nasar Master</td><td>1,676</td><td>0.95</td><td>0.39</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>316</td><td>0.18</td><td>−0.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T.praveen Kumar</td><td>258</td><td>0.15</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sreedharan K K</td><td>165</td><td>0.10</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,035</td><td>2.12</td><td>0.60</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>162,950</td><td>80.5</td><td>0.27</td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
There were 2,01,719 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 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</td><td>E. K. Vijayan</td><td>74,742</td><td>45.87</td><td>3.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Praveenkumar</td><td>69,983</td><td>42.95</td><td>1.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. P. Rajan</td><td>14,493</td><td>8.90</td><td>4.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>C. K. Abdul Rahim</td><td>2,183</td><td>1.34</td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>446</td><td>0.27</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. K. Vasu</td><td>377</td><td>0.23</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>E. K. Vijayan Komath</td><td>220</td><td>0.14</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Praveenkumar Thayyullathil</td><td>163</td><td>0.10</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Aluva Aneesh</td><td>151</td><td>0.09</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,759</td><td>2.92</td><td>3.35</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,62,929</td><td>80.77</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.35</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
There were 1,77,993 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>CPI</td><td>E. K. Vijayan</td><td>72,078</td><td>49.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. M. Chandran</td><td>64,532</td><td>44.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. P. Prakash Babu</td><td>6,058</td><td>4.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Ismail Kammana</td><td>1,865</td><td>1.27</td><td>–</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chandran</td><td>745</td><td>0.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. K. Vijayan</td><td>708</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. P. Vijayan</td><td>444</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,546</td><td>5.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,46,430</td><td>82.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1952
<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>E. K. Sankara Varma Raja</td><td>18,173</td><td>40.86%</td><td>40.86%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>K. Thacharakandy</td><td>16,572</td><td>37.26%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist Party (India)</td><td>Sreedhara Arangil</td><td>9,736</td><td>21.89%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,601</td><td>3.60%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>44,481</td><td>70.96%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>62,684</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>