Vaikom Assembly constituency

Vaikom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is C. K. Asha of CPI.

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Vaikom Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Vaikom Assembly constituency

Vaikom 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>Vaikom</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Chempu</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kallara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Maravanthuruthu</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>T. V. Puram</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Thalayazham</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Thalayolaparambu</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Udayanapuram</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Vechoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Velloor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Vaikom</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vaikom Assembly constituency

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

CPI INC

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>K. R. Narayanan</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>P. S. Sreenivasan</td><td>CPI</td><td></td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>M. K. Keshavan</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</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>P. K. Raghavan</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>K. K. Balakrishnan</td><td>INC</td><td></td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>M. K. Keshavan</td><td>CPI</td><td></td><td>1996 – 1998</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>10th</td><td>P. Narayanan</td><td>1998 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>K. Ajith</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>C. K. Asha</td><td>2016 – 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Vaikom Assembly constituency

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate 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>CPI</td><td>P. Pradeep</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K Binimon</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Ajith</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

In 2021 Kerala Assembly election, Vaikom is the only Women Candidate constituency in Kerala.

2016

There were 1,62,632 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</td><td>C. K. Asha</td><td>61,997</td><td>46.95</td><td>4.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>N. K. Neelakandan</td><td>32,087</td><td>28.77</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Saneeshkumar</td><td>30,413</td><td>27.83</td><td>14.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>800</td><td>0.61</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. C. Chandrasekharan</td><td>540</td><td>0.41</td><td>0.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Subeesh Surendran</td><td>489</td><td>0.37</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Anila Bose</td><td>420</td><td>0.32</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M-L)</td><td>K. C. Prakash</td><td>204</td><td>0.15</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kuttan Kattachira</td><td>118</td><td>0.09</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>24,584</td><td>18.62</td><td>9.91</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,32,048</td><td>81.19</td><td>2.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.67</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,53,205 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>K. Ajith</td><td>62,603</td><td>51.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. Saneeshkumar</td><td>52,035</td><td>42.91</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ramesh Kavimattam</td><td>4,512</td><td>3.72</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Sanesh</td><td>691</td><td>0.57</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. K. Prakashan</td><td>645</td><td>0.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>K .S. Sasikala</td><td>412</td><td>0.34</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. K. Dasan</td><td>367</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,568</td><td>8.71</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,21,265</td><td>79.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>