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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| state = Kerala
| name = Vaikom
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 95
| map_image = Vaikom and Vembanadu Kayal.jpg
| map_caption = [[Vembanad]] Lake at [[Vaikom]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = SC
| district = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
| mla = K. Binimon
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 1.5 lakhs+ (2021)
}}
'''Vaikom''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://kottayam.nic.in/constituencies
| website = kottayam.nic.in
| title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district
|access-date =16 March 2020
}}</ref> As of the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly elections]], the current MLA of this constituency is K. Binimon (Kunjunni) of [[Indian National Congress |INC]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Vaikom Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kottayam.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District
|access-date = 13 March 2021
|archive-date = 13 March 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313031449/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kottayam.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC" align="center"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Vaikom]]
|Municipality
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|2
|[[Chempu]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|3
|[[Kallara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|4
|[[Maravanthuruthu]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|5
|T. V. Puram
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|6
|[[Thalayazham]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|7
|[[Thalayolaparambu]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|8
|Udayanapuram
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|9
|[[Vechoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|-
|10
|[[Velloor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Vaikom]]
|}

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

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%" style="font-size: x-big;"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama
Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
|K. R. Narayanan
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1957 – 1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
| rowspan="3" |P. S. Sreenivasan
| rowspan="7" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|1960 – 1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="3" |M. K. Keshavan
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|P. K. Raghavan
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|[[K. K. Balakrishnan]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|M. K. Keshavan
| rowspan="7" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|1996 – 1998
|-
|1998*
|10th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. Narayanan]]
|1998 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Ajith]] (now BJP)
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
| rowspan="2"|[[C. K. Asha]]
|2016 – 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
|2021 - 2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|K. Binimon
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[incumbent]]
|}
{{notelist}}

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vaikom}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K.Binimon|votes= 52944|percentage=41.94|change={{increase}}8.81}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=P. Pradeep|votes= 51584|percentage=40.86|change={{decrease}}15.10}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[K. Ajith]]|votes= 20297|percentage=16.08|change={{increase}}6.71}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=737 |percentage=0.58|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party | candidate = Sumam P S | votes = 280 | percentage = 0.22 | change =}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent| candidate = Adv P I Jayakumar | votes = 158 | percentage = 0.13| change =}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent | candidate = Pradeep | votes = 123 | percentage = 0.10 | change =}}

{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST) | candidate = TM Bose | votes = 115 | percentage = 0.09 | change =}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 1360
|percentage = 1.08
|change = {{decrease}}21.75
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,26,238|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = INC
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing = {{decrease}}15.10
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
In 2021 Kerala Assembly election, Vaikom is the only Women Candidate constituency in Kerala.
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vaikom}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[C. K. Asha]]|votes=71,388|percentage=55.96|change={{increase}}9.01|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. R. Sona|votes=42,266|percentage=33.13|change={{increase}}5.3|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Ajitha Sabu|votes=11,953|percentage=9.37|change={{decrease}}19.4|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=29,122|percentage=22.83|change={{increase}}4.21}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,132|percentage=82.01|change={{increase}}0.80}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{increase}}4.67}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vaikom}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=C. K. Asha|votes=61,997|percentage=46.95|change={{decrease}}4.67|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=N. K. Neelakandan|votes=32,087|percentage=28.77|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. Saneeshkumar|votes=30,413|percentage=27.83|change={{decrease}}14.08|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=800|percentage=0.61|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. C. Chandrasekharan|votes=540|percentage=0.41|change={{decrease}}0.16|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Subeesh Surendran|votes=489|percentage=0.37|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Anila Bose|votes=420|percentage=0.32|change={{decrease}}0.02|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=K. C. Prakash|votes=204|percentage=0.15|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kuttan Kattachira|votes=118|percentage=0.09|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=24,584|percentage=18.62|change={{increase}}9.91}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,32,048|percentage=81.19|change={{increase}}2.04}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{increase}}4.67}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vaikom}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. Ajith|votes=62,603|percentage=51.62|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. Saneeshkumar|votes=52,035|percentage=42.91|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ramesh Kavimattam|votes=4,512|percentage=3.72|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. Sanesh|votes=691|percentage=0.57|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. K. Prakashan|votes=645|percentage=0.53|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K .S. Sasikala|votes=412|percentage=0.34|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. K. Dasan|votes=367|percentage=0.30|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=10,568|percentage=8.71|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,21,265|percentage=79.15|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Vaikom]]
* [[Kottayam district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kottayam district]]
[[Category:Vaikom]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]

Vaikom Assembly constituency - Revision history

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