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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Vamanapuram
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Attingal Lok Sabha constituency|Attingal]]
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 131
| mla = Sudheersha Palode
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 1,99,992 (2021)
}}

'''Vamanapuram''' 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 [[Attingal Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies
|website = trivandrum.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district
|access-date = 16 March 2020
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is Muhammed Sudheersha of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Vamanapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District
|access-date = 14 March 2021
|archive-date = 29 November 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231129052856/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/thiruvananthapuram.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Anad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|2
|[[Kallara, Thiruvananthapuram|Kallara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|3
|Nanniyode
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|4
|[[Nellanad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|5
|[[Panavoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|6
|[[Pangode]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|7
|[[Peringamala]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|8
|[[Pullampara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|-
|9
|[[Vamanapuram]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Nedumangad (tehsil)|Nedumangad]]
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vamanapuram Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/vamanapuram-assembly-constituency-map.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.mapsofindia.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|N. V. Pillai
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|M. Kunjukrishna Pillai
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|N. Vasudevan Pillai
| rowspan="11" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="11" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair]]
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pirappancode Murali]]
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|J. Arundathi
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| rowspan="2" |[[D. K. Murali]]
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Sudheersha Palode
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

== 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]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sudheersha Palode
|votes = 73,590
|percentage = 49.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[D. K. Murali]]
|votes = 61,405
|percentage = 41.19
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
|candidate = Venu
|votes = 12,091
|percentage = 8.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Vipinlal V A
|votes = 734
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India
|candidate = Ratheesh R
|votes = 275
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mulareedharan Nair G
|votes = 173
|percentage = 0.12
|change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 812
|percentage = 0.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 12,185
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,49082
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,97,254 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]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[D. K. Murali]]|votes=65,848|percentage=46.56|change={{increase}}0.05|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=T. Sarathchandra Prasad|votes=56,252|percentage=39.77|change={{decrease}}4.93|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=R. V. Nikhil|votes=13,956|percentage=9.87|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Thachonam Nisamudeen|votes=1,774|percentage=1.25|change={{decrease}}0.55|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Anil Paalode|votes=901|percentage=0.64|change={{decrease}}0.06}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=789|percentage=0.56|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sugathan S.|votes=517|percentage=0.37|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=G. Ajith|votes=515|percentage=0.36|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Irincham Suresh|votes=286|percentage=0.20|change={{decrease}}0.15}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Anil K. Pongadu|votes=228|percentage=0.16|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniraj Bharathannoor|votes=123|percentage=0.09|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,596|percentage=6.79|change={{increase}}4.98}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,41,435|percentage=71.70|change={{increase}}0.96}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}0.05}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,74,408 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]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair|votes=57,381|percentage=46.51|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=C. Mohanachandran|votes=55,145|percentage=44.70|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Karette Sivaprasad|votes=5,228|percentage=4.24|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Pirappankode Shahjahan|votes=2,225|percentage=1.80|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Seleena Prakkanam|votes=1,613|percentage=1.31|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sasi R. Cheraman|votes=667|percentage=0.70|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Irinchayam Suresh|votes=437|percentage=0.35|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Krishnan Nair|votes=275|percentage=0.22|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Bharathannoor Balan|votes=205|percentage=0.17|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,236|percentage=1.81|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,23,376|percentage=70.74|change=}}

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

=== 2006 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=J. Arundhathi|votes=45,743|percentage=47.25|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|candidate=S. Shine|votes=39,234|percentage=40.53|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=S Anilkumar|votes=5,627|percentage=5.81|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,509|percentage=6.72|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=96,797|percentage=|change=}}

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

=== 2001 ===
There were 1,60,262 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Pirappancode Murali]]|votes=52,749|percentage=48.10|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|candidate=S. Shine|votes=51,140|percentage=46.63|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V. Rajendran Nair|votes=4,134|percentage=3.77|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,609|percentage=1.47|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,09,674|percentage=68.45|change=}}

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

=== 1996 ===
There were 1,50,522 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Pirappancode Murali]]|votes=48,491|percentage=48.04|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|candidate=C. K. Sitaram|votes=42,105|percentage=41.71|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=A. Ansari|votes=5,758|percentage=5.70|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,386|percentage=6.33|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,00,944|percentage=69.03|change=}}

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

=== 1991 ===
There were 1,47,842 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair]]|votes=52,248|percentage=49.16|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. M. Parameswaran|votes=50,882|percentage=47.88|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N Chakrapani|votes=2,409|percentage=3.77|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,366|percentage=1.28|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,06,272|percentage=72.72|change=}}

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

=== 1987 ===
There were 1,20,576 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair]]|votes=52,410|percentage=54.45|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[N. Peethambara Kurup]]|votes=42,294|percentage=43.94|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N Chakrapani|votes=639|percentage=0.66|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=10,116|percentage=10.51|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=96,251|percentage=80.35|change=}}

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

=== 1982 ===
There were 99,227 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.{{Election box begin|title=[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vamanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair]]|votes=36,303|percentage=51.38|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=R. M. Parameswaran|votes=34,349|percentage=48.62|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,954|percentage=2.76|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=70,652|percentage=71.84|change=}}

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

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

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

Vamanapuram Assembly constituency - Revision history

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