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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Vypin<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 79<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| map_image = Nedungad2.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Nedungad]] at [[Nayarambalam]]<br />
| established = 2008<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,64,237 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[Tony Chammany]]<br />
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#0087BD |'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Vypin State assembly constituency''' 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 [[Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is Tony Chammany of [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
<br />
Vypin Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.<br />
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==Local self-governed segments==<br />
The constituency lies in the islands of [[Vypin]]. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="ekm">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 10 March 2021<br />
|archive-date = 14 March 2011<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110314055251/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Edavanakkad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Elamkunnapuzha]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Kuzhuppilly]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Nayarambalam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Njarackal]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Pallippuram, Ernakulam|Pallippuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kochi]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Kadamakkudy]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Mulavukad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
===Njarackal===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Niyama<br>Sabha<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
! Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| 1st <br />
| rowspan="2" |[[K. C. Abraham]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
| 2nd<br />
| 1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| 3rd<br />
| A. S. Purushothaman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| 4th<br />
| M. K. Raghavan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| 5th<br />
| T. A. Paraman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
| 1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| 6th<br />
| M. K. Krishnan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| 7th<br />
| [[P. K. Velayudhan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
| 1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| 8th<br />
| K. K. Madhavan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}<br />
| 1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| 9th<br />
| Ibrahimkutty Muhamed Suffeer<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1991 – 1996<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| 10th<br />
| rowspan="2"| M A Kuttapan<br />
| 1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| 11th <br />
| 2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| 12th<br />
| M. K. Purushothaman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 2006 – 2011<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Vypen===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Election<br />
! Niyama<br>Sabha<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
! Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[S. Sharma]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|2016-2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|K. N. Unnikrishnan<br />
|[[Incumbent]]<br />
|}<br />
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{{notelist}}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
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===2026===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vypen}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = CPI(M)<br />
|candidate = M. B. Shiny<br />
|votes = <br />
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}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Tony Chammany<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Twenty20 Party <br />
|candidate = Anitha Thomas<br />
|votes = <br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = Mohandas P G<br />
|votes = <br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = NOTA<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
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{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vypen}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. N. Unnikrishnan]]|votes=53,858|percentage=41.24|change={{decrease}}11.00|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Deepak Joy|votes=45,657|percentage=34.96 |change={{decrease}}2.53|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Twenty20 Party|candidate=Job Chakkalackal|votes=16,707|percentage=12.79|change=''New''|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. S. Shaiju|votes=13,540|percentage=10.37|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=525|percentage=0.40|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. K. Mukundan|votes=309|percentage=0.24|change=-}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,201|percentage=6.28|change={{decrease}}8.47}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,30,596|percentage=75.89|change={{increase}}3.98}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}11.00}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,64,237 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><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vypen}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[S. Sharma]]|votes=68,526|percentage=52.24|change={{increase}}1.87|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. R. Subhash|votes=49,173|percentage=37.49|change={{decrease}}8.54|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Vamalochanan K. K.|votes=10,051|percentage=7.66|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Jyothidas Paravur|votes=1,406|percentage=1.07|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=910|percentage=0.69|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Manjuladevi|votes=248|percentage=0.19|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Rajeev Naagan|votes=231|percentage=0.18|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Subhash K. S.|votes=217|percentage=0.17|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=K. D. Vishwanathan|votes=183|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kodickal Sadasivan|votes=136|percentage=0.10|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. D. Satheesh|votes=88|percentage=0.07|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=19,353|percentage=14.75|change={{increase}}10.41}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,169|percentage=79.87|change={{increase}}0.47}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.87}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,52,040 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><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Vypen}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[S. Sharma]]|votes=60,530|percentage=50.37|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Ajay Tharayil|votes=55,572|percentage=46.03|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. G. Surendran|votes=2,930|percentage=2.43|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=T. K. Sivanandan|votes=546|percentage=0.45|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Santhosh Sarma|votes=490|percentage=0.41|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Benny Joseph|votes=374|percentage=0.31|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=5,242|percentage=4.34|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,20,726|percentage=79.40|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Vypin]]<br />
* [[Ernakulam district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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