Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam
Kazhakootam
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
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Constituency Details
Country	India
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Established	1965 - present
Total electors	1,81,771 (2016)
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Kadakampally Surendran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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Kazhakootam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:^[2]

Key

INC CPI (M) IUML [[Communist Marxist Party|Template:Communist Marxist Party/meta/shortname]] [[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] [[Socialist Party|Template:Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1965	3rd	N. Lakshmanan	INC	dismissed
1967	3rd	M. H. Sahib	IUML	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. Neelakandan	SOP	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thalaekunnil Basheer	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. M. Hassan	INC(U)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. M. Hassan	Ind.	1982 – 1984
1987	8th	Nabeesa Ummal	Ind.	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	M. V. Raghavan	CMP	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Kadakampally Surendran	CPI(M)	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. A. Vaheed	Ind.	2001 – 2006
2006	12th		INC	2006 – 2011
2011	13th		INC	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Kadakampally Surendran	CPI(M)	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Kadakampally Surendran	CPI(M)	Incumbent

Election results[edit]

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Kadakampally Surendran	63,690	46.04	9.48
	BJP	Shobha Surendran	40,193	29.06	2.84
	INC	S.S Lal	33,995	23.85	4.97
	NOTA	None of the above	668	0.48
	BSP	Kochumani	1899	0.27	1.12
	Independent	V. Sasikumaran Nair	199	0.09
	Independent	Lalumon	22	0.08
	Independent	Syamlal	21	0.06
	Independent	Adv. Sen A. G.	20	0.05
Margin of victory			23,497	17.0
Turnout			420
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Kadakampally Surendran	50,079	37.38	7.00
	BJP	V. Muraleedharan	42,732	31.90	25.04
	INC	M. A. Vaheed	21	28.82	17.56
	NOTA	None of the above	822	0.61
	BSP	Kochumani	496	0.37	0.25
	Independent	N. A. Vahid	412	0.31
	Independent	Aneesh	370	0.28
	Independent	Surendran Pillai	108	0.08
	Independent	Manimekhala	84	0.06	0.15
	Independent	Sasikala	83	0.06
	Independent	Murukan A.	59	0.04
	Independent	Muraleedharan	58	0.04
	Independent	Prasad P.	54	0.04
Margin of victory			7,347	5.48
Turnout			1,33,959	73.70	6.61
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. A. Vaheed	50,787	46.38
	CPI (M)	C. Ajayakumar	48,591	44.38
	BJP	Padmakumar	7,508	6.86
	Independent	M. Wahid	986	0.90
	BSP	K. Bhuvanendran Chettiyar	678	0.62
	SDPI	M. A. Jaleel	418	0.38
	Independent	Sudarshanan S.	325	0.30
	Independent	K. Ajithkumar	205	0.19
Margin of victory			2,196	2.00
Turnout			23	67.09
	INC hold		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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