| Vaikom | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 95 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Vaikom and Vembanadu Kayal.jpg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1.5 lakhs+ (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent K. Binimon | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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.[1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is K. Binimon (Kunjunni) of INC.
Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]
Vaikom Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | 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[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. R. Narayanan | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1967 – 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Keshavan | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | P. K. Raghavan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | K. K. Balakrishnan | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1996 – 1998 | |
| 1998* | 10th | P. Narayanan | 1998 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. Ajith (now BJP) | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | C. K. Asha | 2016 – 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 - 2026 | |||
| 2026 | 16th | K. Binimon | INC | incumbent | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K.Binimon | 52,944 | 41.94 |  8.81
| |
| CPI | P. Pradeep | 51584 | 40.86 |  15.10
| |
| BJP | K. Ajith | 20297 | 16.08 | 6.71
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 737 | 0.58 | ||
| BSP | Sumam P S | 280 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Adv P I Jayakumar | 158 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | Pradeep | 123 | 0.10 | ||
| Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST) | TM Bose | 115 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1360 | 1.08 | 21.75
| ||
| Turnout | 1,26,238 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 15.10
|
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2021[edit | edit source]
In 2021 Kerala Assembly election, Vaikom is the only Women Candidate constituency in Kerala.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Asha | 71,388 | 55.96 | 9.01
| |
| INC | P. R. Sona | 42,266 | 33.13 | 5.3
| |
| BDJS | Ajitha Sabu | 11,953 | 9.37 | 19.4
| |
| Margin of victory | 29,122 | 22.83 | 4.21
| ||
| Turnout | 1,34,132 | 82.01 | 0.80
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 4.67
|
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2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. K. Asha | 61,997 | 46.95 | 4.67
| |
| BDJS | N. K. Neelakandan | 32,087 | 28.77 | − | |
| INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 30,413 | 27.83 | 14.08
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 800 | 0.61 | − | |
| BSP | K. C. Chandrasekharan | 540 | 0.41 | 0.16
| |
| PDP | Subeesh Surendran | 489 | 0.37 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Anila Bose | 420 | 0.32 | 0.02
| |
| CPI(M-L) | K. C. Prakash | 204 | 0.15 | − | |
| Independent | Kuttan Kattachira | 118 | 0.09 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 24,584 | 18.62 | 9.91
| ||
| Turnout | 1,32,048 | 81.19 | 2.04
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 4.67
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Ajith | 62,603 | 51.62 | ||
| INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 52,035 | 42.91 | − | |
| BJP | Ramesh Kavimattam | 4,512 | 3.72 | − | |
| Independent | K. Sanesh | 691 | 0.57 | − | |
| BSP | P. K. Prakashan | 645 | 0.53 | ||
| SUCI(C) | K .S. Sasikala | 412 | 0.34 | − | |
| Independent | M. K. Dasan | 367 | 0.30 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,568 | 8.71 | |||
| Turnout | 1,21,265 | 79.15 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Vaikom
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "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.