Vamanapuram Assembly constituency

Vamanapuram
Vamanapuram
Constituency No. 131 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	1,99,992 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sudheersha Palode
Party	INC
Elected year	2026

Vamanapuram 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Muhammed Sudheersha of INC.

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

Vamanapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Anad	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
2	Kallara	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
3	Nanniyode	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
4	Nellanad	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
5	Panavoor	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
6	Pangode	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
7	Peringamala	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
8	Pullampara	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
9	Vamanapuram	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:^[3]

Election	Member
1967	N. V. Pillai	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1970	M. Kunjukrishna Pillai	Indian National Congress
1977	N. Vasudevan Pillai	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair
1982
1987
1991
1996	Pirappancode Murali
2001	Pirappancode Murali
2006	J. Arundathi
2011	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair
2016	D. K. Murali
2021	D. K. Murali
2026	Sudheersha Palode	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

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

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudheersha Palode	73,590	49.36
	CPI(M)	D. K. Murali	61,405	41.19
	BDJS	Venu	12,091	8.11
	BSP	Vipinlal V A	734	0.49
	Anna DHRM	Ratheesh R	275	0.18
	Independent	Mulareedharan Nair G	173	0.12	new
	NOTA	None of the above	812	0.54
Margin of victory			12,185
Turnout			1,49082
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

There were 1,97,254 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	D. K. Murali	65,848	46.56	0.05
	INC	T. Sarathchandra Prasad	56,252	39.77	4.93
	BDJS	R. V. Nikhil	13,956	9.87
	SDPI	Thachonam Nisamudeen	1,774	1.25	0.55
	BSP	Anil Paalode	901	0.64	0.06
	NOTA	None of the above	789	0.56
	Independent	Sugathan S.	517	0.37
	SHS	G. Ajith	515	0.36
	Independent	Irincham Suresh	286	0.20	0.15
	API	Anil K. Pongadu	228	0.16
	Independent	Maniraj Bharathannoor	123	0.09
Margin of victory			9,596	6.79	4.98
Turnout			1,41,435	71.70	0.96
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.05

2011[edit | edit source]

There were 1,74,408 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair	57,381	46.51
	INC	C. Mohanachandran	55,145	44.70
	BJP	Karette Sivaprasad	5,228	4.24
	SDPI	Pirappankode Shahjahan	2,225	1.80
	Independent	Seleena Prakkanam	1,613	1.31
	BSP	Sasi R. Cheraman	667	0.70
	Independent	Irinchayam Suresh	437	0.35
	Independent	Krishnan Nair	275	0.22
	Independent	Bharathannoor Balan	205	0.17
Margin of victory			2,236	1.81
Turnout			1,23,376	70.74
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	J. Arundhathi	45,743	47.25
	JSS	S. Shine	39,234	40.53
	Independent	S Anilkumar	5,627	5.81
Margin of victory			6,509	6.72
Turnout			96,797
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2001[edit | edit source]

There were 1,60,262 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Pirappancode Murali	52,749	48.10
	JSS	S. Shine	51,140	46.63
	BJP	V. Rajendran Nair	4,134	3.77
Margin of victory			1,609	1.47
Turnout			1,09,674	68.45
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996[edit | edit source]

There were 1,50,522 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Pirappancode Murali	48,491	48.04
	JSS	C. K. Sitaram	42,105	41.71
	PDP	A. Ansari	5,758	5.70
Margin of victory			6,386	6.33
Turnout			1,00,944	69.03
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991[edit | edit source]

There were 1,47,842 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair	52,248	49.16
	INC	R. M. Parameswaran	50,882	47.88
	BJP	N Chakrapani	2,409	3.77
Margin of victory			1,366	1.28
Turnout			1,06,272	72.72
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987[edit | edit source]

There were 1,20,576 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.

1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair	52,410	54.45
	INC	N. Peethambara Kurup	42,294	43.94
	BJP	N Chakrapani	639	0.66
Margin of victory			10,116	10.51
Turnout			96,251	80.35
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982[edit | edit source]

There were 99,227 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 election.

1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair	36,303	51.38
	Independent	R. M. Parameswaran	34,349	48.62
Margin of victory			1,954	2.76
Turnout			70,652	71.84
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
↑ "Vamanapuram 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] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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

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

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

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