Kazhakootam Assembly constituency
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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).
| Kazhakootam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 132 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 1,81,771 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:[2]
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 3rd | N. Lakshmanan | Indian National Congress | dismissed | |
| 1967 | M. H. Sahib | Indian Union Muslim League | 1967 – 1970 | ||
| 1970 | 4th | P. Neelakandan | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | Thalekunnil Basheer | Indian National Congress | 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | A.K. Antony | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Nabeesa Ummal | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | M. V. Raghavan | Communist Marxist Party | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | M. A. Vaheed | Independent | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | Indian National Congress | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results edit
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2021 edit
| 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]
| 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 | 38,602 | 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]
| 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 | ||||
By-Election 1977 edit
There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A.K. Antony | 38,463 | 55.33 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Independent | P. Sreedharan Nair | 29,794 | 42.86 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8669 | 12.47 | |||
| Turnout | 69,504 | 80.41 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also edit
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.