Kayamkulam Assembly constituency

Kayamkulam State assembly constituency 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).

Kayamkulam
Constituency No. 108 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Coconut tree orchard near Kayamkulam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Established	1957
Total electors	2,03,308 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent U. Prathibha
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kayamkulam	Municipality	Karthikappally
2	Devikulangara	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
3	Kandalloor	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
4	Krishnapuram	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
5	Pathiyoor	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
6	Bharanikkavu	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
7	Chettikulangara	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. O. Aysha Bai		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. K. Kungu		Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Thachadi Prabhakaran		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Indian national congress (s)Independent symbol )	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	M. R. Gopalakrishnan		Communist Party of India	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Thachadi Prabhakaran		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	G. Sudhakaran		Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. M. Hassan		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	C. K. Sadasivan		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	U. Prathibha			2016-2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	U. Pratibha	77,348	47.97	1.44
	INC	Aritha Babu	71,050	44.06	4.01
	BDJS	Pradeeplal	11413	7.08	5.67
	Independent	Maniyappan Achari	367	0.47	0.24
	Independent	Rajeev R	231	0.14	−
	Independent	Geevarghese Samuel	205	0.13	−
	SUCI(C)	Myna Gopinath	150	0.09	−
	Independent	Sathyanarayanan S	73	0.05	−
Margin of victory			6,298	3.88	2.75
Turnout			16,21,93	75.47	1.66
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	3.91

2016

There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	U. Pratibha	72,956	46.53	1.75
	INC	M. Liju	61,099	38.96	8.38
	BDJS	Shaji M. Panicker	20,000	12.75	10.54
	PDP	Muttam Nazar	1,125	0.72	−
	Independent	Maniyappan Achari	739	0.47	−
	NOTA	None of the above	458	0.29	−
	Independent	G. Veena	177	0.11
	Independent	Ajith P.	159	0.10
	Independent	Liju M.	93	0.06
Margin of victory			11,857	7.57	6.63
Turnout			1,56,806	77.13	0.43
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.75

2011

There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Sadasivan	67,409	48.28
	INC	M. Murali	66,094	47.34
	BJP	T. O. Noushad	3,083	2.21
	Independent	K. Sadasivan	744	0.53	−
	Independent	Murali	704	0.50	−
	BSP	Ambujan	602	0.43	−
	Independent	Shal Mohan	585	0.42
	Independent	Kalesh Manimandiram	405	0.29
Margin of victory			1,315	0.94
Turnout			1,39,626	76.70
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Kayamkulam
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election