Vypen Assembly constituency

Vypen 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).

Vypen
Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Nedungad at Nayarambalam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	2008
Total electors	1,64,237 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. N. Unnikrishnan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF

Vypen Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.

Local self-governed segments

The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Edavanakkad	Grama panchayat	Kochi
2	Elamkunnapuzha	Grama panchayat	Kochi
3	Kuzhuppilly	Grama panchayat	Kochi
4	Nayarambalam	Grama panchayat	Kochi
5	Njarackal	Grama panchayat	Kochi
6	Pallippuram	Grama panchayat	Kochi
7	Kadamakkudy	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
8	Mulavukad	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Njarackal

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. C. Abraham		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	A. S. Purushothaman		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. K. Raghavan		Indian National Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	T. A. Paraman		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. K. Krishnan		Communist Party of India	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. K. Velayudhan		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. K. Madhavan		Indian Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. Kunjambu		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	M A Kuttapan			1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. K. Purushothaman		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011

Vypen

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	S. Sharma		Communist Party of India	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	K. N. Unnikrishnan			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. N. Unnikrishnan	53,858	41.24	11.00
	INC	Deepak Joy	45,657	34.96	2.53
	Twenty 20 Party	Job Chakkalackal	16,707	12.79	New
	BJP	K. S. Shaiju	13,540	10.37	−
	NOTA	None of the above	525	0.40	−
	Independent	M. K. Mukundan	309	0.24	−
Margin of victory			8,201	6.28	8.47
Turnout			1,30,596	75.89	3.98
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	11.00

2016

There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. Sarma	68,526	52.24	1.87
	INC	K. R. Subhash	49,173	37.49	8.54
	BDJS	Vamalochanan K. K.	10,051	7.66	−
	WPOI	Jyothidas Paravur	1,406	1.07	−
	NOTA	None of the above	910	0.69	−
	CPI(ML)L	Manjuladevi	248	0.19	−
	API	Rajeev Naagan	231	0.18	−
	Independent	Subhash K. S.	217	0.17	−
	PDP	K. D. Vishwanathan	183	0.14	−
	Independent	Kodickal Sadasivan	136	0.10	−
	Independent	S. D. Satheesh	88	0.07	−
Margin of victory			19,353	14.75	10.41
Turnout			1,31,169	79.87	0.47
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.87

2011

There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	S. Sarma	60,530	50.37
	INC	Ajay Tharayil	55,572	46.03
	BJP	T. G. Surendran	2,930	2.43	−
	BSP	T. K. Sivanandan	546	0.45	−
	Independent	Santhosh Sarma	490	0.41	−
	Independent	Benny Joseph	374	0.31
Margin of victory			5,242	4.34
Turnout			1,20,726	79.40
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

• Vypin
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election