Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India

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Kazhakootam 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).

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kadakampally Surendran 63,690 46.04 Increase9.48
BJP Shobha Surendran 40,193 29.06 Decrease2.84
INC S.S Lal 33,995 23.85 Decrease4.97
NOTA None of the above 668 0.48
BSP Kochumani 1899 0.27 Increase1.12
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

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kadakampally Surendran 50,079 37.38 Decrease7.00
BJP V. Muraleedharan 42,732 31.90 Increase25.04
INC M. A. Vaheed 38,602 28.82 Decrease17.56
NOTA None of the above 822 0.61
BSP Kochumani 496 0.37 Decrease0.25
Independent N. A. Vahid 412 0.31
Independent Aneesh 370 0.28
Independent Surendran Pillai 108 0.08
Independent Manimekhala 84 0.06 Decrease0.15
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 Increase6.61
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
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

There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
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

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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