Varkala Assembly constituency

Varkala
Constituency No. 127 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
LS constituency	Attingal
Established	1957
Total electors	1,87,646 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. Joy
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Varkala 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Joy of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Varkala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Varkala	Municipality	Varkala
2	Chemmaruthy	Grama panchayat	Varkala
3	Edava	Grama panchayat	Varkala
4	Elakamon	Grama panchayat	Varkala
5	Madavoor	Grama panchayat	Varkala
6	Navaikulam	Grama panchayat	Varkala
7	Pallickal	Grama panchayat	Varkala
8	Vettoor	Grama panchayat	Varkala

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  INC  CPI(M)  CPI

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	T. Abdul Majeed	CPI		1957 – 1960
		K. Sivadasan
1960	2nd	Balakrishnan			1960 – 1965
		Shamsuddin	INC
1967	3rd	T. Abdul Majeed	CPI		1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Varkala Radhakrishnan	CPI(M)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th	A. Ali Hassan			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Varkala Kahar	INC		2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. Joy	CPI(M)		2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3][4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. Joy	68,816	50.89	9.46
	INC	Adv. BRM Shafeer	50,995	37.71	1.86
	BDJS	Aji S	11,214	8.29	7.21
	BSP	Anu M.C	1,948	1.44	0.03
	NOTA	None of the above	815	0.6	0.11
	Independent	Prince	658	0.49
	Democratic Human Rights Movement Party	Anilkumar P	460	0.34
	Independent	Shefeer	323	0.24
Margin of victory			17,821	13.18	11.32
Turnout			1,35,229	72.06	0.52
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.46

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. Joy	53,102	41.43	1.25
	INC	Varkala Kahar	50,716	39.57	12.83
	BDJS	Aji S. R. M.	19,872	15.50
	BSP	Varkala P. Linees	1,888	1.47
	NOTA	None of the above	628	0.49
	SDPI	Abdul Salam	466	0.36	0.36
	Independent	Sunil Kumar S.	357	0.28
	Independent	Sudevan	351	0.27
	PDP	Nadayara Jabbar	297	0.23
	Independent	Bhasidharan Nair	138	0.11
	Independent	Salu R.	135	0.11
	Independent	Varkala Sabesan	126	0.10
	Independent	Vivekanandan	101	0.08
Margin of victory			2,386	1.86
Turnout			1,28,177	71.54	1.01
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Varkala Kahar	57,775	52.40
	CPI(M)	A.A RAHEEM	47,045	42.68
	BJP	Elakaman Satheesan	3,430	3.11
	Independent	Cherunniyoor Ganesh	927	0.84
	SDPI	Kunnil Shahjahan	795	0.72
	Independent	Aneesh Kumar	275	0.25
Margin of victory			10,710	9.72
Turnout			1,10,227	72.55
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varkala Kahar	44,883	48.78
	CPI(M)	S Sundaresan	43,258	47.01
Margin of victory			1,625	1.77
Turnout			92,002
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varkala Kahar	45,315	48.90
	CPI(M)	P K Gurudasan	43,327	46.75
Margin of victory			1,988	2.15
Turnout			92,678	66.94
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Varkala
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

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.
3. "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
4. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.