| Varkala | |
| Mla: | V. Joy |
| Party: | CPI(M) |
| State: | Kerala |
| District: | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Loksabha Cons: | Attingal |
| Established: | 1957 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 1,87,646 (2021) |
| Type: | SLA |
| Constituency No: | 127 |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| Incumbent Image: | File:Wiki joy.jpg |
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).
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | NiyamaSabha | 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 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3] [4]
There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]