Vypen | |
Type: | SLA |
Constituency No: | 79 |
State: | Kerala |
Established: | 2011 - present |
Reservation: | None |
Electors: | 1,64,237 (2016) |
Mla: | K. N. Unnikrishnan |
Party: | CPI(M) |
District: | Ernakulam |
Vypen State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).
Vypen constituency came into existence in 2011. Before It was known as Njarackal Constituency from 1957 to 2011.
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 |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
As Njarackal
Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | 1st | K. C. Abraham | 1957 – 1960 | ||
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | A. S. Purushothaman | 1967 – 1970 | ||
1970 | 4th | M. K. Raghavan | 1970 – 1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | T. A. Paraman | 1977 – 1980 | ||
1980 | 6th | M. K. Krishnan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
1982 | 7th | P. K. Velayudhan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
1987 | 8th | K. K. Madhavan | 1987 – 1991 | ||
1991 | 9th | Dr. I Muhamed Suffeer | 1991 – 1996 | ||
1996 | 10th | M. A. Kuttappan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | 2006 – 2011 |
As Vypen
Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 13th | S. Sharma | 2011 – 2016 | ||
2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | K. N. Unnikrishnan | Incumbent |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]