Kayamkulam 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Kayamkulam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayamkulam | Municipality | Karthikappally |
| 2 | Devikulangara | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 3 | Kandalloor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 4 | Krishnapuram | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 5 | Pathiyoor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 6 | Bharanikkavu | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 7 | Chettikulangara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI CPI(M) INC SSP INC(U) Independent
| Election | NiyamaSabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. O. Aysha Bai | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Kungu | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | T. Kunjukrishna Pillai | INC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | INC(U) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Ind. | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. R. Gopalakrishnan | CPI(M) | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | G. Sudhakaran | CPI(M) | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | M. M. Hassan | INC | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | C. K. Sadasivan | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | U. Prathibha | 2016-2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 72,956 | 46.53 |  1.75 |
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| INC | M. Liju | 61,099 | 38.96 | 8.38 |
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| BDJS | Shaji M. Panicker | 20,000 | 12.75 |  10.54 |
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| PDP | Muttam Nazar | 1,125 | 0.72 | – | |
| Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 739 | 0.47 | – | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 458 | 0.29 | – | |
| Independent | G. Veena | 177 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Ajith P. | 159 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Liju M. | 93 | 0.06 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,857 | 7.57 | 6.63 |
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| Turnout | 1,56,806 | 77.13 | 0.43 |
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| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.75 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | C. K. Sadasivan | 67,409 | 48.28 | ||
| INC | M. Murali | 66,094 | 47.34 | ||
| BJP | T. O. Noushad | 3,083 | 2.21 | ||
| Independent | K. Sadasivan | 744 | 0.53 | – | |
| Independent | Murali | 704 | 0.50 | – | |
| BSP | Ambujan | 602 | 0.43 | – | |
| Independent | Shal Mohan | 585 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | Kalesh Manimandiram | 405 | 0.29 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,315 | 0.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,626 | 76.70 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||