Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam
Kazhakootam
Constituency No. 132 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Technopark at Kazhakootam is first and largest Information Technology park in India.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Established	1965
Total electors	1,81,771 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V Muraleedharan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Kazhakootam is No 132 of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Local governed segments

Name	Type	Taluk
Wards 1–12, 14, 76 and 81 including Kazhakoottam, Sreekaryam, Ulloor, Medical college, Mannanthala, Pallithura and Poundukadavu of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation	Corporation wards	Thiruvananthapuram

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:^[2]

Election	Name
1965	N. Lakshmanan	Indian National Congress
1967	M. H. Sahib	Indian Union Muslim League
1970	P. Neelakandan	Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Thalekunnil Basheer	Indian National Congress
1977	A. K. Antony	Indian National Congress
1980	M. M. Hassan	Indian National Congress (Urs)
1982	M. M. Hassan	Independent
1987	Nabeesa Ummal	Independent
1991	M. V. Raghavan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996	Kadakampally Surendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001	M. A. Vaheed	Independent politician
2006		Indian National Congress
2011		Indian National Congress
2016	Kadakampally Surendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Kadakampally Surendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2026	V. Muraleedharan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Muraleedharan	46,564	35.39	6.33
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	46,136	35.06	10.98
	INC	T. Sarath Chandra Prasad	37,183	28.26	4.41
	NOTA	None of the above	981	0.75
Margin of victory			428	0.32	16.68
Turnout			131587
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	10.98

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	63,690	46.04	9.48
	BJP	Shobha Surendran	40,193	29.06	2.84
	INC	S.S Lal	33,995	23.85	4.97
	NOTA	None of the above	668	0.48
	BSP	Kochumani	1899	0.27	1.12
	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			1,40,707
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	50,079	37.38	7.00
	BJP	V. Muraleedharan	42,732	31.90	25.04
	INC	M. A. Vaheed	38,602	28.82	17.56
	NOTA	None of the above	822	0.61
	BSP	Kochumani	496	0.37	0.25
	Independent	N. A. Vahid	412	0.31
	Independent	Aneesh	370	0.28
	Independent	Surendran Pillai	108	0.08
	Independent	Manimekhala	84	0.06	0.15
	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	6.61
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

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	J. R. 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			1,09,498	67.09
	INC hold		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. A. Vaheed	51,296	46.89
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	51,081	46.70
	BJP	Madavoor Radhakrishnan Unnithan	2,499	2.28
Margin of victory			215	0.19
Turnout			1,09,379
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2001

There were 1,74,313 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. A. Vaheed	49,917	44.45
	CPI(M)	Bindu Ummar	45,624	40.62
	Independent	Mohammedali Nishad	10,408	9.27
Margin of victory			4,293	3.83
Turnout			1,12,307	64.43
	Independent gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1996

There were 1,68,659 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Kadakampally Surendran	56,425	53.87
	Independent	E A Rasheed	32,368	30.90
	BJP	Padmakumar	9,230	8.81
Margin of victory			24,057	22.97
Turnout			1,04,740	63.84
	CPI(M) gain from CMP		Swing

1991

There were 1,55,360 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CMP	M. V. Raghavan	51,243	48.38
	CPI(M)	A Nabeesa Ummal	50,554	47.73
	BJP	Padmakumar	2,298	2.17
Margin of victory			689	0.65
Turnout			1,05,924	69.47
	CMP gain from Independent		Swing

1977 by-election

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
	Independent	P. Sreedharan Nair	29,794	42.86
Margin of victory			8669	12.47
Turnout			69,504	80.41
	INC hold		Swing

1977 Assembly election

1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Thalekunnil Basheer	37,014	59.94
	AIML	A Essuddin	22,637	36.66
Margin of victory			14,377	23.28
Turnout			61,747	76.61
	INC gain from SSP		Swing

References

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

[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.

[:0-4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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