Varkala State assembly constituency is one 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Joy of CPI(M).
| Varkala | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 127 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,87,646 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
editVarkala Assembly 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
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India | |
| K. Sivadasan | |||
| 1960 | Balakrishnan | ||
| Shamsuddin | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India | |
| 1970 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | A. Ali Hassan | ||
| 2001 | Varkala Kahar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | V. Joy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Joy | 55,365 | 40.05% |  11.53 | |
| INC | Varkala Kahar | 53,315 | 38.57% |  0.86 | |
| BJP | Adv. Smitha Sundaresan | 27,400 | 19.82% | 9.46 | |
| BSP | Raju S Kottarakonam | ||||
| Anna DHRM | Vinod Elakamon | ||||
| Independent | Kannan M K | ||||
| Independent | Vivekanandan K | ||||
| Independent | Saju | ||||
| Independent | Harikrishnan S G | ||||
| Margin of victory | 2050 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2021
editThere were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Joy | 68,816 | 50.89 | 9.46 | |
| INC | Adv. B. R. M. 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 |
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2016
editThere were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
2011
editThere were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| 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 | ||||
2006
edit2001
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "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.