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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kayamkulam
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency|Alappuzha]]
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 108
| map_image = Coconut tree orchard.JPG
| map_caption = Coconut tree orchard near [[Kayamkulam]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,03,308 (2016)
| mla = [[M. Liju]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
}}
'''Kayamkulam State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://alappuzha.nic.in/legislative-assembly-constituencies
|website = alappuzha.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala
|access-date = 11 March 2020
}}</ref> The current MLA is U. Pratibha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Kayamkulam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District
|access-date = 2021-03-13
|archive-date = 2011-03-13
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313040130/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Kayamkulam]]
|Municipality
|rowspan=5| [[Karthikappally]]
|-
|2
|Devikulangara
|rowspan=6| Grama panchayat
|-
|3
|[[Kandalloor]]
|-
|4
|[[Krishnapuram, Alappuzha district|Krishnapuram]]
|-
|5
|[[Pathiyoor]]
|-
|6
|[[Bharanikkavu]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Mavelikkara]]
|-
|7
|[[Chettikulangara]]
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama
Sabha
!Name
! colspan=2|Party
!Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
| rowspan="2" |[[K. O. Aysha Bai]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}
|1957 – 1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|1960 – 1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|P. K. Kungu
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
| rowspan="2" |Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
| rowspan="2" |[[Thachadi Prabhakaran]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|{{Full party name with color|Indian national congress (s)Independent symbol}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
| M. R. Gopalakrishnan
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|Thachadi Prabhakaran
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|[[G. Sudhakaran]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|[[M. M. Hassan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="2" |[[C. K. Sadasivan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|rowspan=2 |2006 – 2016
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
| rowspan="2" |[[U. Prathibha]]
|rowspan=2| 2016 - 2026
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|Adv.M.Liju
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Incumbent]]
|}

== Election results ==
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party= Indian National Congress |candidate=M. Liju |votes=76,651 |percentage=49.33 |change=5.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=CPI(M)|candidate=[[U. Prathibha]] |votes=61,079 |percentage=39.3|change=8.67}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena |candidate=Thampi Mettuthara |votes=16,973 |percentage=10.92 |change=3.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above (India) |candidate=None of the above|votes=696 |percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 15572
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 155,399 |percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[U. Prathibha]]|votes=77,348|percentage=47.97|change={{increase}}1.44|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Aritha Babu|votes=71,050|percentage=44.06|change={{increase}}4.01|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=P. Pradeeplal|votes=11,413|percentage=7.08|change={{decrease}}5.67|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniyappan Achari|votes=367|percentage=0.47|change={{decrease}}0.24|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajeev R|votes=231|percentage=0.14|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Geevarghese Samuel|votes=205|percentage=0.13|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Myna Gopinath|votes=150|percentage=0.09|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sathyanarayanan S|votes=73|percentage=0.05|change=-|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,298|percentage=3.88|change={{decrease}}2.75}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=16,21,93|percentage=75.47|change={{decrease}}1.66}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}3.91}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[U. Prathibha]]|votes=72,956|percentage=46.53|change={{decrease}}1.75|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Liju|votes=61,099|percentage=38.96|change={{decrease}}8.38|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Shaji M. Panicker|votes=20,000|percentage=12.75|change={{increase}}10.54|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Muttam Nazar|votes=1,125|percentage=0.72|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniyappan Achari|votes=739|percentage=0.47|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=458|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=G. Veena|votes=177|percentage=0.11|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ajith P.|votes=159|percentage=0.10|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Liju M.|votes=93|percentage=0.06|change=|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,857|percentage=7.57|change={{increase}}6.63}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,806|percentage=77.13|change={{increase}}0.43}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}1.75}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[C. K. Sadasivan]]|votes=67,409|percentage=48.28|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Murali|votes=66,094|percentage=47.34|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=T. O. Noushad|votes=3,083|percentage=2.21|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. Sadasivan|votes=744|percentage=0.53|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Murali|votes=704|percentage=0.50|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ambujan|votes=602|percentage=0.43|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shal Mohan|votes=585|percentage=0.42|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kalesh Manimandiram|votes=405|percentage=0.29|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,315|percentage=0.94|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,626|percentage=76.70|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006===
There were 1,29,524 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[C. K. Sadasivan]]
|votes = 49,697
|percentage = 49.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Adv. C. R. Jayaprakash
|votes = 43,865
|percentage = 43.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Palamuttathu Vijayakumar
|votes = 4,676
|percentage = 4.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = D. Suresh Kumar
|votes = 448
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. Sadasivan
|votes = 358
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = C. N. Jayaprakash
|votes = 234
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = E. N. Shanthiraj
|votes = 203
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dr. K. Kishore Kumar
|votes = 189
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. B. Jayaprakash
|votes = 151
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 5,832
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 99,833
|percentage = 77.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = CPI(M)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001===
There were 1,44,418 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kayamkulam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[M. M. Hassan]]
|votes = 52,444
|percentage = 48.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[G. Sudhakaran]]
|votes = 50,680
|percentage = 47.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Parayil Radhakrishnan
|votes = 2,931
|percentage = 2.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = G. Sudhakaran
|votes = 694
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Syamala
|votes = 502
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 1,764
|percentage = 1.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,07,289
|percentage = 74.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kayamkulam]]
* [[Alappuzha district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]

Kayamkulam Assembly constituency - Revision history

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