Vaikom Assembly constituency

Vaikom
Vaikom
Constituency No. 95 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Vembanad Lake at Vaikom
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1957
Total electors	1.5 lakhs+ (2021)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Binimon
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Vaikom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is K. Binimon of INC.

Local self-governed segments

Vaikom Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Vaikom	Municipality	Vaikom
2	Chempu	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
3	Kallara	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
4	Maravanthuruthu	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
5	T. V. Puram	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
6	Thalayazham	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
7	Thalayolaparambu	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
8	Udayanapuram	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
9	Vechoor	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
10	Velloor	Grama panchayat	Vaikom

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Year	Member
1957	K. R. Narayanan	Indian National Congress
1960	P. S. Sreenivasan	Communist Party of India
1967
1970
1977	M. K. Keshavan
1980
1982
1987	P. K. Raghavan
1991	K. K. Balakrishnan	Indian National Congress
1996	M. K. Keshavan	Communist Party of India
1998	P. Narayanan
2001	P. Narayanan
2006	K. Ajith
2011	K. Ajith
2016	C. K. Asha
2021	C. K. Asha
2026	K. Binimon	Indian National Congress

↑ By-Election

Election results

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

2026

There were 1,56,228 registered voters in the constituency for 2026 Kerala legislative assembly election.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Binimon	52,944	41.94	8.81
	CPI	P. Pradeep	51,584	40.86	15.10
	BJP	K. Ajith	20,297	16.08	6.71
	NOTA	None of the above	737	0.58	0.05
	BSP	Sumam P. S.	280	0.22	0.35
	Independent	Adv. P. I. Jayakumar	158	0.13	−
	Independent	Pradeep	123	0.10	−
	SUCI(C)	T. M. Bose	115	0.09	−
Margin of victory			1,360	1.08	21.75
Turnout			1,26,238	80.80	3.38
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	15.10

2021

In 2021 Kerala Assembly election, Vaikom is the only Women Candidate constituency in Kerala.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. K. Asha	71,388	55.96	9.01
	INC	P. R. Sona	42,266	33.13	5.3
	BDJS	Ajitha Sabu	11,953	9.37	19.4
	BSP	Akhiljith Kallara	726	0.57	0.16
	NOTA	None of the above	670	0.53	0.08
	BHUDRP	Bindu	258	0.20	−
	Independent	Kuttan Kattachira	163	0.13	−
	SUCI(C)	T.K Sabu	152	0.12	−
Margin of victory			29,122	22.83	4.21
Turnout			1,27,576	77.42	3.77
	CPI hold		Swing	4.67

2016

There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	C. K. Asha	61,997	46.95	4.67
	INC	A. Saneeshkumar	37,413	28.50	14.41
	BDJS	N. K. Neelakandan	30,067	22.90	−
	NOTA	None of the above	800	0.61	−
	BSP	K. C. Chandrasekharan	540	0.41	0.16
	PDP	Subeesh Surendran	489	0.37	−
	SUCI(C)	Anila Bose	420	0.32	0.02
	CPI(M-L)	K. C. Prakash	204	0.15	−
	Independent	Kuttan Kattachira	118	0.09	−
Margin of victory			24,584	18.70	9.91
Turnout			1,32,048	81.19	2.04
	CPI hold		Swing	4.67

2011

There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Ajith	62,603	51.62
	INC	A. Saneeshkumar	52,035	42.91	−
	BJP	Ramesh Kavimattam	4,512	3.72	−
	Independent	K. Sanesh	691	0.57	−
	BSP	P. K. Prakashan	645	0.53
	SUCI(C)	K .S. Sasikala	412	0.34	−
	Independent	M. K. Dasan	367	0.30
Margin of victory			10,568	8.71
Turnout			1,21,265	79.15
	CPI hold		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	K. Ajith	52,617	52.07
	INC	V. P. Sajeendran	43,836	43.38
	BJP	K. K. Karunakaran	2,443	2.42
	Independent	V. Jijy	761	0.75
	BSP	P. Shanmughan	462	0.46
	Independent	Ajithkumar	381	0.38
	Independent	T. Aji	322	0.32
	Independent	K. K. Janardhanan	238	0.24
Margin of victory			8,781	8.7
Turnout			1,01,066	72.7
	CPI hold		Swing

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	P. Narayanan	54,675	51.13
	INC	K. V. Padmanabhan	46,922	43.88
	BJP	K. P. Hari	3,787	3.54
	Independent	P. T. Jaya	803	0.75
	Independent	C. K. Sivadasan	439	0.41
	Independent	C. B. Ramanan	312	0.29
Margin of victory			7,753	7.2
Turnout			1,06,943	75.7
	CPI hold		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 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.

[3] By-Election

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

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

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