Vypen Assembly constituency

Vypin
Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Nedungad at Nayarambalam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictErnakulam
Established2008
Total electors1,61,381 (2026)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party INC
Alliance  UDF

Vypin 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Tony Chammany of Indian National Congress.

Vypin Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.

Local self-governed segments

The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Edavanakkad Grama panchayat Kochi
2 Elamkunnapuzha Grama panchayat Kochi
3 Kuzhuppilly Grama panchayat Kochi
4 Nayarambalam Grama panchayat Kochi
5 Njarackal Grama panchayat Kochi
6 Pallippuram Grama panchayat Kochi
7 Kadamakkudy Grama panchayat Kanayannur
8 Mulavukad Grama panchayat Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Njarackal

Election Niyama
Sabha		 Name Party Tenure
1957 1st K. C. Abraham Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd A. S. Purushothaman Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4th M. K. Raghavan Indian National Congress 1970 – 1977
1977 5th T. A. Paraman Revolutionary Socialist Party 1977 – 1980
1980 6th M. K. Krishnan Communist Party of India 1980 – 1982
1982 7th P. K. Velayudhan Independent 1982 – 1987
1987 8th K. K. Madhavan Indian Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K.Kunjambu, bypoll(1992) V.K.Babu Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th M A Kuttapan 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th M. K. Purushothaman Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011

Vypen

Election Niyama
Sabha		 Name Party Tenure
2011 13th S. Sharma Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016-2021
2021 15th K. N. Unnikrishnan 2021-2026
2026 16th Tony Chammany Indian National Congress Incumbent

Election results

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

2026

There were 1,61,381 registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tony Chammany 66,112 50.18 Increase15.22
CPI(M) Adv. M. B. Shyni 50,464 38.3 Decrease2.94
TTP Anitha Thomas 13,637 10.35 Decrease2.44
NOTA None of the above 781 0.59 Increase0.19
AAP Mohandas P G 342 0.26 −
CPI(ML) Red Star T C Subrahmanyan 262 0.2 −
Independent Sadasivan 163 0.12 −
Margin of victory 15,648 11.87 Increase5.59
Turnout 1,31,761 81.65
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2021

There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. N. Unnikrishnan 53,858 41.24 Decrease11.00
INC Deepak Joy 45,657 34.96 Decrease2.53
TTP Job Chakkalackal 16,707 12.79 New
BJP K. S. Shaiju 13,540 10.37 −
NOTA None of the above 525 0.40 −
Independent M. K. Mukundan 309 0.24 −
Margin of victory 8,201 6.28 Decrease8.47
Turnout 1,30,596 75.89 Increase3.98
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease11.00

2016

There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. Sharma 68,526 52.24 Increase1.87
INC K. R. Subhash 49,173 37.49 Decrease8.54
BDJS Vamalochanan K. K. 10,051 7.66 −
WPOI Jyothidas Paravur 1,406 1.07 −
NOTA None of the above 910 0.69 −
CPI(ML)L Manjuladevi 248 0.19 −
API Rajeev Naagan 231 0.18 −
Independent Subhash K. S. 217 0.17 −
PDP K. D. Vishwanathan 183 0.14 −
Independent Kodickal Sadasivan 136 0.10 −
Independent S. D. Satheesh 88 0.07 −
Margin of victory 19,353 14.75 Increase10.41
Turnout 1,31,169 79.87 Increase0.47
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase1.87

2011

There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) S. Sharma 60,530 50.37
INC Ajay Tharayil 55,572 46.03
BJP T. G. Surendran 2,930 2.43 −
BSP T. K. Sivanandan 546 0.45 −
Independent Santhosh Sarma 490 0.41 −
Independent Benny Joseph 374 0.31
Margin of victory 5,242 4.34
Turnout 1,20,726 79.40
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
  2. ↑ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2026, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.