# Vamanapuram Assembly constituency

Vamanapuram is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is D. K. Murali of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Vamanapuram Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Anad | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 2 | Kallara | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 3 | Nanniyode | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 4 | Nellanad | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 5 | Panavoor | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 6 | Pangode | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 7 | Peringamala | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 8 | Pullampara | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 9 | Vamanapuram | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1967 | N. V. Pillai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1970 | M. Kunjukrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | N. Vasudevan Pillai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1980 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Pirappancode Murali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Pirappancode Murali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | J. Arundathi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | D. K. Murali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | D. K. Murali | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,97,254 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | D. K. Murali | 65,848 | 46.56 | 0.05 |
| | INC | T. Sarathchandra Prasad | 56,252 | 39.77 | 4.93 |
| | BDJS | R. V. Nikhil | 13,956 | 9.87 | |
| | SDPI | Thachonam Nisamudeen | 1,774 | 1.25 | 0.55 |
| | BSP | Anil Paalode | 901 | 0.64 | 0.06 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 789 | 0.56 | |
| | Independent | Sugathan S. | 517 | 0.37 | |
| | SS | G. Ajith | 515 | 0.36 | |
| | Independent | Irincham Suresh | 286 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| | API | Anil K. Pongadu | 228 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Maniraj Bharathannoor | 123 | 0.09 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,596 | 6.79 | 4.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,41,435 | 71.70 | 0.96 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.05 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,408 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vamanapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair | 57,381 | 46.51 |
| | INC | C. Mohanachandran | 55,145 | 44.70 |
| | BJP | Karette Sivaprasad | 5,228 | 4.24 |
| | SDPI | Pirappankode Shahjahan | 2,225 | 1.80 |
| | Independent | Seleena Prakkanam | 1,613 | 1.31 |
| | BSP | Sasi R. Cheraman | 667 | 0.70 |
| | Independent | Irinchayam Suresh | 437 | 0.35 |
| | Independent | Krishnan Nair | 275 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | Bharathannoor Balan | 205 | 0.17 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2.236 | 1.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,23,376 | 70.74 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |