# Varkala Assembly constituency

Varkala State assembly constituency 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 V. Joy of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Varkala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| 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

The 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 |
| 1957 | K. Sivadasan | Communist Party of India |
| 1960 | Balakrishnan | Communist Party of India |
| 1960 | Shamsuddin | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India |
| 1970 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | A. Ali Hassan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Varkala Kahar | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Varkala Kahar | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | Varkala Kahar | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | V. Joy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | V. Joy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | V. Joy | 68,816 | 50.89 | 9.46 |
| | INC | Adv. BRM 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,821 | 13.18 | 11.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,229 | 72.06 | 0.52 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 9.46 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,386 | 1.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,177 | 71.54 | 1.01 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,710 | 9.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,10,227 | 72.55 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Varkala Kahar | 44,883 | 48.78 |
| | CPI(M) | S Sundaresan | 43,258 | 47.01 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,625 | 1.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,002 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Varkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Varkala Kahar | 45,315 | 48.90 |
| | CPI(M) | P K Gurudasan | 43,327 | 46.75 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,988 | 2.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 92,678 | 66.94 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |