# Vaikom Assembly constituency

Vaikom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA of this constituency is C. K. Asha of CPI.

## Local self governed segments

Vaikom Niyama Sabha 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:
Key
CPI INC
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | K. R. Narayanan | INC | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K. K. Balakrishnan | INC | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | M. K. Keshavan | CPI | 1996 – 1998 |
| 1998* | 10th | P. Narayanan | CPI | 1998 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | P. Narayanan | CPI | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | K. Ajith | CPI | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | K. Ajith | CPI | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | C. K. Asha | CPI | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | C. K. Asha | CPI | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | C. K. Asha | 71,388 | 55.96 | 9.01 |
| | INC | P. R. Sona | 42,266 | 33.13 | 4.8 |
| | BDJS | Ajitha Sabu | 11,953 | 9.37 | 9.4 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,122 | 22.83 | 4.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,132 | 82.01 | 0.80 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 4.67 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,62,632 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | C. K. Asha | 61,997 | 46.95 | 4.67 |
| | INC | A. Saneeshkumar | 37,413 | 28.83 | 14.08 |
| | BDJS | N. K. Neelakandan | 30,087 | 22.77 | − |
| | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,584 | 18.62 | 9.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,32,048 | 81.19 | 2.04 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 4.67 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,53,205 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vaikom :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,568 | 8.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,21,265 | 79.15 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |