# Kayamkulam Assembly constituency

Kayamkulam 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is U. Pratibha of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Kayamkulam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Kayamkulam | Municipality | Karthikappally |
| 2 | Devikulangara | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 3 | Kandalloor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 4 | Krishnapuram | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 5 | Pathiyoor | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 6 | Bharanikkavu | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 7 | Chettikulangara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | K. O. Aysha Bai | | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. O. Aysha Bai | | Communist Party of India | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Kungu | | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai | | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | Thundathil Kunjukrishna Pillai | | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | Indian national congress (s)Independent symbol ) | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | M. R. Gopalakrishnan | | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Thachadi Prabhakaran | | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | G. Sudhakaran | | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | M. M. Hassan | | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | C. K. Sadasivan | | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | C. K. Sadasivan | | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | U. Prathibha | | Communist Party of India | 2016-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | U. Prathibha | | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,14,839 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 77,348 | 47.97 | 1.44 |
| | INC | Aritha Babu | 71,050 | 44.06 | 4.01 |
| | BDJS | Pradeeplal | 11413 | 7.08 | 5.67 |
| | Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 367 | 0.47 | 0.24 |
| | Independent | Rajeev R | 231 | 0.14 | − |
| | Independent | Geevarghese Samuel | 205 | 0.13 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Myna Gopinath | 150 | 0.09 | − |
| | Independent | Sathyanarayanan S | 73 | 0.05 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,298 | 3.88 | 2.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,21,93 | 75.47 | 1.66 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 3.91 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,03,308 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | U. Pratibha | 72,956 | 46.53 | 1.75 |
| | INC | M. Liju | 61,099 | 38.96 | 8.38 |
| | BDJS | Shaji M. Panicker | 20,000 | 12.75 | 10.54 |
| | PDP | Muttam Nazar | 1,125 | 0.72 | − |
| | Independent | Maniyappan Achari | 739 | 0.47 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 458 | 0.29 | − |
| | Independent | G. Veena | 177 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Ajith P. | 159 | 0.10 | |
| | Independent | Liju M. | 93 | 0.06 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,857 | 7.57 | 6.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,806 | 77.13 | 0.43 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.75 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,82,036 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kayamkulam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | C. K. Sadasivan | 67,409 | 48.28 | |
| | INC | M. Murali | 66,094 | 47.34 | |
| | BJP | T. O. Noushad | 3,083 | 2.21 | |
| | Independent | K. Sadasivan | 744 | 0.53 | − |
| | Independent | Murali | 704 | 0.50 | − |
| | BSP | Ambujan | 602 | 0.43 | − |
| | Independent | Shal Mohan | 585 | 0.42 | |
| | Independent | Kalesh Manimandiram | 405 | 0.29 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,315 | 0.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,39,626 | 76.70 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |