# Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Name | Party |
| 1965 | N. Lakshmanan | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | M. H. Sahib | Indian Union Muslim League |
| 1970 | P. Neelakandan | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1977 | Thalekunnil Basheer | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | A.K. Antony | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress (Urs) |
| 1982 | M. M. Hassan | Independent |
| 1987 | Nabeesa Ummal | Independent |
| 1991 | M. V. Raghavan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | M. A. Vaheed | Independent politician |
| 2006 | M. A. Vaheed | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | M. A. Vaheed | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |

## Election results

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

### 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Kadakampally Surendran | 63,690 | 46.04 | 9.48 |
| | BJP | Shobha Surendran | 40,193 | 29.06 | 2.84 |
| | INC | S.S Lal | 33,995 | 23.85 | 4.97 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 668 | 0.48 | |
| | BSP | Kochumani | 1899 | 0.27 | 1.12 |
| | Independent | V. Sasikumaran Nair | 199 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Lalumon | 22 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Syamlal | 21 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Adv. Sen A. G. | 20 | 0.05 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 23,497 | 17.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 420 | | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Kadakampally Surendran | 50,079 | 37.38 | 7.00 |
| | BJP | V. Muraleedharan | 42,732 | 31.90 | 25.04 |
| | INC | M. A. Vaheed | 38,602 | 28.82 | 17.56 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 822 | 0.61 | |
| | BSP | Kochumani | 496 | 0.37 | 0.25 |
| | Independent | N. A. Vahid | 412 | 0.31 | |
| | Independent | Aneesh | 370 | 0.28 | |
| | Independent | Surendran Pillai | 108 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Manimekhala | 84 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Sasikala | 83 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Murukan A. | 59 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Muraleedharan | 58 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Prasad P. | 54 | 0.04 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,347 | 5.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,33,959 | 73.70 | 6.61 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | M. A. Vaheed | 50,787 | 46.38 |
| | CPI(M) | C. Ajayakumar | 48,591 | 44.38 |
| | BJP | Padmakumar | 7,508 | 6.86 |
| | Independent | M. Wahid | 986 | 0.90 |
| | BSP | K. Bhuvanendran Chettiyar | 678 | 0.62 |
| | SDPI | M. A. Jaleel | 418 | 0.38 |
| | Independent | Sudarshanan S. | 325 | 0.30 |
| | Independent | K. Ajithkumar | 205 | 0.19 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,196 | 2.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23 | 67.09 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### By-Election 1977

There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.
1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | A.K. Antony | 38,463 | 55.33 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Independent | P. Sreedharan Nair | 29,794 | 42.86 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8669 | 12.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,504 | 80.41 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |