# Vypen Assembly constituency

Vypen State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. N. Unnikrishnan of CPI(M).
Vypen constituency came into existence in 2011. Before It was known as Njarackal Constituency from 1957 to 2011.

## Local self governed segments

The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Edavanakkad | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 2 | Elamkunnapuzha | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 3 | Kuzhuppilly | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 4 | Nayarambalam | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 5 | Njarackal | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 6 | Pallippuram | Grama panchayat | Kochi |
| 7 | Kadamakkudy | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 8 | Mulavukad | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
As Njarackal
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | A. S. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | M. K. Raghavan | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | T. A. Paraman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | M. K. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | P. K. Velayudhan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | K. K. Madhavan | Indian Congress | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Kunjambu | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | M. A. Kuttappan | Indian National Congress | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | M. A. Kuttappan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
As Vypen
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 2011 | 13th | S. Sharma | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | S. Sharma | Communist Party of India | 2016-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Unnikrishnan | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. N. Unnikrishnan | 53,858 | 41.24 | 11.00 |
| | INC | Deepak Joy | 45,657 | 37.49 | 2.53 |
| | Twenty 20 Party | Job Chakkalackal | 16,707 | 12.79 | New |
| | BJP | K. S. Shaiju | 13,540 | 10.37 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 525 | 0.40 | − |
| | Independent | M. K. Mukundan | 309 | 0.24 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,201 | 6.28 | 8.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,30,596 | 75.89 | 3.98 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 11.00 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | S. Sarma | 68,526 | 52.24 | 1.87 |
| | INC | K. R. Subhash | 49,173 | 37.49 | 8.54 |
| | BDJS | Vamalochanan K. K. | 10,051 | 7.66 | − |
| | WPOI | Jyothidas Paravur | 1,406 | 1.07 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 910 | 0.69 | − |
| | CPI(ML)L | Manjuladevi | 248 | 0.19 | − |
| | API | Rajeev Naagan | 231 | 0.18 | − |
| | Independent | Subhash K. S. | 217 | 0.17 | − |
| | PDP | K. D. Vishwanathan | 183 | 0.14 | − |
| | Independent | Kodickal Sadasivan | 136 | 0.10 | − |
| | Independent | S. D. Satheesh | 88 | 0.07 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,353 | 14.75 | 10.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,169 | 79.87 | 0.47 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.87 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Vypen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | S. Sarma | 60,530 | 50.37 | |
| | INC | Ajay Tharayil | 55,572 | 46.03 | |
| | BJP | T. G. Surendran | 2,930 | 2.43 | − |
| | BSP | T. K. Sivanandan | 546 | 0.45 | − |
| | Independent | Santhosh Sarma | 490 | 0.41 | − |
| | Independent | Benny Joseph | 374 | 0.31 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,242 | 4.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,20,726 | 79.40 | |
| | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) |