Kazhakootam Assembly constituency

Kazhakootam
Kazhakootam
Constituency No. 132 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Technopark at Kazhakootam is first and largest Information Technology park in India.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Established	1965
Total electors	1,81,771 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Kadakampally Surendran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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.^[1] 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:^[2]

Election	Name
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		Indian National Congress
2011		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		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			23,497	17.0
Turnout			420
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
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			7,347	5.48
Turnout			1,33,959	73.70	6.61
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kazhakootam
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			2,196	2.00
Turnout			23	67.09
	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		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			8669	12.47
Turnout			69,504	80.41
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Kazhakoottam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[:0-4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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