Varkala Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Varkala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. Joy of CPI(M).
| Varkala | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 127 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,87,646 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Varkala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Varkala | Municipality | Varkala |
| 2 | Chemmaruthy | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 3 | Edava | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 4 | Elakamon | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 5 | Madavoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 6 | Navaikulam | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 7 | Pallickal | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
| 8 | Vettoor | Grama panchayat | Varkala |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India | |
| K. Sivadasan | |||
| 1960 | Balakrishnan | ||
| Shamsuddin | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | T. Abdul Majeed | Communist Party of India | |
| 1970 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Varkala Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | A. Ali Hassan | ||
| 2001 | Varkala Kahar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | V. Joy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Joy | 55,365 | 40.05% |  11.53 | |
| INC | Varkala Kahar | 53,315 | 38.57% |  0.86 | |
| BJP | Adv. Smitha Sundaresan | 27,400 | 19.82% | 9.46 | |
| BSP | Raju S Kottarakonam | 949 | 0.69 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 652 | 0.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2050 | ||||
| Turnout | 138231 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2021
There were 1,87,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Joy | 68,816 | 50.89 | 9.46 | |
| INC | Adv. B. R. M. Shafeer | 50,995 | 37.71 | 1.86 | |
| BDJS | Aji S | 11,214 | 8.29 | 7.21 | |
| BSP | Anu M.C | 1,948 | 1.44 | 0.03 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 815 | 0.6 | 0.11 | |
| Independent | Prince | 658 | 0.49 | ||
| Democratic Human Rights Movement Party | Anilkumar P | 460 | 0.34 | ||
| Independent | Shefeer | 323 | 0.24 | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,821 | 13.18 | 11.32 | ||
| Turnout | 1,35,229 | 72.06 | 0.52 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 9.46 |
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2016
There were 1,79,160 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. Joy | 53,102 | 41.43 | 1.25 | |
| INC | Varkala Kahar | 50,716 | 39.57 | 12.83 | |
| BDJS | Aji S. R. M. | 19,872 | 15.50 | ||
| BSP | Varkala P. Linees | 1,888 | 1.47 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 628 | 0.49 | ||
| SDPI | Abdul Salam | 466 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
| Independent | Sunil Kumar S. | 357 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Sudevan | 351 | 0.27 | ||
| PDP | Nadayara Jabbar | 297 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | Bhasidharan Nair | 138 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Salu R. | 135 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Varkala Sabesan | 126 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Vivekanandan | 101 | 0.08 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,386 | 1.86 | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,177 | 71.54 | 1.01 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
There were 1,51,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varkala Kahar | 57,775 | 52.40 | |||
| CPI(M) | A.A RAHEEM | 47,045 | 42.68 | ||
| BJP | Elakaman Satheesan | 3,430 | 3.11 | ||
| Independent | Cherunniyoor Ganesh | 927 | 0.84 | ||
| SDPI | Kunnil Shahjahan | 795 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | Aneesh Kumar | 275 | 0.25 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,710 | 9.72 | |||
| Turnout | 1,10,227 | 72.55 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||