Vypen Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Vypin 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Tony Chammany of Indian National Congress.
| Vypin | |
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| Constituency No. 79 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,64,237 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Tony Chammany | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
Vypin Assembly constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. Before, it used to be known as Njarackal Assembly constituency from 1957 to 2008.
Local self-governed segments
The constituency lies in the islands of Vypin. It is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| 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:
Njarackal
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. C. Abraham | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 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 | Ibrahimkutty Muhamed Suffeer | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | M A Kuttapan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | M. K. Purushothaman | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
Vypen
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021
There were 1,72,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. N. Unnikrishnan | 53,858 | 41.24 |  11.00 | |
| INC | Deepak Joy | 45,657 | 34.96 | 2.53 | |
| TTP | 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 | 8,201 | 6.28 | 8.47 | ||
| Turnout | 1,30,596 | 75.89 |  3.98 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 11.00 |
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2016
There were 1,64,237 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. Sharma | 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 | 19,353 | 14.75 | 10.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,31,169 | 79.87 | 0.47 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.87 |
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2011
There were 1,52,040 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | S. Sharma | 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 | 5,242 | 4.34 | |||
| Turnout | 1,20,726 | 79.40 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||