Kazhakootam 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran of CPI(M).
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[2]
| 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 | ||
| 1980 | M. M. Hassan | Indian National Congress (Urs) | |
| 1982 | Independent | ||
| 1987 | Nabeesa Ummal | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2016 | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
| 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 | ||||
There were 1,81,771 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| 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 | ||||
There were 1,63,199 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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 | ||||
There were 86,434 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.
| 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 | ||||
