Vamanapuram 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 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is D. K. Murali of CPI(M).
Vamanapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anad | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 2 | Kallara | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 3 | Nanniyode | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 4 | Nellanad | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 5 | Panavoor | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 6 | Pangode | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 7 | Peringamala | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 8 | Pullampara | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| 9 | Vamanapuram | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
The following list contains all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | N. V. Pillai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1970 | M. Kunjukrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | N. Vasudevan Pillai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1980 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pirappancode Murali | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | J. Arundathi | ||
| 2011 | Koliyakode N. Krishna Nair | ||
| 2016 | D. K. Murali | ||
| 2021 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,97,254 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | D. K. Murali | 65,848 | 46.56 |  0.05
| |
| INC | T. Sarathchandra Prasad | 56,252 | 39.77 |  4.93
| |
| BDJS | R. V. Nikhil | 13,956 | 9.87 | ||
| SDPI | Thachonam Nisamudeen | 1,774 | 1.25 | 0.55
| |
| BSP | Anil Paalode | 901 | 0.64 | 0.06
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 789 | 0.56 | ||
| Independent | Sugathan S. | 517 | 0.37 | ||
| SS | G. Ajith | 515 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Irincham Suresh | 286 | 0.20 | 0.15
| |
| API | Anil K. Pongadu | 228 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Maniraj Bharathannoor | 123 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,596 | 6.79 | 4.98
| ||
| Turnout | 1,41,435 | 71.70 | 0.96
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.05
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There were 1,74,408 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair | 57,381 | 46.51 | ||
| INC | C. Mohanachandran | 55,145 | 44.70 | ||
| BJP | Karette Sivaprasad | 5,228 | 4.24 | ||
| SDPI | Pirappankode Shahjahan | 2,225 | 1.80 | ||
| Independent | Seleena Prakkanam | 1,613 | 1.31 | ||
| BSP | Sasi R. Cheraman | 667 | 0.70 | ||
| Independent | Irinchayam Suresh | 437 | 0.35 | ||
| Independent | Krishnan Nair | 275 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Bharathannoor Balan | 205 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2.236 | 1.81 | |||
| Turnout | 1,23,376 | 70.74 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
