Pinarayi Vijayan was elected six times to the Kerala legislative assembly. He represented Koothuparamba constituency in 1970, 1977 and 199, Payyaunr in 1996, and Dharmadam in 2016 and 2021.
Koothuparamba (1970)
In the elections held in 1970, Pinarayi Vijayan contested from the Koothuparamba constituency as the CPI(M) candidate. Thayath Raghavan of Praja Socialist Party, P. Balagangadharan of Indian National Congress (Organization) and independent candidate K. C. Nandanan were the other candidates who contested with him. About 77.25% of the total electorate recorded their votes in the election. Pinarayi Vijayan defeated Thayath Raghavan of PSP by a margin of 743 votes in this election, securing 46.72% of the total votes polled.
| ELECTORS |
77233 |
|
Voters |
59662 |
|
Valid votes |
59096 |
|
Polling Percentage |
77.25% |
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE |
|
Pinarayi Vijayan |
CPI(M) |
28281 |
46.72% |
|
Thayath Raghavan |
PSP |
27538 |
45.49% |
|
P. Balagangadharan |
INC(O) |
4297 |
7.1% |
|
K. C. Nandanan |
Independent |
422 |
0.7% |
Koothuparamba (1977)
The next election to the Kerala legislative assembly was delayed because of the national emergency declared by Indira Gandhi, which resulted in the suspension of all democratic processes in the country. The elections were held in 1977, after the emergency was retracted. Pinarayi Vijayan contested from Koothuparamba. Apart from him, Abdulkader M. of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and an independent candidate, P. V. Prabhakaran contested in the election. Polling percentage slightly rose to 78.29%. Pinarayi Vijayan secured 52.6% of all the polled votes to win by a margin of 4401 votes over his next opponent, Abdulkader M. of RSP.
| ELECTORS |
85316 |
|
Voters |
66790 |
|
Valid votes |
65874 |
|
Polling Percentage |
78.29% |
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE |
|
Pinarayi Vijayan |
CPI(M) |
34465 |
52.6% |
|
Abdulkader M. |
RSP |
30064 |
45.89% |
|
P. V. Prabhakaran |
Independent |
989 |
1.51% |
Koothuparamba (1991)
After a gap of 14 years, Pinarayi Vijayan contested once again from Koothuparamba legislative assembly constituency in 1991. V. Ramakrishnan of Indian National Congress, Eaakkad Premarajan of Bharathiya Janatha Party and independent candidate Ambilad Mohanan were his opponents. 73.37% of the total electorate recorded their votes. Pinarayi Vijayan defeated P. Ramakrishnan by a margin of 13060 votes and secured 53.43% of the total votes polled.
| ELECTORS |
141409 |
|
Voters |
103745 |
|
Valid votes |
100771 |
|
Polling Percentage |
73.37% |
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE |
|
Pinarayi Vijayan |
CPI(M) |
58842 |
53.43% |
|
P. Ramakrishnan |
INC |
45782 |
41.57% |
|
Eaakkad Premarajan |
BJP |
4986 |
4.53% |
|
Ambilad Mohanan |
Independent |
519 |
0.47% |
Payyannur (1996)
In 1996, Pinarayi Vijayan sought the people’s verdict from Payyannur legislative assembly constituency. K. N. Kannoth of Indian National Congress, K. Ramachandran of BJP and three independent candidates – M. Kesavan Nampoothiri, C. P. Abdul Shukkoor, Narayanan Paleri – were his opponents. The polling percentage was 73.41%. Pinarayi Vijayan won the elections securing 59.42% of the total polled votes by a margin of 28078 votes.
| ELECTORS |
154173 |
|
Voters |
113172 |
|
Valid votes |
111573 |
|
Polling Percentage |
73.41% |
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE |
|
Pinarayi Vijayan |
CPI(M) |
70870 |
59.42% |
|
K. N. Kannoth |
INC |
42792 |
35.88% |
|
K. Ramachandran |
BJP |
4577 |
3.84% |
|
M. Kesavan Nampoothiri |
Independent |
493 |
0.41% |
|
C. P. Abdul Shukkoor |
Independent |
343 |
0.29% |
|
Narayanan Paleri |
Independent |
189 |
0.16% |
Dharmadam (2016)
The election at Dharmadam legislative constituency in 2016 marked the return of Pinarayi Vijayan to electoral politics. Mambaram Divakaran of Congress, Mohanan Manantheri, Tharammal Niyaz of Social Democratic Party of India and two independent candidates – Divakaran M. Thiruvathira, Divakaran Moottil House – were his opponents. Polling percentage was 84.3%. Pinarayi Vijayan secured 56.84% of the total votes polled, defeating Mambaram Divakaran by a margin of 36905 votes.
| ELECTORS |
1,82,266 |
|
Voters |
1,53,012 |
|
Polling Percentage |
84.3% |
|
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE |
|
Pinarayi Vijayan |
CPI(M) |
87329 |
56.84 |
|
Mambaram Divakaran |
INC |
50424 |
32.82 |
|
Mohanan Manatheri |
BJP |
12763 |
8.31 |
|
Tharammal Niyaz |
SDPI |
1994 |
1.3 |
|
Divakaran M. Thiruvathira |
Independent |
354 |
0.23 |
|
Divakaran Moottil House |
Independent |
148 |
0.1 |
Dharmadam 2021
Pinarayi Vijayan won the legislative assembly election in 2021 at Dharmadam by a huge margin of 50,123 votes. He got 59.61% of votes while the vote share of the congress candidate C. Raghunathan who finished second is 28.33%.
|
CANDIDATE NAME |
PARTY |
VOTES |
VOTE SHARE (%) |
|
Pinarayi VijayanWINS |
CPM |
95522 |
59.61% |
|
C. RaghunathanLOSES |
CONG |
45399 |
28.33% |
|
C. K. PadmanabhanLOSES |
BJP |
14623 |
9.13% |
|
Basheer Kannadiparamba |
SDPI |
2280 |
1.42% |
|
Valayar Bhagyavathi |
IND |
1753 |
1.09% |
|
Chovva Raghunathan |
IND |
137 |
0.09% |
|
C. P. Maharoof |
IND |
72 |
0.04% |
|
Vadi Harindran |
IND |
61 |
0.04% |