Alappuzha Assembly constituency
| Alappuzha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 104 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,93,532 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Alappuzha 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is P. P Chitharenjan of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Alappuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Parts of Alappuzha |
Municipality | Ambalappuzha |
| Aryad | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Mannancherry | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Mararikulam North | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Mararikulam South | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | T. V. Thomas | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | A. Nafeesath Beevi | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | T. V. Thomas | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | K. P. Ramachandran Nair | NDP | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | Rosamma Punnose | CPI | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Vijayamma. S | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | K. C. Venugopal | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2009 | |||
| 2009* | 12th | A. A. Shukoor | 2009 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | T. M. Thomas Isaac | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. P. Chitharanjan | Incumbent | ||
*by-election
Election results
[edit | edit source]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit | edit source]There were 1,54,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. P. Chitharanjan | 73,412 | 46.33 | Decrease6.96 | |
| INC | K. S. Manoj | 61,768 | 38.98 | Increase5.56 | |
| BJP | Sandeep Vachaspati | 21,650 | 13.66 | Increase2.00 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,089 | 0.69 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,644 | 7.35 | Decrease0.95 | ||
| Turnout | 1,58,446 | - | − | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease6.96 | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Isaac | 83,211 | 53.29 | Decrease0.42 | |
| INC | Laly Vincent | 52,179 | 33.42 | Decrease8.72 | |
| BJP | Ranjith Sreenivas | 18,214 | 11.66 | Increase9.15 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 856 | 0.55 | − | |
| SDPI | P. A. Sulaiman | 703 | 0.45 | Decrease0.37 | |
| PDP | K. Mujeeb | 481 | 0.31 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | K. A. Vinod | 244 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Premji K. P. | 149 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Prasanth | 113 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,032 | 19.87 | Increase8.30 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,150 | 80.68 | Decrease0.52 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease0.42 | |||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Adv P J Mathew | 59,515 | 42.14 | ||
| CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Issac | 75,857 | 53.71 | − | |
| BJP | Kottaram Unnikrishnan | 3,450 | 2.51 | − | |
| SDPI | T. M. Samad | 1,158 | 0.82 | ||
| Independent | Sebastian | 646 | 0.46 | ||
| BSP | C. P. Thilakan | 527 | 0.37 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,342 | 11.57 | |||
| Turnout | 1,41,243 | 81.20 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Alappuzha
- Alappuzha district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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