Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency
| Ambalappuzha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 105 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 | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,78,623 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ambalappuzha 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 H. Salam of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Parts of Alappuzha |
Municipality | Ambalappuzha |
| Ambalapuzha North | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Ambalapuzha South | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Punnapra North | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Punnapra South | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Purakkad | 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:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | V. S. Achuthanandan | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | K. K. Kumara Pillai | RSP | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | P. K. Chandrananandan | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | V. Dinakaran | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | INC | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | C. K. Sadasivan | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Susheela Gopalan | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | D. Sugathan | INC | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | G. Sudhakaran | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | H. Salam | Incumbent | ||
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 1,78,623 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | H. Salam | 61,365 | 44.79 |  2.53
| |
| INC | M. Liju | 50,240 | 36.67 | − | |
| BJP | Anoop Antony | 22,389 | 16.34 | 0.71
| |
| SDPI | M. M. Thahir | 1,690 | 1.23 | Increase0.01 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 591 | 0.43 | − | |
| WPOI | Subadramma Thottappally | 525 | 0.38 | 0.28
| |
| SUCI(C) | R. Arjunan | 221 | 0.16 | 0.92
| |
| Margin of victory | 11,125 | 8.12 | 8.86
| ||
| Turnout | 1,37,021 | 76.71 | 2.19
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.53
|
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2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | G. Sudhakaran | 63,069 | 47.32 | 7.16
| |
| JD(U) | Shaik P. Harriz | 40,448 | 30.34 | − | |
| BJP | L. P. Jayachandran | 22,730 | 17.05 | Increase14.77 | |
| SDPI | K. S. Shan | 1,622 | 1.22 | 0.36
| |
| SUCI(C) | R. Arjunan | 1,439 | 1.08 | Increase0.73 | |
| Independent | Nassar M. Pygamadom | 1,053 | 0.79 | − | |
| PDP | A. Ansari | 931 | 0.70 | − | |
| WPOI | Nasar Arattupuzha | 878 | 0.66 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 627 | 0.47 | − | |
| Independent | Joseph Kuttikadan | 266 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | P. G. Sugunan | 231 | 0.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,621 | 16.98 | Increase2.81 | ||
| Turnout | 1,33,294 | 78.90 | 0.73
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 7.16
|
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2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,46,890 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | G. Sudhakaran | 63,728 | 54.48 | ||
| INC | M. Liju | 47,148 | 40.31 | ||
| BJP | P. K. Vasudevan | 2,668 | 2.28 | ||
| SDPI | S. H. Alhadhi | 1,852 | 1.58 | − | |
| BSP | Omanakuttan | 672 | 0.57 | ||
| SUCI(C) | K. R. Sasi | 415 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | Sivakumar | 347 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Nazeer Ahammed | 136 | 0.12 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,580 | 14.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,16,966 | 79.63 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Ambalappuzha
- Alappuzha district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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