Alappuzha Assembly constituency

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. The current MLA is P. P Chitharenjan of CPI(M).

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Alappuzha Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Alappuzha Assembly constituency

Alappuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Parts of Alappuzha</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Ambalappuzha</td></tr><tr><td>Aryad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ambalappuzha</td></tr><tr><td>Mannancherry</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ambalappuzha</td></tr><tr><td>Mararikulam North</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Cherthala</td></tr><tr><td>Mararikulam South</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ambalappuzha</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Alappuzha Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>T. V. Thomas</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>A. Nafeesath Beevi</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>T. V. Thomas</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>P. K. Vasudevan Nair</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>K. P. Ramachandran Nair</td><td></td><td>NDP</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>Rosamma Punnose</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>Vijayamma. S</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>K. C. Venugopal</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>2006 – 2009</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>12th</td><td>A. A. Shukoor</td><td>2009 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>T. M. Thomas Isaac</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>2016 - 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>P. P. Chitharanjan</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Alappuzha Assembly constituency

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. D. Thomas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. P. Chitharanjan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. J. Job</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 1,54,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. P. Chitharanjan</td><td>73,412</td><td>46.33</td><td>6.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dr. K. S. Manoj</td><td>61,768</td><td>38.98</td><td>5.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sandeep Vachaspathi</td><td>21,650</td><td>13.66</td><td>2.00</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>NOTA</td><td>1,089</td><td>0.69</td><td>0.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. C. Subeendran</td><td>207</td><td>0.13</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>K. A. Vinod</td><td>205</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDP</td><td>Shylendran</td><td>115</td><td>0.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,644</td><td>7.35</td><td>0.95</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,58,446</td><td>78.44</td><td>2.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.96</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>T. M. Thomas Isaac</td><td>83,211</td><td>53.29</td><td>0.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Laly Vincent</td><td>52,179</td><td>33.42</td><td>8.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ranjith Sreenivas</td><td>18,214</td><td>11.66</td><td>9.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>856</td><td>0.55</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>P. A. Sulaiman</td><td>703</td><td>0.45</td><td>0.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>K. Mujeeb</td><td>481</td><td>0.31</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>K. A. Vinod</td><td>244</td><td>0.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Premji K. P.</td><td>149</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prasanth</td><td>113</td><td>0.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>31,032</td><td>19.87</td><td>8.30</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,56,150</td><td>80.68</td><td>0.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.42</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>T. M. Thomas Issac</td><td>75,857</td><td>53.71</td><td>9.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Adv. P. J. Mathew</td><td>59,515</td><td>42.14</td><td>7.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kottaram Unnikrishnan</td><td>3,450</td><td>2.51</td><td>0.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>T. M. Samad</td><td>1,158</td><td>0.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sebastian</td><td>646</td><td>0.46</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>C. P. Thilakan</td><td>527</td><td>0.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,342</td><td>11.57</td><td>6.03</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,41,243</td><td>81.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.29</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2009

There is a bye election will be conducted in Alappuzha assembly constituency at 2009 due to the resignation of sitting MLA K.C. Venugopal.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. A. Shukoor</td><td>42,774</td><td>49.96</td><td>8.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>G. Krishnaprasad</td><td>38,029</td><td>44.42</td><td>5.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K. Babu</td><td>2,247</td><td>2.62</td><td>1.30</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Adv. K. A. Hassan</td><td>1,804</td><td>2.10</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shukkoor</td><td>405</td><td>0.47</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muralidharan</td><td>110</td><td>0.12</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Krishnakumar</td><td>83</td><td>0.09</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Vijayan Pillai</td><td>81</td><td>0.09</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. George Joseph Themplangadu</td><td>46</td><td>0.05</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Noushad Shahul Hameed</td><td>31</td><td>0.03</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,745</td><td>5.54</td><td>14.41</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>85,610</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>8.63</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

There were 1,14,200 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K.C. Venugopal</td><td>49,721</td><td>58.59</td><td>0.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>T. J. Anjalose</td><td>32,788</td><td>38.64</td><td>1.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Parayil Radhakrishnan</td><td>1,118</td><td>1.32</td><td>1.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. C. Venugopal</td><td>489</td><td>0.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>A. P. Abrahimkutty</td><td>241</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. A. Bindu</td><td>227</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Anjalose</td><td>192</td><td>0.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajan Kochi</td><td>81</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Invalid</td><td>Invalidated Votes</td><td>14</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>16,933</td><td>19.95</td><td>1.35</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>84,871</td><td>74.32</td><td>9.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.50</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

There were 1,38,117 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K.C. Venugopal</td><td>52,203</td><td>58.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>A. M. Abdul Raheem</td><td>33,050</td><td>36.78</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>D. Krishnan</td><td>2,815</td><td>3.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdul Raheem</td><td>1,176</td><td>1.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>S. Radhamony</td><td>623</td><td>0.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Invalid</td><td>Invalidated Votes</td><td>29</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,153</td><td>21.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>89,896</td><td>65.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>