Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

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Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>102</td><td>Aroor</td><td>Alappuzha</td><td>Daleema</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>103</td><td>Cherthala</td><td>P. Prasad</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td>Alappuzha</td><td>P. P. Chitharanjan</td></tr><tr><td>105</td><td>Ambalappuzha</td><td>H. Salam</td></tr><tr><td>106</td><td>Haripad</td><td>Ramesh Chennithala</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td>Kayamkulam</td><td>U. Prathibha</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td></tr><tr><td>116</td><td>Karunagappally</td><td>Kollam</td><td>C. R. Mahesh</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr></tbody></table>

• Aroor • Cherthala • Mararikulam (Former) • Alappuzha • Ambalappuzha • Kuttanad • Haripad

After the Delimitation Kayamkulam and Karunagappally were added & Kuttanad were moved to Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

As Alleppey in Travancore-Cochin

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>1st</td><td>P.T. Punnoose</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1952-1957</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>2nd</td><td>P.T. Punnoose</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1957-1962</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>3rd</td><td>P. K. Vasudevan Nair</td><td>1962-1967</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>4th</td><td>Susheela Gopalan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1967-1971</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>5th</td><td>K. Balakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>1971-1977</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1977</td><td>6th</td><td>V. M. Sudheeran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1977-1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>7th</td><td>Susheela Gopalan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1980-1984</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>8th</td><td>Vakkom Purushothaman</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1984-1989</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>9th</td><td>1989-1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>10th</td><td>T. J. Anjalose</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>1991-1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>11th</td><td>V. M. Sudheeran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1996-1998</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>12th</td><td>1998-1999</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>13th</td><td>1999-2004</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>14th</td><td>K. S. Manoj</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>2004-2009</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>15th</td><td>K. C. Venugopal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2009-2014</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16th</td><td>2014-2019</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>17th</td><td>A. M. Ariff</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>2019-2024</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>18th</td><td>K. C. Venugopal</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

General Election 2024

<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>404,560</td><td>38.21</td><td>1.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>A. M. Ariff</td><td>3,41,047</td><td>32.21</td><td>8.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sobha Surendran</td><td>2,99,648</td><td>28.30</td><td>11.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>7,365</td><td>0.70</td><td>0.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Muraleedharan Koncherillam</td><td>1,626</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>R. Arjunan</td><td>1,319</td><td>0.12</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Adv. K. M. Shahjahan</td><td>682</td><td>0.06</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vayalar Rajeevan</td><td>675</td><td>0.06</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shahjahan V. A.</td><td>576</td><td>0.05</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Satheesh Shenoi</td><td>482</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jayakrishnan P.</td><td>385</td><td>0.04</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jyothi Abraham</td><td>338</td><td>0.03</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>63,513</td><td>6.00</td><td>5.04</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,68,949</td><td>75.99</td><td>4.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2019

According to Election Commission, there are 13,14,535 registered voters in Alappuzha Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha 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>A. M. Ariff</td><td>445,981</td><td>40.96</td><td>3.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shanimol Usman</td><td>4,35,496</td><td>40.00</td><td>6.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan</td><td>1,87,729</td><td>17.24</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>6,065</td><td>0.56</td><td>0.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>K. S. Shan</td><td>3,595</td><td>0.33</td><td>0.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Adv. Prashant Bhim</td><td>2,431</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.12</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>API</td><td>A. Akhilesh</td><td>1,782</td><td>0.16</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Varkala Raj</td><td>1,689</td><td>0.15</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>R. Parthasarathy Varma</td><td>1,113</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Satheesh Shenoi</td><td>783</td><td>0.07</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Santhosh Thuravoor</td><td>749</td><td>0.07</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vayalar Rajeevan</td><td>696</td><td>0.06</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Thahir</td><td>571</td><td>0.05</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,474</td><td>0.96</td><td>0.99</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,90,112</td><td>80.35</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2014

<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>462,525</td><td>46.31</td><td>5.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>C.B. Chandrababu</td><td>443,118</td><td>44.37</td><td>0.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP(B)</td><td>A.V. Thamarakshan</td><td>43,051</td><td>4.31</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>11,338</td><td>1.14</td><td>−−−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Thulaseedharan Pallikkal</td><td>10,993</td><td>1.10</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>D. Mohanan</td><td>9,414</td><td>0.94</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Adv. M. A. Bindu</td><td>5,921</td><td>0.60</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. V. Natesan</td><td>3,385</td><td>0.34</td><td>0.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Venugopal P. C.</td><td>3,149</td><td>0.31</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Chandrababu G.</td><td>1,615</td><td>0.16</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. S. Balakrishnan</td><td>1,363</td><td>0.14</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. B. Basheer</td><td>709</td><td>0.07</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jayachandran Sarasamma</td><td>481</td><td>0.05</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. M. Paulose</td><td>402</td><td>0.04</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>19,407</td><td>1.95</td><td>4.40</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>997,464</td><td>78.85</td><td>0.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.31</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2009

<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>468,679</td><td>51.44</td><td>5.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Dr. K. S. Manoj</td><td>411,044</td><td>45.11</td><td>0.96</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NDA</td><td>Sony P. Kalyankumar</td><td>19,711</td><td>2.20</td><td>3.83</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>K. S. Prasad</td><td>4,813</td><td>0.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Seethilal</td><td>2,705</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>P. J. Kurian</td><td>1,025</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.25</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>57,635</td><td>6.33</td><td>6.19</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>911,120</td><td>79.42</td><td>4.42</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.50</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2004

<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>Dr. K. S. Manoj</td><td>335,494</td><td>46.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. M. Sudheeran</td><td>334,485</td><td>45.94</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. V. Padmanabhan</td><td>43,891</td><td>6.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. S. Sudheeran</td><td>8,282</td><td>1.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>P. J. Kurian</td><td>2,642</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. I. Bose</td><td>2,291</td><td>0.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Parthasarathy Varma</td><td>2,024</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>T. A. Krishnankutty</td><td>987</td><td>0.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,009</td><td>0.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>728,156</td><td>75.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>