Alappuzha Assembly Constituency
Alappuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is P. P Chitharenjan of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Alappuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| 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
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 | ||
* Indicates Bypoll
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | |||||
| INC | |||||
| BJP | Sandeep Vachaspati | ||||
| NOTA | NOTA | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
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 |  6.96
| |
| INC | K. S. Manoj | 61,768 | 38.98 |  5.56
| |
| BJP | Sandeep Vachaspati | 21,650 | 13.66 | 3.00
| |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,089 | 0.69 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,644 | 7.35 | 0.95
| ||
| Turnout | 1,58,446 | - | − | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 6.96
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Isaac | 83,211 | 53.29 | 0.42
| |
| INC | Laly Vincent | 52,179 | 33.42 | 8.72
| |
| BJP | Ranjith Sreenivas | 18,214 | 11.66 | 9.15
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 856 | 0.55 | − | |
| SDPI | P. A. Sulaiman | 703 | 0.45 | 0.37
| |
| 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 | 8.30
| ||
| Turnout | 1,56,150 | 80.68 | 0.52
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.42
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vijayamma. S | 75,008 | 53.71 | ||
| CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Issac | 59,515 | 42.14 | − | |
| 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
- Alappuzha
- Alappuzha district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.