Ambalappuzha (State Assembly Constituency)
Ambalappuzha 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 H. Salam of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Ambalappuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
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
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
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 1,78,623 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | H. Salam | 61,365 | 44.79 | ![]() | |
INC | M. Liju | 50,240 | 36.67 | − | |
BJP | Anoop Antony | 22,389 | 16.34 | ![]() | |
SDPI | M. M. Thahir | 1,690 | 1.23 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 591 | 0.43 | − | |
WPOI | Subadramma Thottappally | 525 | 0.38 | ![]() | |
SUCI(C) | R. Arjunan | 221 | 0.16 | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 11,125 | 8.12 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,37,021 | 76.71 | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | G. Sudhakaran | 63,069 | 47.32 | ![]() | |
JD(U) | Shaik P. Harriz | 40,448 | 30.34 | − | |
BJP | L. P. Jayachandran | 22,730 | 17.05 | ![]() | |
SDPI | K. S. Shan | 1,622 | 1.22 | ![]() | |
SUCI(C) | R. Arjunan | 1,439 | 1.08 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,33,294 | 78.90 | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,46,890 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
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
- Ambalappuzha
- 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 2021, Election commission of India". eci.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.