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

Alappuzha
Constituency for the
Alappuzha Bypass
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictAlappuzha
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,93,532 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
P. P Chitharenjan
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

Local self governed segments

Alappuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

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 K. P. Ramachandran Nair NDP 1991 – 1996
1996 10th K. C. Venugopal INC 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2009
2009* A. A. Shukoor 2009 – 2011
2011 13th T. M. Thomas Isaac CPI(M) 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2021
2021 15th P. P Chitharenjan Incumbent

    * Indicates Bypoll

    Election results

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

    2021

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

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) P.P Chitharanjan 73,412 46.33 Decrease6.96
    INC Dr.K.S Manoj 61,768 38.98 Increase5.56
    BJP Sandeep Vachaspati 21,650 13.66 Increase3.00
    BSP Subeendran K.C 207 0.13 -
    SUCI(C) K.A Vinod 205 0.13 Decrease0.03
    BDP Shylendran 115 0.07 -
    NOTA NOTA 244 1089 0.69
    Margin of victory 11,644 7.35 Decrease0.95
    Turnout 1,58,446 - -
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease6.96

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) T. M. Thomas Isaac 83,211 53.29 Decrease0.42
    INC Laly Vincent 52,179 33.42 Decrease8.72
    BJP Ranjith Sreenivas 18,214 11.66 Increase9.15
    NOTA None of the above 856 0.55 -
    SDPI P. A. Sulaiman 703 0.45 Decrease0.37
    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 Increase8.30
    Turnout 1,56,150 80.68 Decrease0.52
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease0.42

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI(M) T. M. Thomas Isaac 75,857 53.71
    INC P. J. Mathew 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 INC Swing

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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