Alappuzha Assembly constituency
| Alappuzha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 104 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,93,532 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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.[1] The current MLA is P. P Chitharenjan of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Alappuzha Assembly 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
[edit]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 | ||
*by-election
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit]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
|
|||
2016
[edit]There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| 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
|
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2011
[edit]There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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
[edit]- Alappuzha
- Alappuzha district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "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.