Alappuzha Assembly constituency

Alappuzha
Alappuzha
Constituency No. 104 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Alappuzha Bypass
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
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A.D. Thomas
Party	INC
Elected year	2026

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 A.D. Thomas of INC.

Local self-governed segments

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

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		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	T. V. Thomas		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. K. Vasudevan Nair		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. K. Vasudevan Nair		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*	12th	A. A. Shukoor		2009 – 2011
2011	13th	T. M. Thomas Isaac	CPI(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	T. M. Thomas Isaac		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	P. P. Chitharanjan		2021-2026
2026	16th	A.D. Thomas	INC	2026 incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. D. Thomas	81,065	51.42	12.44
	CPI(M)	P. P. Chitharanjan	60,050	38.09	8.24
	BJP	M. J. Job	15,375	9.75	3.91
	NOTA	None of the above	975	0.61	0.08
Margin of victory			21015	13.29	5.94
Turnout			157661
			Swing

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	6.96
	INC	Dr. K. S. Manoj	61,768	38.98	5.56
	BJP	Sandeep Vachaspathi	21,650	13.66	2.00
	NOTA	NOTA	1,089	0.69	0.14
	BSP	K. C. Subeendran	207	0.13	−
	SUCI(C)	K. A. Vinod	205	0.13	0.03
	BDP	Shylendran	115	0.07
Margin of victory			11,644	7.35	0.95
Turnout			1,58,446	78.44	2.24
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.96

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	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

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 Issac	75,857	53.71	9.29
	INC	Adv. P. J. Mathew	59,515	42.14	7.82
	BJP	Kottaram Unnikrishnan	3,450	2.51	0.11
	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	6.03
Turnout			1,41,243	81.20
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	9.29

2009

There is a bye election will be conducted in Alappuzha assembly constituency at 2009 due to the resignation of sitting MLA K.C. Venugopal.

2009 bye-election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. A. Shukoor	42,774	49.96	8.63
	CPI	G. Krishnaprasad	38,029	44.42	5.78
	BJP	K. Babu	2,247	2.62	1.30
	PDP	Adv. K. A. Hassan	1,804	2.10	−
	Independent	Shukkoor	405	0.47	−
	Independent	Muralidharan	110	0.12	−
	Independent	Krishnakumar	83	0.09	−
	Independent	P. Vijayan Pillai	81	0.09	−
	Independent	Dr. George Joseph Themplangadu	46	0.05	−
	Independent	Noushad Shahul Hameed	31	0.03	−
Margin of victory			4,745	5.54	14.41
Turnout			85,610
	INC hold		Swing	8.63

2006

There were 1,14,200 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.C. Venugopal	49,721	58.59	0.50
	CPI	T. J. Anjalose	32,788	38.64	1.86
	BJP	Parayil Radhakrishnan	1,118	1.32	1.81
	Independent	P. C. Venugopal	489	0.58
	AIADMK	A. P. Abrahimkutty	241	0.28
	Independent	M. A. Bindu	227	0.27
	Independent	Anjalose	192	0.23
	Independent	Rajan Kochi	81	0.10
	Invalid	Invalidated Votes	14
Margin of victory			16,933	19.95	1.35
Turnout			84,871	74.32	9.24
	INC hold		Swing	0.50

2001

There were 1,38,117 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.C. Venugopal	52,203	58.09	7.19
	CPI	A. M. Abdul Raheem	33,050	36.78	5.62
	BJP	D. Krishnan	2,815	3.13
	Independent	Abdul Raheem	1,176	1.31
	SUCI(C)	S. Radhamony	623	0.69
	Invalid	Invalidated Votes	29
Margin of victory			19,153	21.30	12.90
Turnout			89,896	65.08	6.12
	INC hold		Swing	7.19

1996

There were 1,26,537 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.C. Venugopal	45,104	50.9	2.6
	CPI	P. S. Somasekharan	37,568	42.4	5.1
	PDP	P. M. Hussain	3,847	4.3
	Independent	K. R. Rajappan	1,190	1.3
	Independent	S. Seethilal	365	0.4	0.3
	Independent	Cherian Jacob	243	0.3
	Independent	Muraleedharan	143	0.2
	Independent	Fasy	103	0.1
Margin of victory			7,536	8.4	7.6
Turnout			90,104	71.2	0.7
	UDF hold		Swing	2.6

1991

There were 1,24,595 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	K. P. Ramachandran Nair	42,269	48.3
	CPI	P. S. Somasekharan	41,519	47.5
	BJP	Arumughan Pillai	2,513	2.9
	Independent	S. Seethilal	637	0.7
	LKD	Vijayam Nelu	336	0.4
	Independent	Usman Mohammed Yousuf	201	0.2
Margin of victory			750	0.8
Turnout			89,632	71.9
	NDP gain from CPI		Swing

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. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
↑ "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.

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[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. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[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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