Ambalappuzha
Constituency for the
Alappuzha Lighthouse near Purakkad
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictAlappuzha
Established2011 - present
Total electors1,78,623 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

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.[1] 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:[2]

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

  CPI(M)  INC  Independent  RSP

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.[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) H. Salam 61,365 44.79 Decrease2.53
INC M. Liju 50,240 36.67 -
BJP Anoop Antony 22,389 16.34 Decrease0.71
SDPI M. M. Thahir 1,690 1.23 Increase0.01
NOTA None of the above 591 0.43 -
WPOI Subadramma Thottappally 525 0.38 Decrease0.28
SUCI(C) R. Arjunan 221 0.16 Decrease0.92
Margin of victory 11,125 8.12 Decrease8.86
Turnout 1,37,021 76.71 Decrease2.19
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.53

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) G. Sudhakaran 63,069 47.32 Decrease7.16
Janata Dal (United) Shaik P. Harriz 40,448 30.34 -
BJP L. P. Jayachandran 22,730 17.05 Increase14.77
SDPI K. S. Shan 1,622 1.22 Decrease0.36
SUCI(C) R. Arjunan 1,439 1.08 Increase0.73
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 Increase2.81
Turnout 1,33,294 78.90 Decrease0.73
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease7.16

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,46,890 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha
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

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 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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