Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency

Ambalappuzha
Ambalappuzha
Constituency No. 105 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Alappuzha Lighthouse
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Established	2008
Total electors	1,78,623 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent G. Sudhakaran
Party	Independent
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Ambalappuzha 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 H. Salam of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

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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[edit | edit source]

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

Key

CPI (M) INC Independent [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	V. S. Achuthanandan		CPI (M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	V. S. Achuthanandan	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. K. Kumara Pillai		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. K. Chandrananandan		CPI (M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	V. Dinakaran		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	V. Dinakaran		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	2021-2026
2026	16th	G. Sudhakaran		Independent	2026-

Election results[edit | edit source]

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

2026[edit | edit source]

There were 1,71,265 registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	G. Sudhakaran	75,184
	CPI(M)	H. Salam	47,249
	BJP	Arun Anirudhan	16,348
	SUCI(C)	Johnson Mathew	1020
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory			27,935
Turnout			1,38,499	80.86	4.15
	United Democratic Front (Kerala) gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

There were 1,78,623 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	H. Salam	61,365	44.79	2.53
	INC	M. Liju	50,240	36.67	6.33
	BJP	Anoop Antony	22,389	16.34	0.71
	SDPI	M. M. Thahir	1,690	1.23	0.01
	NOTA	None of the above	591	0.43	−
	WPOI	Subadramma Thottappally	525	0.38	0.28
	SUCI(C)	Subaida	221	0.16	0.92
Margin of victory			11,125	8.12	8.86
Turnout			1,37,021	76.71	2.19
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.53

2016[edit | edit source]

There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. Sudhakaran	63,069	47.32	7.16
	JD(U)	Shaik P. Harriz	40,448	30.34	9.97
	BJP	L. P. Jayachandran	22,730	17.05	14.77
	SDPI	K. S. Shan	1,622	1.22	0.36
	SUCI(C)	R. Arjunan	1,439	1.08	0.73
	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	2.81
Turnout			1,33,294	78.90	0.73
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	7.16

2011[edit | edit source]

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	1.21
	INC	M. Liju	47,148	40.31	0.26
	BJP	P. K. Vasudevan	2,668	2.28	0.48
	SDPI	S. H. Alhadhi	1,852	1.58	−
	BSP	Omanakuttan	672	0.57	0.28
	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	1.48
Turnout			1,16,966	79.63	6.56
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.21

2006[edit | edit source]

There were 1,28,577 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	G. Sudhakaran	50,040	53.27	6.23
	DIC	Adv. D. Sugathan	38,111	40.57	10.84
	BJP	G. Baladevan	2,591	2.76
	Independent	K. R. Sasi	1,811	1.93
	BSP	K. J. Chandramohan	797	0.85
	AIADMK	Saleena Rehim	582	0.62
Margin of victory			11,929	12.69	8.32
Turnout			93,953	73.07	0.85
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	6.23

2001[edit | edit source]

There were 1,43,058 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. D. Sugathan	53,119	51.41	5.01
	CPI(M)	C. K. Sadasivan	48,602	47.04	1.56
	Independent	P. K. Sasi	890	0.86
	Independent	Vasudevan Nair R.	709	0.69
Margin of victory			4,517	4.37	2.07
Turnout			1,03,325	72.22	3.08
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	5.01

1996[edit | edit source]

There were 1,43,058 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 Kerala Assembly election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Susheela Gopalan	47,968	48.6	0.5
	INC	Devadath G. Purakkad	45,710	46.4	1.1
	BJP	K. D. Ramakrishnan	2,801	2.8	0.5
	PDP	P. Sahadevan	1,242	1.3
	Independent	K. J. Sheela	432	0.4
	Independent	P. T. Chandrababu Kainakary	397	0.4
	Independent	Radhakrishnan N. N. Pillai	75	0.1
Margin of victory			2,258	2.3	0.8
Turnout			1,00,204	75.3	4.5
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.5

1991[edit | edit source]

There were 1,27,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 Kerala Assembly election.

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	C. K. Sadasivan	48,150	49.1
	INC	V. Dinakaran	46,617	47.5
	BJP	K. D. Ramakrishnan	2,259	2.3
	Jharkhand Party	Joseph Kuttikkarru	439	0.5
	Independent	S. Rajeevan	405	0.4
	Independent	P. T. Kuriakose	179	0.2
Margin of victory			1,533	1.5
Turnout			1,01,973	79.8
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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.

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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.

[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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