Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: ആലപ്പുഴ ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Alappuzha
Lok Sabha Constituency
Map of Alappuzha Parliament Constituency
IncumbentA.M. Ariff
Parliamentary PartyCPI(M)
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1962–present
ReservationNone
StateKerala
Assembly Constituencies7

Assembly segments

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

SI No. Name
1. Aroor
2. Cherthala
3. Alappuzha
4. Ambalappuzha
5. Haripad
6. Kayamkulam
7. Karunagappally

Members of Parliament
SI No. Year Name Party
1. 1952 from Thiru–Kochi P. T. Punnoose Communist Party of India
2. 1977 V. M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress
3. 1980 Susheela Gopalan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4. 1984 Vakkom Purushothaman Indian National Congress
5. 1989
6. 1991 T. J. Anjalose Communist Party of India (Marxist)
7. 1996 V. M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress
8. 1998
9. 1999
10. 2004 K. S. Manoj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
11. 2009 K.C Venugopal Indian National Congress
12. 2014
13. 2019 A.M. Ariff Communist Party of India (Marxist)

As Ambalappuzha

SI No. Year Name Party
1. 1957 P. T. Punnoose Communist Party of India
2. 1962 P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party of India
3. 1967 Susheela Gopalan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4. 1971 K. Balakrishnan RSP

Election results

General election 2019

According to Election Commission, there are 13,14,535 registered voters in Alappuzha Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election.[2]

2019 Indian general elections : Alappuzha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Adv A. M. Ariff 4,45,981 40.96 -3.41
INC Adv Shanimol Usman 4,35,496 40.00 -6.31
BJP Dr K S Radhakrishnan 1,87,729 17.24 +17.24
SDPI KS Shan 3,593 0.33
NOTA None of the above 6,065 0.56
Margin of victory 10,474
Turnout 10,90,112 80.35
CPI (M) gain from INC Swing

General election 2014

A.V.Thamarakshan is contesting as an NDA Candidate of Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik), a BJP led NDA Partner for Lok Sabha Elections 2014[3]

2014 Indian general elections : Alappuzha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K.C. Venugopal 462,525 46.31 -5.31
CPI (M) C.B. Chandrababu 443,118 44.37 -0.90
RSP(B) A.V. Thamarakshan 43,051 4.31 N/A
NOTA None of the above 11,338 1.14 ---
Margin of victory 19,407 1.95 -4.40
Turnout 997,464 78.85
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  2. K, Abdul Basheer V. "2019 General Election Alappuzha Constituency Live Results".
  3. "BJP Forms State Chapter of NDA with 4 Parties". The New Indian Express.

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