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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Alappuzha
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency|Alappuzha]]
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 104
| map_image = Alappuzha Bypass Aerial View 1.jpg
| map_caption = [[Alappuzha Bypass]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,93,532 (2016)
| mla = [[A.D. Thomas]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
}}

'''Alappuzha State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://alappuzha.nic.in/legislative-assembly-constituencies
|website = alappuzha.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala
|access-date = 11 March 2020
}}</ref> The current MLA is [[A.D. Thomas]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Alappuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District
|access-date = 2021-03-13
|archive-date = 2011-03-13
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313040130/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/alappuzha.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
| Parts of<br>[[Alappuzha]]
| Municipality
| [[Ambalappuzha]]
|-
| [[Aryad]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Ambalappuzha]]
|-
| [[Mannancherry]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Ambalappuzha]]
|-
| [[Mararikulam North]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Ambalappuzha|Cherthala]]
|-
| [[Mararikulam South]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Cherthala|Ambalappuzha]]
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama
Sabha
!Member
! colspan="2"|Party
!Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
|T. V. Thomas
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|1957 – 1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|A. Nafeesath Beevi
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1960 – 1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| rowspan="2" |T. V. Thomas
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=4}}
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|K. P. Ramachandran Nair
| {{Party name with color|National Democratic Party (Kerala)}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|[[Rosamma Punnoose|Rosamma Punnose]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|K. P. Ramachandran Nair
| {{Party name with color|National Democratic Party (Kerala)}}
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
| rowspan="3" |[[K. C. Venugopal]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|2006 – 2009
|-
|2009*
|12th
|A. A. Shukoor
|2009 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|rowspan='2'|[[T. M. Thomas Isaac]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3}}
|2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[P. P. Chitharanjan]]
|2021-2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|A. D. Thomas
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|2026 incumbent
|-
|}
{{notelist}}*by-election

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. D. Thomas|votes=81,065|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. P. Chitharanjan]]|votes=60,050|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=M. J. Job|votes=15,375|percentage|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 21015
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=157661|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
There were 1,54,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. P. Chitharanjan]]|votes=73,412|percentage=46.33|change={{decrease}}6.96}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Dr. K. S. Manoj]]|votes=61,768|percentage=38.98|change={{increase}}5.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sandeep Vachaspathi|votes=21,650|percentage=13.66|change={{increase}}2.00}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=NOTA|votes=1,089|percentage=0.69|change={{up}}0.14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. C. Subeendran|votes=207|percentage=0.13|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. A. Vinod|votes=205|percentage=0.13|change={{down}}0.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BDP|candidate=Shylendran|votes=115|percentage=0.07|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,644|percentage=7.35|change={{decrease}}0.95}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,446|percentage=78.44|change={{down}}2.24}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}6.96}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[T. M. Thomas Isaac]]|votes=83,211|percentage=53.29|change={{decrease}}0.42}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Laly Vincent|votes=52,179|percentage=33.42|change={{decrease}}8.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ranjith Sreenivas|votes=18,214|percentage=11.66|change={{increase}}9.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=856|percentage=0.55|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=P. A. Sulaiman|votes=703|percentage=0.45|change={{decrease}}0.37}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=K. Mujeeb|votes=481|percentage=0.31|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. A. Vinod|votes=244|percentage=0.16|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Premji K. P.|votes=149|percentage=0.10|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Prasanth|votes=113|percentage=0.07|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=31,032|percentage=19.87|change={{increase}}8.30}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,150|percentage=80.68|change={{decrease}}0.52}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}0.42}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate=[[T. M. Thomas Issac]]| votes=75,857|percentage=53.71|change={{up}}9.29 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate= Adv. P. J. Mathew|votes= 59,515|percentage=42.14|change={{down}}7.82 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Kottaram Unnikrishnan|votes=3,450|percentage=2.51|change={{down}}0.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=T. M. Samad|votes=1,158|percentage=0.82|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sebastian|votes=646|percentage=0.46|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=C. P. Thilakan|votes=527|percentage=0.37|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=16,342|percentage=11.57|change={{up}}6.03 }}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,41,243|percentage=81.20|change= }}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner= CPI(M)|loser= Indian National Congress|swing={{up}}9.29 }}
{{Election box end}}

===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]].

{{Election box begin | title=2009 bye-election: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = A. A. Shukoor
|votes = 42,774
|percentage = 49.96
|change = {{down}}8.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = G. Krishnaprasad
|votes = 38,029
|percentage = 44.42
|change = {{up}}5.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = K. Babu
|votes = 2,247
|percentage = 2.62
|change = {{up}}1.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Peoples Democratic Party (India)
|candidate = Adv. K. A. Hassan
|votes = 1,804
|percentage = 2.10
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Shukkoor
|votes = 405
|percentage = 0.47
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Muralidharan
|votes = 110
|percentage = 0.12
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Krishnakumar
|votes = 83
|percentage = 0.09
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = P. Vijayan Pillai
|votes = 81
|percentage = 0.09
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dr. George Joseph Themplangadu
|votes = 46
|percentage = 0.05
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Noushad Shahul Hameed
|votes = 31
|percentage = 0.03
|change = -
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 4,745
|percentage = 5.54
|change = {{down}}14.41
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 85,610
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{down}}8.63
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K.C. Venugopal]]
|votes = 49,721
|percentage = 58.59
|change = {{up}}0.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[T. J. Anjalose]]
|votes = 32,788
|percentage = 38.64
|change = {{up}}1.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Parayil Radhakrishnan
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 1.32
|change = {{down}}1.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = P. C. Venugopal
|votes = 489
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = AIADMK
|candidate = A. P. Abrahimkutty
|votes = 241
|percentage = 0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = M. A. Bindu
|votes = 227
|percentage = 0.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Anjalose
|votes = 192
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rajan Kochi
|votes = 81
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Invalid
|candidate = Invalidated Votes
|votes = 14
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 16,933
|percentage = 19.95
|change = {{down}}1.35
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 84,871
|percentage = 74.32
|change = {{up}}9.24
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{up}}0.50
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K.C. Venugopal]]
|votes = 52,203
|percentage = 58.09
|change = {{up}}7.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = A. M. Abdul Raheem
|votes = 33,050
|percentage = 36.78
|change = {{down}}5.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = D. Krishnan
|votes = 2,815
|percentage = 3.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Abdul Raheem
|votes = 1,176
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = S. Radhamony
|votes = 623
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Invalid
|candidate = Invalidated Votes
|votes = 29
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 19,153
|percentage = 21.30
|change = {{up}}12.90
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 89,896
|percentage = 65.08
|change = {{down}}6.12
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{up}}7.19
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K.C. Venugopal]]
|votes = 45,104
|percentage = 50.9
|change = {{up}}2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = P. S. Somasekharan
|votes = 37,568
|percentage = 42.4
|change = {{down}}5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Peoples Democratic Party (India)
|candidate = P. M. Hussain
|votes = 3,847
|percentage = 4.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. R. Rajappan
|votes = 1,190
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = S. Seethilal
|votes = 365
|percentage = 0.4
|change = {{down}}0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Cherian Jacob
|votes = 243
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Muraleedharan
|votes = 143
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Fasy
|votes = 103
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 7,536
|percentage = 8.4
|change = {{up}}7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 90,104
|percentage = 71.2
|change = {{down}}0.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|swing = {{up}}2.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Alappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = National Democratic Party (Kerala)
|candidate = K. P. Ramachandran Nair
|votes = 42,269
|percentage = 48.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = P. S. Somasekharan
|votes = 41,519
|percentage = 47.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Arumughan Pillai
|votes = 2,513
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = S. Seethilal
|votes = 637
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Dal
|candidate = Vijayam Nelu
|votes = 336
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Usman Mohammed Yousuf
|votes = 201
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 750
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 89,632
|percentage = 71.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = National Democratic Party (Kerala)
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Alappuzha]]
* [[Alappuzha district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Alappuzha]]

Alappuzha Assembly constituency - Revision history

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