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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 = Ambalappuzha
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency|Alappuzha]]
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 105
| map_image = Light House of alleppey.jpg
| map_caption = [[Alappuzha Lighthouse]]
| established = 2008
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,78,623 (2021)
| mla = [[G. Sudhakaran ]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent ]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
}}

'''Ambalappuzha 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 [[H. Salam]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Ambalappuzha 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
}}</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]]
|-
| [[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'''

{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}}{{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama
Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| rowspan="2" |[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
|K. K. Kumara Pillai
| {{Party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|P. K. Chandrananandan
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| rowspan="2" | V. Dinakaran
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|[[C. K. Sadasivan]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|[[Susheela Gopalan]]
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| D. Sugathan
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="3" |[[G. Sudhakaran]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4}}
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[H. Salam]]
|2021-2026
|-
|[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|16th
|[[G. Sudhakaran]]
|{{Party name with color|Independent}}
|2026-
|}

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

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|candidate = [[G. Sudhakaran]]
|votes = 75,184
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[H. Salam]]
|votes = 47,249
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Arun Anirudhan
|votes = 16,348
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Johnson Mathew
|votes = 1020
|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 = 27,935
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,38,499
|percentage = 80.86
|change = {{up}}4.15
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|loser = CPI(M)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 1,78,623 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalapuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[H. Salam]]|votes=61,365|percentage=44.79|change={{decrease}}2.53}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Liju|votes=50,240|percentage=36.67|change={{up}}6.33}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Anoop Antony|votes=22,389|percentage=16.34|change={{decrease}}0.71}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. M. Thahir|votes=1,690|percentage=1.23|change={{increase}}0.01}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=591|percentage=0.43|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Subadramma Thottappally|votes=525|percentage=0.38|change={{decrease}}0.28}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Subaida|votes=221|percentage=0.16|change={{decrease}}0.92}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=11,125|percentage=8.12|change={{decrease}}8.86}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,021|percentage=76.71|change={{decrease}}2.19}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}2.53}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly 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]]: Ambalapuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[G. Sudhakaran]]|votes=63,069|percentage=47.32|change={{decrease}}7.16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Shaik P. Harriz|votes=40,448|percentage=30.34|change={{down}}9.97}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=L. P. Jayachandran|votes=22,730|percentage=17.05|change={{increase}}14.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=K. S. Shan|votes=1,622|percentage=1.22|change={{decrease}}0.36}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=R. Arjunan|votes=1,439|percentage=1.08|change={{increase}}0.73}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nassar M. Pygamadom|votes=1,053|percentage=0.79|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=A. Ansari|votes=931|percentage=0.70|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welfare Party of India|candidate=Nasar Arattupuzha|votes=878|percentage=0.66|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=627|percentage=0.47|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joseph Kuttikadan|votes=266|percentage=0.20|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. G. Sugunan|votes=231|percentage=0.17|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=22,621|percentage=16.98|change={{increase}}2.81}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,33,294|percentage=78.90|change={{decrease}}0.73}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}7.16}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,46,890 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]]: Ambalapuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[G. Sudhakaran]]|votes=63,728|percentage=54.48|change={{up}}1.21 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Liju|votes=47,148|percentage=40.31|change={{down}}0.26}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. K. Vasudevan|votes=2,668|percentage=2.28|change={{down}}0.48 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=S. H. Alhadhi|votes=1,852|percentage=1.58|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Omanakuttan|votes=672|percentage=0.57|change={{down}}0.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. R. Sasi|votes=415|percentage=0.35|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sivakumar|votes=347|percentage=0.30|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nazeer Ahammed|votes=136|percentage=0.12|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=16,580|percentage=14.17|change={{up}}1.48}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,16,966|percentage=79.63|change={{up}}6.56}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing={{up}}1.21}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[G. Sudhakaran]]
|votes = 50,040
|percentage = 53.27
|change = {{up}}6.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)
|candidate = Adv. D. Sugathan
|votes = 38,111
|percentage = 40.57
|change = {{down}}10.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = G. Baladevan
|votes = 2,591
|percentage = 2.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. R. Sasi
|votes = 1,811
|percentage = 1.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = K. J. Chandramohan
|votes = 797
|percentage = 0.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = AIADMK
|candidate = Saleena Rehim
|votes = 582
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 11,929
|percentage = 12.69
|change = {{up}}8.32
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 93,953
|percentage = 73.07
|change = {{up}}0.85
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = CPI(M)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{up}}6.23
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Adv. D. Sugathan
|votes = 53,119
|percentage = 51.41
|change = {{up}}5.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[C. K. Sadasivan]]
|votes = 48,602
|percentage = 47.04
|change = {{down}}1.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = P. K. Sasi
|votes = 890
|percentage = 0.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vasudevan Nair R.
|votes = 709
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 4,517
|percentage = 4.37
|change = {{up}}2.07
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,03,325
|percentage = 72.22
|change = {{down}}3.08
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{up}}5.01
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[Susheela Gopalan]]
|votes = 47,968
|percentage = 48.6
|change = {{down}}0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Devadath G. Purakkad
|votes = 45,710
|percentage = 46.4
|change = {{down}}1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = K. D. Ramakrishnan
|votes = 2,801
|percentage = 2.8
|change = {{up}}0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Peoples Democratic Party (India)
|candidate = P. Sahadevan
|votes = 1,242
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. J. Sheela
|votes = 432
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = P. T. Chandrababu Kainakary
|votes = 397
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Radhakrishnan N. N. Pillai
|votes = 75
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 2,258
|percentage = 2.3
|change = {{up}}0.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,00,204
|percentage = 75.3
|change = {{down}}4.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = CPI(M)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{down}}0.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ambalappuzha}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = [[C. K. Sadasivan]]
|votes = 48,150
|percentage = 49.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = V. Dinakaran
|votes = 46,617
|percentage = 47.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = K. D. Ramakrishnan
|votes = 2,259
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Party
|candidate = Joseph Kuttikkarru
|votes = 439
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = S. Rajeevan
|votes = 405
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = P. T. Kuriakose
|votes = 179
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 1,533
|percentage = 1.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,01,973
|percentage = 79.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = CPI(M)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{coords|9.38|76.36|display=title}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]

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