Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Alappuzha
KL-15
Lok Sabha constituency
Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
Assembly constituencies7
Established1962
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

Assembly segments

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

No Name Member Party 2024 Lead
102 Aroor Daleema CPI INC
103 Cherthala P. Prasad CPI(M) INC
104 Alappuzha P. P. Chitharanjan CPI(M) INC
105 Ambalappuzha H. Salam CPI(M) INC
106 Haripad Ramesh Chennithala INC INC
108 Kayamkulam U. Prathibha CPI(M) INC
116 Karunagappally C. R. Mahesh INC INC


Former Assembly Segments

After the Delimitation Kayamkulam and Karunagappally were added

Members of Parliament

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As Alleppey in Travancore-Cochin

Most Successful parties from Alappuzha Lok Sabha

  INC (8 Times) (47.05%)
  CPI(M) (5 Times) (29.41%)
  CPI (3 Times) (17.64%)
  RSP (1 Times) (5.88%)
Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
1952 1st P.T. Punnoose Communist Party of India 1952-1957

As Ambalappuzha

Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
1957 2nd P.T. Punnoose Communist Party of India 1957-1962
1962 3rd P. K. Vasudevan Nair 1962-1967
1967 4th Susheela Gopalan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1967-1971
1971 5th K. Balakrishnan Revolutionary Socialist Party 1971-1977

As Alappuzha

Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
1977 6th V. M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress 1977-1980
1980 7th Susheela Gopalan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1980-1984
1984 8th Vakkom Purushothaman Indian National Congress 1984-1989
1989 9th 1989-1991
1991 10th T. J. Anjalose Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1991-1996
1996 11th V. M. Sudheeran Indian National Congress 1996-1998
1998 12th 1998-1999
1999 13th 1999-2004
2004 14th K. S. Manoj Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2004-2009
2009 15th K. C. Venugopal Indian National Congress 2009-2014
2014 16th 2014-2019
2019 17th A. M. Ariff Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2019-2024
2024 18th K. C. Venugopal Indian National Congress Incumbent

Election results

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General Election 2024

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In 2024 General Election, BJP Candidate Sobha Surendran make a drastic change in the total vote share by Increased to 28% and make lead in 2 Constituencies. With her Arrival Alappuzha Constituency mark as an 'A' class BJP constituency by decreasing AICC General secretary K. C. Venugopal vote share

2024 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K.C. Venugopal 404,560 38.21  1.80
CPI(M) A. M. Ariff 341,047 32.21  8.76
BJP Sobha Surendran 299,648 28.30  11.06
NOTA None of the above 7,365 0.70
Majority 63,513 6.00
Turnout 10,58,703
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 2019

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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) A. M. Ariff 445,981 40.96  3.41
INC Shanimol Usman 4,35,496 40.00  6.31
BJP Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan 1,87,729 17.24  17.24
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

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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

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References

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  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".
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