Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency

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).

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
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent H. Salam
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

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

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

Key

  CPI(M)  INC  Independent  RSP

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	V. S. Achuthanandan		CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. K. Kumara Pillai		RSP	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. K. Chandrananandan		CPI(M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	V. Dinakaran		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			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			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

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	−
	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)	R. Arjunan	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

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	−
	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

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

See also

• Ambalappuzha
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election