Haripad Assembly constituency

Haripad
Haripad
Constituency No. 107 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Established	1957
Total electors	1,88,651 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ramesh Chennithala
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Haripad 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] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Ramesh Chennithala of INC.

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Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Haripad	Municipality	Karthikappally
2	Arattupuzha	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
3	Cheppad	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
4	Cheruthana	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
5	Chingoli	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
6	Karthikappally	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
7	Karuvatta	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
8	Kumarapuram	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
9	Muthukulam	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
10	Pallippad	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally
11	Thrikkunnapuzha	Grama panchayat	Karthikappally

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	Ramakrishna Pillai V.	Independent	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. S. Krishna Pillai	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	C. B. C. Warrier	Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	C. B. C. Warrier	Communist Party of India	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	G. P. Mangalathu Madhom	Praja Socialist Party	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	C. B. C. Warrier	Communist Party of India 1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Ramesh Chennithala	Indian National Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Ramesh Chennithala		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. K. Sreenivasan		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	A. V. Thamarakshan	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	T. K. Devakumar	Communist Party of India	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Adv. B. Babuprasad	Indian National Congress	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Ramesh Chennithala		2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th			2021 – 2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	72,768	48.31%	2.74
	CPI	Adv. R. Sajilal	59,102	39.24%	0.7
	BJP	Soman	17,890	11.88%	3.16
	NOTA	None of the above	536	0.36%	−
	SUCI(C)	A. Muhammed	204	0.14%	0.04
	Independent	Adv Niyaz Bharati	123	0.08%
Margin of victory			13,666	9.07%	3.44
Turnout			1,96,024	74.20%	4.69
	INC hold		Swing	2.74

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	75,980	51.05%	1.02
	CPI	P. Prasad	57,359	38.54%	7.39
	BJP	D. Aswanidev	12,985	8.72%	6.38
	PDP	Varkala Raj	623	0.42%	−
	SDPI	Ashabul Haq	512	0.34%	0.10
	BSP	C. Balakrishnan	417	0.28%	0.04
	NOTA	None of the above	321	0.22%	−
	Independent	Sidharthan Karuvatta	149	0.10%
	SUCI(C)	A. Muhammed	147	0.10%	0.13
	Independent	Samudayathil Ravi R. Unnithan	93	0.06%
	Independent	Pradeep Karipuzha	87	0.06%
	Independent	Satheesh Kumar B.	75	0.05%
	Independent	D. Prasool Prakash	46	0.03%
	Independent	Prasad Unnikkanthara	38	0.03%
Margin of victory			18,621	12.51%	8.41
Turnout			1,48,832	78.89%	0.51
	INC hold		Swing	1.02

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	67,378	50.03%
	CPI	G. Krishnaprasad	61,858	45.93%
	BJP	Ajith Sankar	3,145	2.34%
	Independent	Rameshan	499	0.37%
	BSP	Somalal Babu	425	0.32%
	Independent	Krishnaprasad	339	0.25%
	SDPI	Venu	327	0.24%
	SUCI(C)	K. J. Sheela	305	0.23%
	Independent	Biju J.	233	0.17%
	Independent	N. Divakaran	171	0.13%
Margin of victory			5,520	4.10%
Turnout			1,34,680	78.38%
	INC hold		Swing

Local self-governed segments

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Babu Prasad	53,787	48.86%
	CPI(M)	T. K. Devakumar	51,901	47.15%
	BJP	N. Chithragandhan	2,684	2.43%
	Independent	Rammohan	484	0.44%
	BSP	P.A. Shanavas	474	0.43%
	Independent	Sudhakaran Assari (Balakrishnan)	241	0.22%
	SUCI(C)	K. J. Sheela	425	0.39%
Margin of victory			1,886	1.71%
Turnout			1,10,075	76.34%
	INC hold		Swing	yes