# Ambalappuzha Assembly constituency

Ambalappuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is H. Salam of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Ambalappuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| 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 | V. S. Achuthanandan | CPI(M) | 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 | V. Dinakaran | INC | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | C. K. Sadasivan | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Susheela Gopalan | CPI(M) | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | D. Sugathan | INC | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | G. Sudhakaran | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | G. Sudhakaran | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | G. Sudhakaran | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | H. Salam | CPI(M) | 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 Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,125 | 8.12 | 8.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,021 | 76.71 | 2.19 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.53 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,68,949 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,621 | 16.98 | 2.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,33,294 | 78.90 | 0.73 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 7.16 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,46,890 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ambalapuzha :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,580 | 14.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,966 | 79.63 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |