# Alappuzha Assembly constituency

Alappuzha 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 P. P Chitharenjan of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Alappuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Parts of Alappuzha | Municipality | Ambalappuzha |
| Aryad | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Mannancherry | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |
| Mararikulam North | Grama panchayat | Cherthala |
| Mararikulam South | Grama panchayat | Ambalappuzha |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | T. V. Thomas | CPI | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | A. Nafeesath Beevi | INC | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | T. V. Thomas | CPI | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | T. V. Thomas | CPI | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | CPI | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | CPI | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | K. P. Ramachandran Nair | NDP | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | Rosamma Punnose | CPI | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Vijayamma. S | INC | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | K. C. Venugopal | INC | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | K. C. Venugopal | INC | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | K. C. Venugopal | INC | 2006 – 2009 |
| 2009* | 12th | A. A. Shukoor | INC | 2009 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | T. M. Thomas Isaac | CPI(M) | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | T. M. Thomas Isaac | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | P. P. Chitharanjan | CPI(M) | Incumbent |
* Indicates Bypoll

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 1,54,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | P. P. Chitharanjan | 73,412 | 46.33 | 6.96 |
| | INC | K. S. Manoj | 61,768 | 38.98 | 5.56 |
| | BJP | Sandeep Vachaspati | 21,650 | 13.66 | 3.00 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 1,089 | 0.69 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,644 | 7.35 | 0.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,446 | - | − |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 6.96 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,41,243 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Isaac | 83,211 | 53.29 | 0.42 |
| | INC | Laly Vincent | 52,179 | 33.42 | 8.72 |
| | BJP | Ranjith Sreenivas | 18,214 | 11.66 | 9.15 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 856 | 0.55 | − |
| | SDPI | P. A. Sulaiman | 703 | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| | PDP | K. Mujeeb | 481 | 0.31 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | K. A. Vinod | 244 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Premji K. P. | 149 | 0.10 | |
| | Independent | Prasanth | 113 | 0.07 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,032 | 19.87 | 8.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,150 | 80.68 | 0.52 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.42 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,93,532 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Alappuzha :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Vijayamma. S | 75,008 | 53.71 | |
| | CPI(M) | T. M. Thomas Issac | 59,515 | 42.14 | − |
| | BJP | Kottaram Unnikrishnan | 3,450 | 2.51 | − |
| | SDPI | T. M. Samad | 1,158 | 0.82 | |
| | Independent | Sebastian | 646 | 0.46 | |
| | BSP | C. P. Thilakan | 527 | 0.37 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,342 | 11.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,41,243 | 81.20 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from | CPI(M) gain from | Swing | | |