Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Alappuzha
KL-14
Alappuzha ; KL-14
Lok Sabha constituency
	Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Aroor; Cherthala; Alappuzha; Ambalappuzha; Haripad; Kayamkulam; Karunagappally
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent K. C. Venugopal
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member (2026)
102	Aroor	Alappuzha	Shanimol Osman	INC	INC
103	Cherthala		P. Prasad	CPI
104	Alappuzha		A. D. Thomas	INC
105	Ambalappuzha		G. Sudhakaran	Independent
106	Haripad		Ramesh Chennithala	INC
108	Kayamkulam		M. Liju
116	Karunagappally	Kollam	C. R. Mahesh

Former Assembly Segments

After the Delimitation Kayamkulam and Karunagappally were added & Kuttanad were moved to Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.

Members of Parliament

As Alleppey in Travancore-Cochin

Most Successful parties from Alappuzha Lok Sabha

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1952	1st	P.T. Punnoose		Communist Party of India	1952-1957

As Ambalappuzha

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	2nd	P.T. Punnoose	Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	Communist Party of India	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		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	Vakkom Purushothaman	Indian National Congress	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	K. C. Venugopal	Indian National Congress	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

General Elections 2029

2029 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UDF
	LDF
	NDA
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.C. Venugopal	404,560	38.21	1.80
	CPI(M)	A. M. Ariff	3,41,047	32.21	8.76
	BJP	Sobha Surendran	2,99,648	28.30	11.06
	NOTA	None of the above	7,365	0.70	0.14
	BSP	Muraleedharan Koncherillam	1,626	0.15	0.07
	SUCI(C)	R. Arjunan	1,319	0.12	0.02
	Independent	Adv. K. M. Shahjahan	682	0.06	−
	Independent	Vayalar Rajeevan	675	0.06	0
	Independent	Shahjahan V. A.	576	0.05	−
	Independent	Satheesh Shenoi	482	0.05	0.02
	Independent	Jayakrishnan P.	385	0.04	−
	Independent	Jyothi Abraham	338	0.03	−
Majority			63,513	6.00	5.04
Turnout			10,68,949	75.99	4.36
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

By Assembly Segments
No.	Status (Assembly Constituency)	Votes			Lead

		K. C. Venugopal	A. M. Ariff	Sobha Surendran
102	Aroor	60,978	49,962	37,491	11,016
103	Cherthala	62,701	61,858	40,474	843
104	Alappuzha	65,718	47,300	35,594	18,418
105	Ambalappuzha	52,212	37,657	37,547	14,555
107	Haripad	48,466	41,769	47,121	1,345
108	Kayamkulam	50,216	48,020	48,775	1,441
116	Karunagappally	57,955	49,030	48,839	8,925

General election 2019

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	−
	NOTA	None of the above	6,065	0.56	0.58
	SDPI	K. S. Shan	3,595	0.33	0.81
	BSP	Adv. Prashant Bhim	2,431	0.22	0.12
	API	A. Akhilesh	1,782	0.16	−
	PDP	Varkala Raj	1,689	0.15	−
	SUCI(C)	R. Parthasarathy Varma	1,113	0.10	0.50
	Independent	Satheesh Shenoi	783	0.07	−
	Independent	Santhosh Thuravoor	749	0.07	−
	Independent	Vayalar Rajeevan	696	0.06	−
	Independent	Thahir	571	0.05	−
Margin of victory			10,474	0.96	0.99
Turnout			10,90,112	80.35	1.50
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

By Assembly Segments
No.	Status (Assembly Constituency)	Votes			Lead

		A. M. Ariff	Shanimol Usman	K. S. Radhakrishnan
102	Aroor	65,008	65,656	25,250	648
103	Cherthala	83,221	66,326	22,655	16,895
104	Alappuzha	65,759	65,828	21,303	69
105	Ambalappuzha	52,521	53,159	25,061	638
107	Haripad	55,601	61,445	26,238	5,844
108	Kayamkulam	62,370	58,073	31,660	4,297
116	Karunagappally	58,523	63,303	34,111	4,780

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. C. Venugopal	462,525	46.31	5.31
	CPI(M)	C. B. Chandrababu	4,43,118	44.37	0.90
	RSP(B)	A. V. Thamarakshan	43,051	4.31	2.11
	NOTA	None of the above	11,338	1.14	−−−
	SDPI	Thulaseedharan Pallikkal	10,993	1.10	N/A
	AAP	D. Mohanan	9,414	0.94	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Adv. M. A. Bindu	5,921	0.60	N/A
	BSP	P. V. Natesan	3,385	0.34	0.19
	Independent	Venugopal P. C.	3,149	0.31	N/A
	Independent	Chandrababu G.	1,615	0.16	N/A
	Independent	T. S. Balakrishnan	1,363	0.14	N/A
	Independent	S. B. Basheer	709	0.07	N/A
	Independent	Jayachandran Sarasamma	481	0.05	N/A
	Independent	M. M. Paulose	402	0.04	N/A
Margin of victory			19,407	1.95	4.40
Turnout			9,97,464	78.85	0.55
	INC hold		Swing	5.31

By Assembly Segments
No.	Status (Assembly Constituency)	Votes			Lead

		K. C. Venugopal	C. B. Chandrababu	A. V. Thamarakshan
102	Aroor	66,584	65,621	6,907	963
103	Cherthala	76,747	75,398	6,149	1,349
104	Alappuzha	70,206	62,507	3,827	7,699
105	Ambalappuzha	54,553	51,316	5,454	3,237
107	Haripad	66,687	57,822	4,794	8,865
108	Kayamkulam	62,662	65,948	6,442	3,286
116	Karunagappally	63,662	62,959	9,433	703

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.C. Venugopal	468,679	51.44	5.50
	CPI(M)	Dr. K. S. Manoj	4,11,044	45.11	0.96
	Independent	Sony P. Kalyankumar	19,711	2.20	3.83
	BSP	K. S. Prasad	4,813	0.53
	Independent	S. Seethilal	2,705	0.30
	JD(U)	P. J. Kurian	1,025	0.11	0.25
Margin of victory			57,635	6.33	6.19
Turnout			9,11,120	79.42	4.42
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	5.50

By Assembly Segments (2009)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
102	Aroor	INC	10,689
103	Cherthala	INC	7,535
104	Alappuzha	INC	15,903
105	Ambalappuzha	INC	11,737
107	Haripad	INC	5,958
108	Kayamkulam	INC	2,959
116	Karunagappally	INC	3,010

General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Dr. K. S. Manoj	335,494	46.07
	INC	V. M. Sudheeran	3,34,485	45.94
	BJP	Adv. V. Padmanabhan	43,891	6.03
	Independent	V. S. Sudheeran	8,282	1.14
	JD(U)	P. J. Kurian	2,642	0.36
	Independent	V. I. Bose	2,291	0.31
	SUCI(C)	Parthasarathy Varma	2,024	0.28
	Independent	T. A. Krishnankutty	987	0.13
Margin of victory			1,009	0.14
Turnout			7,28,156	75.00
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

By Assembly Segments (2004)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
97	Aroor	INC	7,615
98	Cherthala	CPI(M)	1,822
99	Mararikkulam	CPI(M)	7,423
100	Alappuzha	INC	1,489
101	Ambalappuzha	CPI(M)	2,835
102	Kuttanad	INC	1,003
103	Haripad	INC	1,243

General Election 1999

1999 Indian general elections: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. M. Sudheeran	392,700	49.79
	CPI(M)	Muraleedharan Pillai	3,57,606	45.34
	BJP	T. Parameswaran Nair	27,682	3.51
	Democratic Labour Party (Kerala)	K. M. Balanandan	6,422	0.81
	CPI(ML)L	C. K. Sajeev	2,218	0.28
	SUCI(C)	Mini K. Philip	947	0.12
	Independent	Niranam Rajan	695	0.09
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	506	0.06
Margin of victory			35,094	4.45
Turnout			7,88,766	76.31
	INC hold		Swing

By Assembly Segments (1999)

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
97	Aroor	INC	9,428
98	Cherthala	INC	3,223
99	Mararikkulam	INC	2,084
100	Alappuzha	INC	14,044
101	Ambalappuzha	INC	3,865
102	Kuttanad	INC	599
103	Haripad	INC	1,141

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. M. Sudheeran	386,180	50.81
	CPI(M)	Sujatha Baby	345,543	45.46
	BJP	Radhamma Satheeshan	27,010	3.55
	Independent	Shaila K. John	1,307	0.17
Margin of victory			40,637	5.35
Turnout			7,60,040	76.82
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. M. Sudheeran	369,539	49.71
	CPI(M)	T. J. Anjalose	343,590	46.22
	BJP	Nedunthara Unnikrishnan	17,990	2.42
	PDP	Melpadam Gopi	4,756	0.64
	Independent	Babu Raman	2,908	0.39
	Independent	K. K. Sudevan	2,839	0.38
	Independent	V. Venugopal	1,196	0.16
	Independent	Siraj	541	0.07
Margin of victory			25,949	3.49
Turnout			7,43,359	76.38
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	T. J. Anjalose	364,794	49.60
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	350,719	47.68
	BJP	V. S. Vijayakumar	15,973	2.17
	Independent	V. Venugopal	2,170	0.30
	Independent	Mohammad Abdul Khader	691	0.09
	Independent	M. Mohanan Madhavan	610	0.08
	Independent	V. Chellappan Pillai	562	0.08
Margin of victory			14,075	1.92
Turnout			7,35,519	77.88
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	375,763	50.31
	CPI(M)	K. V. Devadas	350,640	46.95
	BJP	K. D. Ramakrishnan	15,127	2.03
	JP	P. J. Antony	2,300	0.31
	Independent	V. Venugopal	2,151	0.29
	Independent	K. Kunjampi Udhalapuzha	858	0.11
Margin of victory			25,123	3.36
Turnout			7,46,839	83.89
	INC hold		Swing

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Vakkom Purushothaman	303,702	51.95
	CPI(M)	Susheela Gopalan	265,968	45.49
	Independent	M. S. Prasanna	10,465	1.79
	Independent	Benjamin	1,835	0.31
	Independent	K. K. Krishnan	1,358	0.23
	Independent	Ammunni	1,308	0.22
Margin of victory			37,764	6.46
Turnout			5,84,666	83.60
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Susheela Gopalan	260,754	62.29
	JP	Omana Pillai	145,990	34.88
	Independent	V. Dinakaran	8,814	2.11
	Independent	P. K. Kunhan	3,038	0.73
Margin of victory			1,14,764	27.41
Turnout			4,18,596	64.76
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Alappuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	V. M. Sudheeran	270,451	56.71
	CPI(M)	E. Balanandam	206,435	43.29
Margin of victory			64,016	13.42
Turnout			4,76,886	82.22
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "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.
↑ K, Abdul Basheer V. "2019 General Election Alappuzha Constituency Live Results". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019.

External links

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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". Archived from the original on 22 April 2019.

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala
Current	Alappuzha Alathur Attingal Chalakudy Ernakulam Idukki Kannur Kasaragod Kollam Kottayam Kozhikode Malappuram Mavelikara Palakkad Pathanamthitta Ponnani Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur Vatakara Wayanad
Defunct	Adoor Ambalappuzha Chirayinkil Crangannur Manjeri Meenachil Mukundapuram Muvattupuzha Ottapalam Peermade Quilon-Mavelikara Thalassery Thiruvalla