Haripad (State Assembly constituency)

Haripad State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ഹരിപ്പാട് നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Ramesh Chennithala of INC.

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Haripad
ഹരിപ്പാട്
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
The National Waterway at Thrikkunnapuzha in Haripad (State Assembly constituency).
Existence1957 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,88,651 (2016)
Current MLARamesh Chennithala
PartyINC
Political Front  UDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictAlappuzha
Local Self Governed SegmentsArattupuzha, Cheppad, Cheruthana, Chingoli, Haripad, Karthikappally, Karuvatta, Kumarapuram, Muthukulam, Pallippad and Thrikkunnapuzha.

Local self governed segments

Haripad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Arattupuzha Grama panchayat Karthikappally
2 Cheppad Grama panchayat Karthikappally
3 Cheruthana Grama panchayat Karthikappally
4 Chingoli Grama panchayat Karthikappally
5 Haripad Municipality 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

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Haripad Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Key

  INC     CPI (M)     PSP     Independent     RSP  

Election Niyama
Sabha		 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st Ramakrishna Pillai .V Independent 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd K. S. Krishna Pillai INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd C. B. C. Warrier CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th G. P. Mangalathu Madhom PSP 1977 – 1980
1980 6th C. B. C. Warrier CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Ramesh Chennithala INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K. K. Sreenivasan 1991 – 1996
1996 10th A. V. Thamarakshan RSP 1996 – 2001
2001 11th T. K. Devakumar CPI(M) 2001 – 2006
2006 12th Adv. B. Babuprasad INC 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Ramesh Chennithala 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

    Election results

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

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,88,651 registered voters in Haripad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Haripad
    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

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,71,834 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Haripad
    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

    See also

    References
    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Haripad". www.mapsofindia.com.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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