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Alappuzha Lok Sabha Elections

Alappuzha Lok Sabha Constituency, formerly known as Alleppey Constituency, is one of 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Kerala and will cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 23.

Voting for Lok Sabha election in Kerala will be held in a single phase and counting will be held on May 23.

Alappuzha constituency covers seven assembly segments – Aroor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalappuzha, Haripad, Kayamkulam and Karunagappally.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, K C Venugopal of the Indian National Congress (INC) – won by getting a margin of just over 19 thousand votes. He had defeated C B Chandrababu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Venugopal had secured 462525 votes while Chandrababu got 443118 votes.

The voter turnout figure was at 78.55 percent across 1130 polling stations.

Some of the other candidates in the fray were Prof.A.V.Thamarak Shan of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik) and Thulaseedharan Pallickal of the Social Democratic Party of India.

In the year 2009, K C Venugopal of the INC managed to secure his winning position by getting over 57 thousand votes against CPM's Dr. K.S Manoj. While Venugopal got 468679 seats, Manoj secured 411044 seats.

Other members in the fray were Sony J. Kalyankumar who was an Independent and K.S Prasad of the Bahujan Samaj Party.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Adv. A M Ariff	CPI(M)	Won	445970
Adv. Shanimol Osman	INC	Lost	435496
Dr. K. S. Radhakrishnan	BJP	Lost	187729
Nota	NOTA	Lost	6104
K. S. Shan	SDPI	Lost	3595
Adv. Prasanthbhim	BSP	Lost	2431
A. Akhilesh	APOI	Lost	1782
Varkala Raj	PDP	Lost	1689
R. Parthasarathy Varma	SUCI	Lost	1133
Satheesh Shenoi	IND	Lost	783
Santhosh Thuravoor	IND	Lost	749
Vayalar Rajeevan	IND	Lost	696
Thahir	IND	Lost	571

Alappuzha News

Alappuzha Lok Sabha Seat: Congress Veteran K C Venugopal Locked In Triangular Contest With BJP's Sobha Surendran, LDF's AM Ariff

61-year-old Congress veteran Venugopal has had an impressive electoral record as he has secured victories in both assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

Apr 18, 2024, 17:13 PM IST

Train Misses Stoppage At Railway Station In Kerala, Reverses Over 500 Meters To Pick Up Passengers

The loco pilot reversed the Shoranur-bound train around 700 meters to pick up the passengers waiting for the train at the Cheriyanad station in Kerala.

May 22, 2023, 16:56 PM IST

Section 144 imposed in Kerala's Alappuzha after killings of SDPI leader, BJP functionary; CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemns killings

Following the killing of an SDPI state secretary, a BJP leader was hacked to death subsequently in 12 hours and prohibitory order under CrPC Section 144 was imposed in the entire Alappuzha district.

Dec 19, 2021, 10:14 AM IST