Haripad State assembly constituency 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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Ramesh Chennithala of INC.
Local self governed segments
Haripad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haripad | Municipality | Karthikappally |
| 2 | Arattupuzha | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 3 | Cheppad | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 4 | Cheruthana | Grama panchayat | Karthikappally |
| 5 | Chingoli | Grama panchayat | 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:
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 | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 – 2026 | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
There were 1,96,024 registered voters in Haripad Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramesh Chennithala | 72,768 | 48.31% |  2.74 |
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| CPI | Adv.R.Sajilal | 59,102 | 39.24% |  0.7 |
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| BJP | D. Aswanidev | 17,890 | 11.88% | 3.16 |
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| NOTA | None of the above | 536 | 0.36% | – | |
| SUCI(C) | A. Muhammed | 204 | 0.14% | 0.04 |
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| Independent | Adv Niyaz Bharati | 123 | 0.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,666 | 9.07% | 3.44 |
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| Turnout | 1,96,024 | 74.20% | 4.69 |
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| INC hold | Swing | 2.74 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,88,651 registered voters in Haripad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramesh Chennithala | 75,980 | 51.05% | 1.02 |
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| CPI | P. Prasad | 57,359 | 38.54% | 7.39 |
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| BJP | D. Aswanidev | 12,985 | 8.72% | 6.38 |
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| PDP | Varkala Raj | 623 | 0.42% | – | |
| SDPI | Ashabul Haq | 512 | 0.34% | 0.10 |
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| BSP | C. Balakrishnan | 417 | 0.28% | 0.04 |
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| NOTA | None of the above | 321 | 0.22% | – | |
| Independent | Sidharthan Karuvatta | 149 | 0.10% | ||
| SUCI(C) | A. Muhammed | 147 | 0.10% | 0.13 |
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| 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 |
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| Turnout | 1,48,832 | 78.89% | 0.51 |
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| INC hold | Swing | 1.02 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,71,834 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| 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 | ||||