About Haripad Assembly Constituency
Haripad is constituency No. 107 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Alappuzha district and comes under the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency.
According to the Election Commission of India, Haripad has 1,71,834 registered voters. It comprises 79,654 male and 92,180 female registered voters.
In the 2011 assembly elections, INC candidate Ramesh Chennithala won this seat by a narrow margin of 5,520 votes. While Chennithala secured 67,378 votes, CPI”s G. Krishnaprasad got 61,858. The voter turnout was 78.42 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Haripad Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Haripad assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1957 | 19 | Haripad | GEN | Ramakrishna Pillai V. | M | IND | 20184 | K. Balagangadharan | M | INC | 15812 |
| 1960 | 19 | Haripad | GEN | N. S. Krishna Pillai | M | INC | 31389 | Ramakrishna Pillai | M | IND | 21080 |
| 1965 | 97 | Haripad | GEN | K. P. Ramakrishnan Nair | M | INC | 23644 | C. B. Chandrasekhara Warrier | M | CPI(M) | 17178 |
| 1967 | 97 | Haripad | GEN | C . B . C . Warrier | M | CPM | 28199 | K . P . R . Nair | M | INC | 27079 |
| 1977 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | G.P. Mangalathu Madaom | M | IND | 33037 | C.B.C. Warrier | M | CPM | 30118 |
| 1980 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | C. B. Warrier | M | CPM | 41514 | G. P. Mangalathu Madem | M | INC(I) | 38105 |
| 1982 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | Ramesh Chennithala | M | INC | 42651 | P. G. Thampi | M | CPM | 38074 |
| 1987 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | Ramesh Chennithala | M | INC | 49420 | A. V. Thamarakshan | M | IND | 45603 |
| 1991 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | K.K. Sreenivasan | M | INC | 52891 | A.V. Thamarakshan | M | RSP | 52376 |
| 1996 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | A.V. Thamarakshan | M | RSP | 54055 | N.Mohan Kumar | M | INC | 46837 |
| 2001 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | T K Devakumar | M | CPM | 59439 | Prof. A V Thamarakshan | M | RSPK(B) | 55252 |
| 2006 | 103 | Haripad | GEN | Adv.B.Babuprasad | M | INC | 53787 | T.K.Devakumar | M | CPI(M) | 51901 |
| 2011 | 107 | Haripad | GEN | Ramesh Chennithala | M | INC | 67378 | G.Krishnaprasad | M | CPI | 61858 |
| 2016 | 19 | Haripad | GEN | Ramesh Chennithala | M | INC | 75980 | P. Prasad | M | CPI | 57359 |
| 2021 | 19 | Haripad | GEN | Ramesh Chennithala | M | INC | 72768 | R. Sajilal | M | CPI | 59102 |
Last Updated on July 27, 2021