Haripad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 assembly elections, the current MLA is Ramesh Chennithala of INC who is the Minister of Home Affairs, Vigilance and Coir.
Local self-governed segments Haripad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1HaripadMunicipalityKarthikappally2ArattupuzhaGrama panchayatKarthikappally3CheppadGrama panchayatKarthikappally4CheruthanaGrama panchayatKarthikappally5ChingoliGrama panchayatKarthikappally6KarthikappallyGrama panchayatKarthikappally7KaruvattaGrama panchayatKarthikappally8KumarapuramGrama panchayatKarthikappally9MuthukulamGrama panchayatKarthikappally10PallippadGrama panchayatKarthikappally11ThrikkunnapuzhaGrama panchayatKarthikappally
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Haripad Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:
ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure 1957 1st Ramakrishna Pillai V. 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd K. S. Krishna Pillai 1960 – 1965 1967 3rdC. B. C. Warrier 1967 – 1970 1970 4th 1970 – 1977 1977 5th G. P. Mangalathu Madhom 1977 – 1980 1980 6th C. B. C. Warrier 1980 – 1982 1982 7thRamesh Chennithala 1982 – 1987 1987 8th 1987 – 1991 1991 9th K. K. Sreenivasan 1991 – 1996 1996 10th A. V. Thamarakshan 1996 – 2001 2001 11th T. K. Devakumar 2001 – 2006 2006 12th Adv. B. Babuprasad 2006 – 2011 2011 13thRamesh Chennithala 2011 – 2016 2016 14th 2016 – 2021 2021 15th 2021 – 2026 2026 16th 2026 – present
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
There were 1,86,282 registered voters in Haripad constituency for the 2026 Kerala legislative assembly election.
+ By Local body SegmentsNo.Status (Local bodies)VotesLead Ramesh Chennithala T T Jismon Sandeep Vachaspathi1Karuvatta5,6683,8282,4151,8402Kumarapuram5,4123,8442,7031,5683Cheruthana4,8333,3942,1731,4394Haripad Municipality5,8943,4763,1232,4175Pallippad7,7764,8164,5432,9606Karthikappally3,1301,6891,9111,2197Thrikkunnapuzha9,6096,3533,3153,2568Arattupuzha8,4296,0872,2892,3429Muthukulam5,8433,6143,3322,22910Chingoli4,3902,9082,0531,48211Cheppad5,5113,9472,6141,564Postal Ballot1,689851551838
2021 There were 1,96,024 registered voters in Haripad Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 1,88,651 registered voters in Haripad Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,71,834 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006 There were 1,44,188 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
2001 There were 1,58,829 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
1996 There were 1,50,351 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
See also Haripad Alappuzha district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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