Alappuzha Lok Sabha Constituency of Kerala: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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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.

Alappuzha registered 80.09 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 1.27 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1351405 while the total voter turnout is 1082301. While in 2014, the constituency registered 78.82 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1261739 while the total voter's turnout was 994472.

Adv. AM Ariff of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Adv. Prasanthbhim of Bahujan Samaj Party, Dr. KS Radhakrishnan of Bharatiya Janata Party and Adv. Shanimol Osman of Indian National Congress are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Alappuzha Lok Sabha Constituency of Kerala.

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

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Alappuzha Lok Sabha Constituency of Kerala.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Adv. A M ARIFF	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2	Adv. PRASANTHBHIM	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Dr. K. S. RADHAKRISHNAN	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Adv. SHANIMOL OSMAN	Indian National Congress
5	A. AKHILESH	Ambedkarite Party of India
6	R. PARTHASARATHY VARMA	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
7	VARKALA RAJ	Peoples Democratic Party
8	K. S. SHAN	SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA
9	THAHIR	Independent
10	VAYALAR RAJEEVAN	Independent
11	SATHEESH SHENOI	Independent
12	SANTHOSH THURAVOOR	Independent

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.