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)Taluk
1HaripadMunicipalityKarthikappally
2ArattupuzhaGrama panchayatKarthikappally
3CheppadGrama panchayatKarthikappally
4CheruthanaGrama panchayatKarthikappally
5ChingoliGrama panchayatKarthikappally
6KarthikappallyGrama panchayatKarthikappally
7KaruvattaGrama panchayatKarthikappally
8KumarapuramGrama panchayatKarthikappally
9MuthukulamGrama panchayatKarthikappally
10PallippadGrama panchayatKarthikappally
11ThrikkunnapuzhaGrama 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
19571stRamakrishna Pillai V.Independent1957 – 1960
19602ndK. S. Krishna PillaiIndian National Congress1960 – 1965
19673rdC. B. C. WarrierCommunist Party of India1967 – 1970
19704th1970 – 1977
19775thG. P. Mangalathu MadhomPraja Socialist Party1977 – 1980
19806thC. B. C. WarrierCommunist Party of India1980 – 1982
19827thRamesh ChennithalaIndian National Congress1982 – 1987
19878th1987 – 1991
19919thK. K. Sreenivasan1991 – 1996
199610thA. V. ThamarakshanRevolutionary Socialist Party1996 – 2001
200111thT. K. DevakumarCommunist Party of India2001 – 2006
200612thAdv. B. BabuprasadIndian National Congress2006 – 2011
201113thRamesh Chennithala2011 – 2016
201614th2016 – 2021
202115th2021 – 2026
202616th2026 – 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.

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCRamesh Chennithala68,18447.081.23
CPIT. T. Jismon44,80730.948.30
BJPSandeep Vachaspathi31,02221.429.62
NOTANone of the above4650.320.04
SUCI(C)Vidhya V.P2310.160.02
IndependentSoumya V. Sasidharan690.05−
IndependentRamesh C590.04−
Margin of victory23,37716.147.06
Turnout1,44,83777.753.55
INC holdSwing-

2021

There were 1,96,024 registered voters in Haripad Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCRamesh Chennithala72,76848.31%2.74
CPIAdv. R. Sajilal59,10239.24%0.7
BJPK. Soman17,89011.88%3.16
NOTANone of the above5360.36%−
SUCI(C)A. Muhammed2040.14%0.04
IndependentAdv Niyaz Bharati1230.08%
Margin of victory13,6669.07%3.44
Turnout1,96,02474.20%4.69
INC holdSwing2.74

2016

There were 1,88,651 registered voters in Haripad Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCRamesh Chennithala75,98051.05%1.02
CPIP. Prasad57,35938.54%7.39
BJPD. Aswanidev12,9858.72%6.38
PDPVarkala Raj6230.42%−
SDPIAshabul Haq5120.34%0.10
BSPC. Balakrishnan4170.28%0.04
NOTANone of the above3210.22%−
IndependentSidharthan Karuvatta1490.10%
SUCI(C)A. Muhammed1470.10%0.13
IndependentSamudayathil Ravi R. Unnithan930.06%
IndependentPradeep Karipuzha870.06%
IndependentSatheesh Kumar B.750.05%
IndependentD. Prasool Prakash460.03%
IndependentPrasad Unnikkanthara380.03%
Margin of victory18,62112.51%8.41
Turnout1,48,83278.89%0.51
INC holdSwing1.02

2011

There were 1,71,834 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCRamesh Chennithala67,37850.03%
CPIG. Krishnaprasad61,85845.93%
BJPAjith Sankar3,1452.34%
IndependentRameshan4990.37%
BSPSomalal Babu4250.32%
IndependentKrishnaprasad3390.25%
SDPIVenu3270.24%
SUCI(C)K. J. Sheela3050.23%
IndependentBiju J.2330.17%
IndependentN. Divakaran1710.13%
Margin of victory5,5204.10%
Turnout1,34,68078.38%
INC holdSwing

2006

There were 1,44,188 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdv. B. Babu Prasad53,78748.86%
CPI(M)T. K. Devakumar51,90147.15%
BJPN. Chithragandhan2,6842.43%
IndependentRammohan4840.44%
BSPP. A. Shanavas4740.43%
IndependentSudhakaran Asari (Balakrishnan)2410.22%
SUCI(C)K. J. Sheela4250.39%
Margin of victory1,8861.71%
Turnout1,10,07576.34%
INC gain from CPI(M)Swingyes

2001

There were 1,58,829 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)T. K. Devakumar59,43950.1
Revolutionary Socialist Party of KeralaA. V. Thamarakshan55,25246.6
IndependentE. N. Santhiraj2,3782.0
JD(U)Imam Boosari9600.8
IndependentC. S. Jayakumar5800.5
Margin of victory4,1873.5
Turnout1,18,64174.7
LDF holdSwing

1996

There were 1,50,351 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Haripad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RSPA. V. Thamarakshan54,05550.26
INCN. Mohan Kumar46,83743.55
BJPT. S. Girish Kumar2,9522.74
IndependentUdayan Kesavan7140.66
PDPM. Iqbal6060.56
IndependentV. Ramakrishnan4320.40
IndependentA. Ramachandran4100.38
IndependentB. Bhadran3510.33
IndependentH. C. V. Sudhakaranachari3430.32
IndependentA. K. Raju3050.28
IndependentShaji Karthikeyan2030.19
IndependentPremjith Yasodharan1930.18
IndependentG. Rajeev Kumar1440.13
RejectedRejected & Missing Votes2,862
Margin of victory7,2186.71
Turnout1,10,40773.43
RSP gain from INCSwing

See also