Adv A M Ariff
CPM
Adv Shanimol Osman
Cong
Dr K S Radhakrishnan
BJP
K S Shan
SDPI
Adv Prasanthbhim
BSP
A Akhilesh
APOI
Varkala Raj
PPDP
R Parthasarathy Varma
SUCIC
Satheesh Shenoi
IND
Santhosh ThuravoorIND
Vayalar RajeevanIND
ThahirINDRegarded as the "Venice of the East" by Lord Curzon, Alappuzha formerly known as Alleppey is one of the oldest planned city in Kerala. The Alappuzha lok sabha constituency has a total of 1314535 voters, one of the highest in the State. There are no third gender voters registered in this constituency. The Alappuzha lok sabha constituency consists of Aroor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalapuzha, Haripad, Kayamkulam and Karunagappally legislative assembly seats.
In 2014 election, 78.55% of the total electorates had casted their votes in this constituency. 11338 votes were registered under NOTA option.
Congress' KC Venugopal who has been representing the constituency in parliament since 2009 will not contest this time. In a reshuffle in January, Mr Venugopal had replaced Ashok Gehlot, days after he took over as the Rajasthan Chief Minister. KC Venugopal got 46.31% of the total votes in the constituency in 2014.
For the 17th Lok Sabha, Congress is fielding Adv Shanimol Usman from the Alappuzha seat. Congress had represented the seat in the parliament in 1977, 1984, 1989, 1996, 1998 and 1999.
In 2004, KS Manoj had won the seat as a CPI (M) candidate. This time CPI (M) has nominated Adv. A M Ariff as its MP candidate.
12 candidates are contesting for the Alappuzha seat.
| Constituency | Leading | Party | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alathur |  Ramya Haridas | Cong | Won |
| Attingal |  Adoor Prakash | Cong | Won |
| Chalakudy |  Benny Behanan | Cong | Won |
| Ernakulam |  Hibi Eden | Cong | Won |
| Idukki |  Dean Kuriakose | Cong | Won |
| Kannur |  KSudhakaran | Cong | Won |
| Kasaragod |  Rajmohan Unnithan | Cong | Won |
| Kollam |  N K Premachandran |  RSP | Won |
| Kottayam |  Thomas Chazhikadan |  KECM | Won |
| Kozhikode |  M K Raghavan | Cong | Won |
| Malappuram |  P KKunhalikutty |  IUML | Won |
| Mavelikkara |  Kodikunnil Suresh | Cong | Won |
| Palakkad |  V K Sreekandan | Cong | Won |
| Pathanamthitta |  Anto Antony | Cong | Won |
| Ponnani |  ETMohammed Basheer | IUML | Won |
| Thiruvananthapuram |  Shashi Tharoor | Cong | Won |
| Thrissur |  TNPrathapan | Cong | Won |
| Vadakara |  KMuraleedharan | Cong | Won |
| Wayanad |  Rahul Gandhi | Cong | Won |
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