Alappuzha Assembly constituency, numbered 104, is situated in Alappuzha district of Kerala and falls under the Alappuzha parliamentary constituency. Established in 1957 and redefined in the 2008 delimitation, it encompasses Alappuzha Municipality along with panchayats like Ambalappuzha, Purakkad, and coastal areas near the Vembanad Lake, serving around 185,000 electors. This general urban seat thrives on fishing fleets, coir industries, houseboat tourism, paddy cultivation, and salt production amid iconic backwaters, canals, and beaches, blending maritime commerce with cultural vibrancy as Kerala's "Venice of the East." CPI(M) of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) reclaimed dominance in 2021 with A.M. Ariff as current MLA (previously Aroor MLA; shifted post-delimitation adjustments). He won with 62,407 votes (45.82per cent), defeating Congress's Shanimol Usman (57,320 votes) by 5,087 votes (3.73per cent) at 78.65per cent turnout—narrowly reversing UDF's 2016 hold under the same Shanimol (8,640 margin). LDF's fisher-labor unions edge out UDF's traditional sway and BJP's 6-8per cent share in this bellwether. Key issues include relentless coastal erosion and sea incursion, backwater flooding from poor drainage and climate change, fish stock crashes amid pollution, coir worker unemployment from imports, tourism slumps post-pandemic, waste choking waterways, road congestion during festivals, and demands for modern harbors, seafood parks, mangrove restoration, and resilient infrastructure. These water-centric woes sustain fierce LDF-UDF duels in Alappuzha's poetic heartland.