Traditionally a stronghold of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Karunagapally had elected CPI candidates seven out of the nine times. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency K.C. Venugopal had established a lead over his nearest rival C.B. Chandrababu LDF by 703 votes in this Assembly segment.
However, in 2015 local body polls, the LDF emerged victorious in the five panchayats and the Karungapally municipality.
The CPI has replaced its sitting MLA C. Divakaran with R. Ramachandran to contest the seat in 2016 assembly elections. C.R. Mahesh of the Congress is the UDF candidate. C. Divakaran has been fielded from the Nedumangad assembly constituency.
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