Aroor Assembly constituency, numbered 102, is located in Alappuzha district of Kerala and falls under the Alappuzha parliamentary constituency. Established in 1957 and redefined in the 2008 delimitation, it covers Aroor Municipality, panchayats like Aryad, Cherthala, and coastal villages along the Vembanad backwaters, with around 200,000 electors. This general seat thrives on fishing communities, coir industries, prawn farming, salt production, and seafood trade, blending maritime livelihoods with semi-urban growth amid canals and lagoons near Kochi. CPI(M) of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has dominated since 2016, with A.M. Ariff as current MLA. In 2021, he won decisively with 67,493 votes (48.85per cent), defeating Congress's Dean Kuriakose (60,653 votes) by 6,840 votes (4.95per cent) at 78.24per cent turnout—reversing UDF's 2011 hold and extending LDF's labor-fisherfolk base after 2016's narrow 1,411-vote edge. CPI(M)'s organizational strength outpaces UDF surges and BJP's 6-8per cent share. Key issues include coastal erosion threatening homes-farms, frequent flooding from backwaters and poor drainage, fish stock depletion amid overfishing-pollution, fisher welfare demands like better harbors and subsidies, unemployment in coir sector decline, waste management overload, road-waterlogging woes, and calls for seafood processing units, mangrove restoration, and climate-resilient infrastructure. These maritime challenges sustain LDF's edge in this vibrant coastal stronghold.