A. M. Ariff is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament representing Alappuzha constituency from 2019 till 2024.
A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he represented Aroor constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2019.
Ariff made his first win from Aroor in 2006 defeating veteran political leader K. R. Gowri Amma.
In a major electoral upset in the 2006 assembly elections, he defeated then-state Agriculture Minister and veteran politician K.R.
He subsequently held a series of positions in SFI as Cherthala area president, Alappuzha district secretary and finally became a state committee member of the student wing of the party.