| Kovalam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 139 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 2,18,656 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent M. Vincent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kovalam is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Vincent of INC.
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | J. C. Moraes | Independent | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Shakthan Nadar | Independent | 1982 – 1984 | |
| 1987 | 8th | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Lok Dal | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Janata Dal | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Janata Dal | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | George Mercier | Indian National Congress | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | Jameela Prakasham | Janata Dal | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | M. Vincent | Indian National Congress | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 2,18,656 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. Vincent | 74,868 | 47.06 |  7.92
| |
| JD(S) | Neelalohitadasan Nadar | 63,306 | 39.79 | 2.34
| |
| BJP | Vishupuram Chandrasekharan | 18,664 | 11.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 773 | 0.49 | ||
| BSP | K. R. Anish | 641 | 0.40 |  0.25
| |
| Independent | V. S. Prince | 417 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Venganoor Asokan | 284 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | R. I. Ajil | 147 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,562 | 7.27 | 5.58
| ||
| Turnout | 1,59,100 | 72.76 | 1.47
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| INC hold | Swing | ||||
There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. Vincent | 60,268 | 39.14 | 2.70
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| JD(S) | Jameela Prakasham | 57,653 | 37.45 | 10.15
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| BDJS | Kovalam T. N. Suresh | 30,987 | 20.13 | ||
| BSP | K. R. Anish | 996 | 0.65 | 0.28
| |
| Independent | M. C. Jayalal | 933 | 0.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 845 | 0.55 | ||
| Independent | Pramod Kumar | 564 | 0.37 | ||
| IGP | Sarasamma T. | 558 | 0.36 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,615 | 1.69 | 4.07
| ||
| Turnout | 1,53,966 | 74.23 | 5.15
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| INC gain from JD(S) | Swing | ||||
There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | Jameela Prakasham | 59,510 | 47.60 | ||
| INC | George Mercier | 52,305 | 41.84 | ||
| BJP | Venganoor Satheesh | 9,127 | 7.30 | ||
| Independent | Thanka Bai T. | 1,231 | 0.98 | ||
| SDPI | A. M. Nizam | 1,193 | 0.95 | ||
| BSP | Muraleedharan | 1,157 | 0.93 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,205 | 5.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,25,008 | 68.08 | |||
| JD(S) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
