Kovalam Assembly constituency

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Kovalam
Constituency No. 139 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Established1965
Total electors2,18,656 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
M. Vincent
Party INC
Alliance   UDF
Elected year 2021

Kovalam State Assembly constituency 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.

Contents

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency: [2]

Key

  INC   CPI(M)   INC(I)   Independent   LKD   JD   JD(S)

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1967 3rdJ. C. MoraesIND1967 – 1970
1970 4thM. Kunjukrishnan Nadar1970 – 1977
1977 5thA. Neelalohitadasan Nadar1977 – 1980
1980 6thM. R. Raghu Chandra BalINC(I)1980 – 1982
1982 7thN. Shakthan NadarIND1982 – 1984
1987 8th Neelalohithadasan Nadar LKD1987 – 1991
1991 9thJND1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11thJD(S)2001 – 2006
2006 12thGeorge MercierINC2006 – 2011
2011 13th Jameela Prakasham JD(S)2011 – 2016
2016 14th M. Vincent INC 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,18,656 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. Vincent 74,868 47.06 Increase2.svg7.92
JD(S) Neelalohitadasan Nadar63,30639.79Increase2.svg2.34
BJP Vishupuram Chandrasekharan18,66411.73
NOTA None of the above7730.49
BSP K. R. Anish6410.40Decrease2.svg0.25
Independent V. S. Prince4170.26
Independent Venganoor Asokan2840.18
Independent R. I. Ajil1470.09
Margin of victory11,5627.27Increase2.svg5.58
Turnout 1,59,10072.76Decrease2.svg1.47
INC hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC M. Vincent 60,26839.14Decrease2.svg2.70
JD(S) Jameela Prakasham57,65337.45Decrease2.svg10.15
BDJS Kovalam T. N. Suresh30,98720.13
BSP K. R. Anish9960.65Decrease2.svg0.28
Independent M. C. Jayalal9330.61
NOTA None of the above8450.55
Independent Pramod Kumar5640.37
IGP Sarasamma T.5580.36
Margin of victory2,6151.69Decrease2.svg4.07
Turnout 1,53,96674.23Increase2.svg5.15
INC gain from JD(S) Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(S) Jameela Prakasham59,51047.60
INC George Mercier52,30541.84
BJP Venganoor Satheesh9,1277.30
Independent Thanka Bai T.1,2310.98
SDPI A. M. Nizam1,1930.95
BSP Muraleedharan1,1570.93
Margin of victory7,2055.76
Turnout 1,25,00868.08
JD(S) gain from INC Swing

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References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Kovalam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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