Kovalam Assembly constituency

Kovalam
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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		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		Janata Dal	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	M. Vincent	Indian National Congress	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.^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
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
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Vincent	60,268	39.14	2.70
	JD(S)	Jameela Prakasham	57,653	37.45	10.15
	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
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
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

References

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[2] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[3] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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