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Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Kovalam | |
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Constituency No. 139 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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 |
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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INC | M. Vincent | 74,868 | 47.06 | ![]() | |
JD(S) | Neelalohitadasan Nadar | 63,306 | 39.79 | ![]() | |
BJP | Vishupuram Chandrasekharan | 18,664 | 11.73 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 773 | 0.49 | ||
BSP | K. R. Anish | 641 | 0.40 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,59,100 | 72.76 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing |
There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | M. Vincent | 60,268 | 39.14 | ![]() | |
JD(S) | Jameela Prakasham | 57,653 | 37.45 | ![]() | |
BDJS | Kovalam T. N. Suresh | 30,987 | 20.13 | ||
BSP | K. R. Anish | 996 | 0.65 | ![]() | |
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 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,53,966 | 74.23 | ![]() | ||
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 |
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