Kovalam Assembly constituency
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.
Kovalam | |
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Constituency for the | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
District | Thiruvananthapuram |
Established | 1965 - present |
Total electors | 2,18,656 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent M. Vincent | |
Party | INC |
Alliance | UDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
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)
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1967 | 3rd | J. C. Moraes | IND | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | 1970 – 1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar | 1977 – 1980 | ||
1980 | 6th | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | INC(I) | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | N. Shakthan Nadar | IND | 1982 – 1984 | |
1987 | 8th | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | LKD | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | JND | 1991 – 1996 | ||
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | JD(S) | 2001 – 2006 | ||
2006 | 12th | George Mercier | INC | 2006 – 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]
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 | ||
Turnout | 1,59,100 | 72.76 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
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 | ||
Turnout | 1,53,966 | 74.23 | ![]() | ||
INC gain from JD(S) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
See also
References
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Kovalam Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- "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.