Kovalam (State Assembly constituency)

Kovalam
Constituency for the
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established1965 - present
Total electors2,18,656 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
M. Vincent
PartyINC
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

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.

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  Janata Dal (Secular)

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
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]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Vincent 74,868 47.06 Increase7.92
Janata Dal (Secular) Neelalohitadasan Nadar 63,306 39.79 Increase2.34
BJP Vishupuram Chandrasekharan 18,664 11.73
NOTA None of the above 773 0.49
BSP K. R. Anish 641 0.40 Decrease0.25
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 Decrease1.47
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Vincent 60,268 39.14 Decrease2.70
Janata Dal (Secular) Jameela Prakasham 57,653 37.45 Decrease10.15
BDJS Kovalam T. N. Suresh 30,987 20.13
BSP K. R. Anish 996 0.65 Decrease0.28
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
Turnout 1,53,966 74.23 Increase5.15
INC gain from Janata Dal (Secular) 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (Secular) 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
Janata Dal (Secular) gain from INC Swing

See also

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.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.