Kovalam Assembly constituency
| Kovalam കോവളം | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 Poovar beach in Kovalam constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Party | INC |
Kovalam State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കോവളം നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state 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 2016 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 JD(S)
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | J. C. Moraes | IND | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 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) | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color" | | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Shakthan Nadar | IND | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 1982 – 1984 |
| 1987 | 8th | A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar | LKD | style="background-color: Template:Lok Dal/meta/color" | | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | JND | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | JD(S) | style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" | | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | George Mercier | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Jameela Prakasham | JD(S) | style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" | | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | M. Vincent | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Incumbent |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| 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 | ||
| 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]
| 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 | ||
| [[DPSP|Deseeaya Praja Socialist Party]] | Vazhumuttom Rajendran | 485 | 0.39 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,205 | 5.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,25,008 | 68.08 | |||
| JD(S) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
See also
- Kovalam
- Thiruvananthapuram district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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