Kovalam (State Assembly constituency)
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.
| 139 Kovalam കോവളം | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Poovar beach in Kovalam constituency | |
| Existence | 1965 - present |
| Reservation | General |
| Electorate | 2,07,410 (2016) |
| Current MLA | M. Vincent |
| Party | INC |
| Political Front | UDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Balaramapuram, Kalliyoor and Venganoor Panchayats in Thiruvananathapuram Taluk and Balaramapuram, Kanjiramkulam, Karumkulam, Kottukal, Poovar and Vizhinjam Panchayats in Neyyattinkara Taluk |
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 | 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 | A. Neelalohitadasan 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 | 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|{{Template:DPSP/meta/shortname}}]] | 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
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.