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Kovalam
Constituency No. 139 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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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

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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Vincent of INC.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Vincent	74,868	47.06	7.92
	JD(S)	Neelalohitadasan Nadar	63,306	39.79	2.34
	BJP	Vishupuram Chandrasekharan	18,664	11.73
	NOTA	None of the above	773	0.49
	BSP	K. R. Anish	641	0.40	0.25
	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	5.58
Turnout			1,59,100	72.76	1.47
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam

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
Margin of victory			2,615	1.69	4.07
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.

See also

• Kovalam
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district