Kovalam Assembly constituency

{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Kovalam

| type = SLA

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 139

| map_image = {{Photomontage

| photo1a =

| photo2a = Poovar Kerala.jpg

| photo3a = 01KovalamBeach&Kerala.jpg

| spacing = 1

| color_border = black

| color = white

| size = 200

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| map_caption = Top to Bottom:
Cruise ship at Vizhinjam Port, Poovar Beach, Kovalam Lighthouse

| established = 1965

| reservation = None

| district = Thiruvananthapuram

| mla = M. Vincent

| party = 20px INC

| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|UDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| electors = 2,18,656 (2021)

}}

Kovalam is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies

|website = trivandrum.nic.in

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district

|access-date = 16 March 2020

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Member

! colspan="2"|Party

1967

|J. C. Moraes

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Independent (politician)}}

1970

|M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar

1977

|A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar

1980

|M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}

1982

|N. Shakthan Nadar

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

1987

| rowspan="4" |Neelalohithadasan Nadar

|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}

1991

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}

1996

2001

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)|dab=y}}

2006

|George Mercier

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2011

|Jameela Prakasham

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}

2016

| rowspan="2" |M. Vincent

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}

2021

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

= 2021 =

There were 2,18,656 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Vincent|votes=74,868|percentage=47.06|change={{increase}}7.92|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=Neelalohitadasan Nadar|votes=63,306|percentage=39.79|change={{increase}}2.34|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vishupuram Chandrasekharan|votes=18,664|percentage=11.73|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=773|percentage=0.49|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. R. Anish|votes=641|percentage=0.40|change={{decrease}}0.25}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. S. Prince|votes=417|percentage=0.26|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Venganoor Asokan|votes=284|percentage=0.18|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=R. I. Ajil|votes=147|percentage=0.09|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||percentage=7.27|votes=11,562|change={{increase}}5.58}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,100|percentage=72.76|change={{decrease}}1.47}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

= 2016 =

There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=M. Vincent|votes=60,268|percentage=39.14|change={{decrease}}2.70|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=Jameela Prakasham|votes=57,653|percentage=37.45|change={{decrease}}10.15|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Kovalam T. N. Suresh|votes=30,987|percentage=20.13|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. R. Anish|votes=996|percentage=0.65|change={{decrease}}0.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. C. Jayalal|votes=933|percentage=0.61|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=845|percentage=0.55|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pramod Kumar|votes=564|percentage=0.37|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Gandhiyan Party|candidate=Sarasamma T.|votes=558|percentage=0.36|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,615|percentage=1.69|change={{decrease}}4.07 }}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,53,966|percentage=74.23|change={{increase}}5.15}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Janata Dal (Secular)|swing=}}

= 2011 =

There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=Jameela Prakasham|votes=59,510|percentage=47.60|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=George Mercier|votes=52,305|percentage=41.84|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Venganoor Satheesh|votes=9,127|percentage=7.30|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Thanka Bai T.|votes=1,231|percentage=0.98|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. M. Nizam|votes=1,193|percentage=0.95|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Muraleedharan|votes=1,157|percentage=0.93|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,205|percentage=5.76|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,25,008|percentage=68.08|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Janata Dal (Secular)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}