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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kovalam<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| constituency_no = 139<br />
| map_image = {{Photomontage<br />
| photo1a =<br />
| photo2a = Poovar Kerala.jpg <br />
| photo3a = 01KovalamBeach&Kerala.jpg<br />
| spacing = 1<br />
| color_border = black<br />
| color = white<br />
| size = 200<br />
}}<br />
| map_caption = '''Top to Bottom''':<br>Cruise ship at [[Vizhinjam]] Port, [[Poovar]] Beach, [[Kovalam]] Lighthouse<br />
| established = 1965<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| district = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
| mla = [[M. Vincent]]<br />
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| electors = 2,18,656 (2021)<br />
}} <br />
'''Kovalam''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://trivandrum.nic.in/constituencies<br />
|website = trivandrum.nic.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district<br />
|access-date = 16 March 2020<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[M. Vincent]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|J. C. Moraes<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|N. Shakthan Nadar<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Neelalohithadasan Nadar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|George Mercier<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|[[Jameela Prakasam|Jameela Prakasham]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[M. Vincent]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kovalam}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[M. Vincent]]|votes=79,661|percentage=51.32|change={{increase}}4.26}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate= Bhagath Rufus|votes=46,952|percentage=30.23|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= BJP|candidate=T. N. Suresh|votes=25,380|percentage=16.35|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=976|percentage=0.63|change={{increase}}0.14}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate= Manoj S. P.|votes=677|percentage=0.44|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Republican Party|candidate= M.Sugathan |votes=469|percentage=0.30|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate= N. Jayarajan|votes=459|percentage=0.30|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate= Adv. Sabu S Philip|votes=372|percentage=0.24|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate= Venganoor Asokan|votes=169|percentage=0.11|change={{decrease}}0.07}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Kiran S Pillai|votes=122|percentage=0.08|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 32,709<br />
|percentage = 21.07<br />
|change = {{increase}}13.80<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,55,237|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,18,656 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kovalam}}<br />
{{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|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Kamaraj Congress|candidate=Vishupuram Chandrasekharan|votes=18,664|percentage=11.73|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=773|percentage=0.49|change=|}}<br />
{{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=|}}<br />
<br />
{{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=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||percentage=7.27|votes=11,562|change={{increase}}5.58}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,100|percentage=72.76|change={{decrease}}1.47}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,07,410 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kovalam}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[M. Vincent]]|votes=60,268|percentage=39.14|change={{decrease}}2.70|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|candidate=Jameela Prakasham|votes=57,653|percentage=37.45|change={{decrease}}10.15|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Kovalam T. N. Suresh|votes=30,987|percentage=20.13|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. R. Anish|votes=996|percentage=0.65|change={{decrease}}0.28}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. C. Jayalal|votes=933|percentage=0.61|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=845|percentage=0.55|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pramod Kumar|votes=564|percentage=0.37|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Gandhiyan Party|candidate=Sarasamma T.|votes=558|percentage=0.36|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,615|percentage=1.69|change={{decrease}}4.07 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,53,966|percentage=74.23|change={{increase}}5.15}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Janata Dal (Secular)|swing=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kovalam}}<br />
{{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=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Venganoor Satheesh|votes=9,127|percentage=7.30|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{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=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7,205|percentage=5.76|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,25,008|percentage=68.08|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Janata Dal (Secular)|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kovalam]]<br />
* [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1965]]<br />
[[Category:1965 establishments in Kerala]]</div>PiperByrum18