# Kovalam Assembly constituency

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 | Member | Party |
| 1967 | J. C. Moraes | Independent |
| 1970 | M. Kunjukrishnan Nadar | Independent |
| 1977 | A. Neelalohitadasan Nadar | Independent |
| 1980 | M. R. Raghu Chandra Bal | Indian National Congress |
| 1982 | N. Shakthan Nadar | Independent |
| 1987 | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Lok Dal |
| 1991 | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Janata Dal |
| 2001 | Neelalohithadasan Nadar | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 2006 | George Mercier | Indian National Congress |
| 2011 | Jameela Prakasham | Janata Dal |
| 2016 | M. Vincent | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | M. Vincent | Indian National Congress |

## 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 | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,562 | 7.27 | 5.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,59,100 | 72.76 | 1.47 |
| | INC hold | 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 | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,615 | 1.69 | 4.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,53,966 | 74.23 | 5.15 |
| | INC gain from JD(S) | INC gain from JD(S) | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,83,616 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kovalam :
| Party | 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 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,205 | 5.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,008 | 68.08 |
| | JD(S) gain from INC | JD(S) gain from INC | Swing | |