Constituency
138. Kovalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1977
KL-KOVALAM
IND 49.4%won by 6.2%KEC 43.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndependent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerKerala Congress (KEC) finished second with 43.2% — it did not contest here in 1970.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 68.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
65,838
Margin
4,114
6.25%
Candidates
6 contested · winner IND- 1A. NEELLALOHITHADASAN NADARIndependent · IND32,54949.4%
- 2N. SAKTHANKerala Congress · KEC28,43543.2%
- 3N. SHIVADASIndependent · IND2,3413.6%
- 4N. PRABHAKARANIndependent · IND1,7132.6%
- 5R. KUTTAN NADARIndependent · IND5280.8%
- 6A.P.P. RAJAIndependent · IND2720.4%
Since 1970
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- IND
- IND–KEC swing
- −30.5%
- IND share
- 36.7% → 49.4%
- KEC share
- 0.0% → 43.2%
- Turnout
- — → —