Constituency
138. Kovalam
Community mirrorKerala Assembly Election, 1982
KL-KOVALAM
IND 51.7%won by 4.6%INC 47.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 4.6%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 1.2% to 51.7% of the vote here (+50.5%).
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
72,897
Margin
3,357
4.61%
Candidates
4 contested · winner IND- 1N. SAKTHAN NADARIndependent · IND37,70551.7%
- 2M. R. RAGHUCHANDBALIndian National Congress · INC34,34847.1%
- 3POONKULAM RAJUIndependent · IND6830.9%
- 4VELLAYANI BALANIndependent · IND1610.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–INC swing
- +58.0%
- IND share
- 1.2% → 51.7%
- INC share
- 54.5% → 47.1%
- Turnout
- — → —