Constituency
139. Kovalam
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2011
KL-KOVALAM
JDS 47.6%won by 5.8%INC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS), which now leads by 5.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JDS vote shareJDS went from 24.6% to 47.6% of the vote here (+23.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,83,616
Turnout
68.1%
Valid votes
1,25,008
Margin
7,205
5.76%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JDS- 1JAMEELA PRAKASAMJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS59,51047.6%
- 2ADV.GEORGE MERCIERIndian National Congress · INC52,30541.8%
- 3VENGANOOR SATHEESHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,1277.3%
- 4THANKA BAI.T.Independent · IND1,2311.0%
- 5A.M. NIZAMSDPI · SDPI1,1931.0%
- 6MURALEEDHARANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1570.9%
- 7VAZHAMUTTOM RAJENDRANDPSP · DPSP4850.4%
Since 2006
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2006 and 2011. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JDSflipped
- JDS–INC swing
- +17.6%
- JDS share
- 24.6% → 47.6%
- INC share
- 36.4% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- — → 68.1%