Constituency
139. Kovalam
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2016
KL-KOVALAM
INC 39.1%won by 1.7%JDS 37.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.7%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 74.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,07,410
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
1,53,966
Margin
2,615
1.70%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1ADV.M.VINCENTIndian National Congress · INC60,26839.1%
- 2JAMEELA PRAKASAMJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS57,65337.4%
- 3KOVALAM T.N. SURESHBDJS · BDJS30,98720.1%
- 4ADV.K.R.ANISHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9960.6%
- 5M.C.JAYALALIndependent · IND9330.6%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8450.5%
- 7PRAMOD KUMARIndependent · IND5640.4%
- 8SARASAMMA.TIGP · IGP5580.4%
- 9S. SHAJIAKTP · AKTP4000.3%
- 10M. SUGATHANIndependent · IND3890.3%
- 11SILVASTERIndependent · IND3730.2%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JDS swing
- +7.5%
- INC share
- 41.8% → 39.1%
- JDS share
- 47.6% → 37.4%
- Turnout
- 68.1% → 74.2%