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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 139 · 2021

Kovalam

Winner — 2021

Adv. M. VINCENT
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala) (UPA)
INC 47.1%JD(S) 39.8%6 others 13.2%
Votes
74,868
47.1% share
Winning margin
11,562
7.3% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.9%
of 2,24,274

A clear win with a 7.3% margin.

Seat history

4 of 7 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.12 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Adv. M. VINCENT
United Democratic Front (Kerala) (UPA)
74,86847.1%
2
NEELALOHITHADASAN NADAR
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
63,30639.8%
3
VISHNUPURAM CHANDRASEKHARAN
NDA
18,66411.7%
NOTA
NOTA
7730.5%
5
KANCHAMPAZHINJI SASIKUMAR
6410.4%
6
PRINCE V.S.
IND
4170.3%
7
VENGANOOR ASOKAN
IND
2840.2%
8
AJIL R.A.
IND
1470.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (112th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.6% · min 0.7% · max 21.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
112th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.62
fewer partiesmore parties
58th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
47th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.62EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.1%JD(S) 39.8%BJP 11.7%OTH 0.9%NOTA 0.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
4/7

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.12 Cr

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,01,427
Density
1508 / km²
Sex ratio
1087 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,189 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 66.5%Christian 19.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.2%
Electricity94.6%
Sanitation94.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated72.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Children underweight (under 5)15.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.0%
Women literate98.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.2%
Clean cooking fuel72.2%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom Products
Rock cut cave, Vizhinjam

Rock cut cave, Vizhinjam

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock cut cave

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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