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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2011

Kovalam

Assembly constituency 139 (GEN) · Kerala

State boardKerala 2011

[01]Result · 2011

#139 · GEN
Poll date13 Apr 2011
Contestants7
Electors1,83,615
Votes polled1,25,008
Turnout68.1%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerJameela PrakasamJanata Dal (Secular)59,51047.6% of votes
MARGIN7,205 votes · 5.8 pp59,510 − 52,305
Runner-upAdv.George Mercier Indian National Congress52,30541.8% of votes
JD(S) 53.2% of top-two votesINC 46.8%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Jameela PrakasamJD(S)59,510 47.6%
  2. 02 Adv.George MercierINC52,305 41.8%
  3. 03 Venganoor SatheeshBJP9,127 7.3%
  4. 04 Thanka Bai.T.IND1,231 1.0%
  5. 05 A.M. NizamSDPI1,193 1.0%
  6. 06 MuraleedharanBSP1,157 0.9%
  7. 07 Vazhamuttom RajendranDPSP485 0.4%

Turnout 68.1%

025507510068.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 75.3%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 140 seats, 201175.3%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 1,25,008Verified

Seat history 2026–1977

  1. 2026
    21.1 pp
    Adv. M.VincentIndian National Congress
  2. 2021
    7.3 pp
    Adv. M. VincentIndian National Congress
  3. 2016
    1.7 pp
    Adv.M.VincentIndian National Congress
  4. 2011
    5.8 pp
    Jameela PrakasamJanata Dal (Secular)
  5. 2006
    0.7 pp
    V J ThankappanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    5.7 pp
    Thampanoor RaviIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    13.4 pp
    Thampanoor RaviIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    1.9 pp
    Thampanoor RaviIndian National Congress
  9. 1987
    13.6 pp
    S. R. ThankarajJanata Party
  10. 1982
    20.9 pp
    S. R. ThankarajJanata Party
  11. 1980
    13.6 pp
    R. Sundaresan NairIndependent
  12. 1977
    8.7 pp
    R. Sundaresan NairIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed BJP polled 9,127 votes, 1.3× the 7,205-vote margin.

    9,127 ÷ 7,205 = 1.3

  2. The top two polled 89.4% of votes; the other 5 candidates 10.6% between them.

    (59,510 + 52,305) ÷ 1,25,008 = 89.4% · 13,193 ÷ 1,25,008 = 10.6%

  3. Turnout of 68.1% was 7.2 pp below the state's median seat (75.3%).

    68.1 − 75.3 = −7.2

  4. The margin widened from 0.7 pp in 2006 to 5.8 pp.

    5.8 − 0.7 = +5.1 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: CPI(M) in 2006, JD(S) in 2011.

    2006 CPI(M) · 2011 JD(S)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines1,25,008
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,25,008
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2011 · Kerala · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Kerala Vidhan Sabha 2011 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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