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Keralam · PC 4 · 1996

Calicut

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

M P VEERENDRA KUMAR
JD· United Front
JD 47.9%INC 42.7%9 others 9.4%
Votes
3,55,565
47.9% share
Winning margin
38,703
5.2% of votes
Total votes cast
7,42,446
Candidates
11
Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M P VEERENDRA KUMAR
United Front
3,55,56547.9%
2
K. MURALEEDHARAN
INC
3,16,86242.7%
3
K P SREESAN
BJP
56,9427.7%
4
MUDOOR MOHAMMED
IND
6,4800.9%
5
KUNNUMMAL HAMZA
IND
1,8700.3%
6
M. SIBHATHULLA
IND
1,5450.2%
7
DEVARAJAN
IND
9080.1%
8
M P SANTHI VARMA JAIN
IND
7480.1%
9
CHANDRAN PAYYANAKKAL
IND
5840.1%
10
KOVILAKAM RADHAKRISHNAN NAIR
IND
5080.1%
11
POKKATHAYIL KURIYACHAN
IND
4340.1%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (6th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 0.3% · max 39.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
6th of 20

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
19th of 20

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
14th of 20

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 47.9%INC 42.7%BJP 7.7%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,17,420
Density
384 / km²
Sex ratio
1035 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,130 km²
SC population4.0%
ST population18.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

Figures are for Wayanad, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 49.5%Muslim 28.6%Christian 21.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.6%
Electricity80.8%
Sanitation91.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.9%
Women literate93.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.4%
Clean cooking fuel55.7%
Health insurance64.8%

What's nearby?

19 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Coffee
Jain temple

Jain temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Jain temple

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Vishnu temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Vishnu temple

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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