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Keralam · PC 3 · 1998

Badagara

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

A.K. Premajam
CPM· Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
CPM 48.5%INC 41.5%4 others 10.0%
Votes
4,07,876
48.5% share
Winning margin
59,161
7.0% of votes
Total votes cast
8,40,958
Candidates
6
Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A.K. Premajam
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
4,07,87648.5%
2
P.M. Suresh Babu
INC
3,48,71541.5%
3
Chettoor Balakrishnan Master
NDA
69,5648.3%
4
P.K. Radhakrishnan
INL
11,9651.4%
5
Kalanthan Haji T.K
IND
1,5790.2%
6
Edachery Sadanandan
IND
1,2590.1%

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.

High turnout (1st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.9% · min 0.3% · max 30.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
1st of 20

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.43
fewer partiesmore parties
17th of 20

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 20

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 48.5%INC 41.5%BJP 8.3%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,86,293
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
1098 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,345 km²
SC population6.5%
ST population0.5%

Figures are for Kozhikode, this seat's primary district — it spans 2 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%HINDU
Hindu 56.2%Muslim 39.2%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity93.8%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.2%
Clean cooking fuel73.8%
Health insurance61.1%

What's nearby?

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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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