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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 11 · 19572 seats · 1 SC

Varkala

Winner — 1957

ABDUL MAJEED T. A.
CPI· Left
Also elected — same seat
SIVADASAN K.
CPI· 31,454 votes
CPI 28.6%CPI 21.6%6 others 49.8%
Votes
41,683
28.6% share
Winning margin
20,813
14.3% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
67.4%
of 1,08,141

A clear win with a 14.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ABDUL MAJEED T. A.
41,68328.6%
2
SIVADASAN K.
31,45421.6%
3
KRISHNA PILLAI R.
20,87014.3%
4
GOPALAN K.
15,46410.6%
5
KUNJUKRISHNAN P.
14,57810.0%
6
KUNJAN P.
9,8556.8%
7
SREEKANTAN NAIR C. N.
9,5556.5%
8
GANGADHARAN O.
IND
2,3331.6%

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.

Low turnout (114th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.1% · max 24.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
114th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
81st of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
85th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 28.6%CPI 21.6%INC 14.3%INC 10.6%RSP 10.0%PSP 6.8%OTH 8.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,23,003
Density
852 / km²
Sex ratio
1136 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,961 km²
SC population3.3%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
60%HINDU
Hindu 59.8%Muslim 29.4%Christian 10.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.7%
Electricity94.1%
Sanitation97.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)17.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.4%
Clean cooking fuel70.4%
Health insurance47.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom Products
Fort St. Angelo

Fort St. Angelo

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort St. Angelo

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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