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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 41 · 1957

Kottayam

Winner — 1957

BHASKARAN NAIR P.
CPI· Left
CPI 50.4%INC 45.4%1 others 4.1%
Votes
23,021
50.4% share
Winning margin
2,271
5.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
77.2%
of 59,112

A closely fought contest. BHASKARAN NAIR P. won with a 5.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHASKARAN NAIR P.
23,02150.4%
2
GOVINDHAN NAIR M. P.
20,75045.5%
3
KUTTAPPAN P.
IND
1,8864.1%

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 (59th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.1% · min 0.9% · max 52.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
59th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.14
fewer partiesmore parties
132nd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
39th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.14EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.4%INC 45.5%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,12,920
Density
1157 / km²
Sex ratio
1098 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,554 km²
SC population7.5%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
70%MUSLIM
Muslim 70.2%Hindu 27.6%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water14.9%
Electricity94.3%
Sanitation97.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)21.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Women literate99.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.0%
Health insurance42.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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