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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 20 · 19602 seats · 1 SC

Movelikara

Winner — 1960

GOPALA KURUP
Also elected — same seat
KUNJACHAN
CPI· 54,042 votes
CPI 25.8%CPI 25.7%2 others 48.5%
Votes
54,340
26.0% share
Winning margin
3,678
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
88.3%
of 1,19,169

Movelikara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 3,678 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
GOPALA KURUP
54,34025.8%
2
KUNJACHAN
54,04225.7%
3
CHELLAPPAN PILLAI
50,66224.1%
4
RAMACHANDRA DAS
50,17023.9%

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 (51st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.4% · min 0.7% · max 14.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
51st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
133rd of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 25.8%CPI 25.7%INC 24.1%INC 23.9%

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%

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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