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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 5 · 1960

Trivandrum I

Winner — 1960

B. P. EAPEN
PSP· Liberation Struggle coalition (Kerala, 1960)
PSP 49.4%CPI 36.8%1 others 13.8%
Votes
27,328
51.8% share
Winning margin
6,943
13.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
84.4%
of 65,541

A clear win with a 13.2% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. P. EAPEN
27,32849.4%
2
KRISHNAN NAIR
20,38536.9%
3
BALAKRISHNAN
IND
5,0389.1%

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 (43rd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 2.6% · max 19.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
43rd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.22
fewer partiesmore parties
123rd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
110th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.22EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PSP 49.4%CPI 36.9%IND 9.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,07,375
Density
657 / km²
Sex ratio
1080 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,989 km²
SC population4.1%
ST population3.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%HINDU
Hindu 55.8%Muslim 37.2%Christian 6.7%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.7%
Electricity88.8%
Sanitation91.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Women literate95.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.7%
Clean cooking fuel73.5%
Health insurance44.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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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