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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 77 · 19602 seats · 1 SC

Chittur

Winner — 1960

P. BALACHANDRA MENON
Also elected — same seat
NARAYANAN THANDAN
CPI· 48,156 votes
CPI 26.4%CPI 26.4%2 others 47.3%
Votes
48,241
27.4% share
Winning margin
8,213
4.7% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
80.1%
of 1,14,078

A closely fought contest. P. BALACHANDRA MENON won with a 4.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. BALACHANDRA MENON
48,24126.4%
2
NARAYANAN THANDAN
48,15626.4%
3
BACHARAN
40,02821.9%
4
SIVARAMA BHARATHI
39,62521.7%

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 (21st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
4.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.8% · min 0.8% · max 10.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
21st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.46
fewer partiesmore parties
86th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
16th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.46EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 26.4%CPI 26.4%INC 21.9%PSP 21.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,82,388
Density
1072 / km²
Sex ratio
1027 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,063 km²
SC population8.2%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
46%HINDU
Hindu 46.0%Christian 38.0%Muslim 15.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.3%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation97.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated82.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)19.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Women literate99.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.9%
Clean cooking fuel88.4%
Health insurance46.2%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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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