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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1960
Palghat
Winner — 1960
R. RANGHAVA MENON
INC· Liberation Struggle coalition (Kerala, 1960)
INC 51.0%CPI 47.6%0 others 1.4%
Votes
26,546
51.7% share
Winning margin
1,758
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
80.6%
of 64,542
A closely fought contest. R. RANGHAVA MENON won with a 3.4% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total
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 (36th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
marginal3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 1.8% · max 18.5%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
36th of 140How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 140How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
55th of 140Where does the house stand?
SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 51.0%CPI 47.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.