Back to Keralam 1960 map
Keralam · Assembly Constituency 83 · 1960

Ottapalam

19571960196519671970197719801982198719911996200120062011201620212026

Winner — 1960

KUNHUNNI NAYAR
CPI
CPI 56.2%PSP 41.2%0 others 2.6%
Votes
24,741
57.7% share
Winning margin
6,623
15.4% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
80.1%
of 54,942

Ottapalam is a safe seat — KUNHUNNI NAYAR won by 15.4%.

Seat history
⚖ Compare 1957 vs 1960

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KUNHUNNI NAYAR
CPI
24,74156.2%
2
CHANDRASEKHARA KURUP
PSP
18,11841.2%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (72nd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
15.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.2% · max 35.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
72nd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
4th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 56.2%PSP 41.2%

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?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oleo Raisins
St. George's Catholic Forane Church

St. George's Catholic Forane Church

⛪ChurchWikidata
📍Google MapsOSM

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25
ID: KL-83·View all Keralam 1960 seats →