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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 127 · 1965

Trivandrum I

Winner — 1965

B. MADHAVAN NAIR
SSP 41.2%INC 40.6%3 others 18.2%
Votes
14,865
41.2% share
Winning margin
227
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
55.3%
of 65,210

Trivandrum I was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 227 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. MADHAVAN NAIR
14,86541.2%
2
M. N. GOPINATHAN NAIR
14,63840.6%
3
K. SUKUMARAN NAIR
IND
3,71010.3%
4
K. KARUNAKARAN
Left
2,5837.2%
5
G. VENUGOPALAN
IND
2600.7%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Low turnout (126th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 0.6% · max 34.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
126th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.87
fewer partiesmore parties
21st of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
94th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.87EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 41.2%INC 40.6%IND 10.3%CPI 7.2%OTH 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,01,427
Density
1508 / km²
Sex ratio
1087 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,189 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 66.5%Christian 19.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.2%
Electricity94.6%
Sanitation94.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated72.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Children underweight (under 5)15.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.0%
Women literate98.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.2%
Clean cooking fuel72.2%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
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