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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 79 · 1965Reserved (SC)

Permade

Winner — 1965

K. I. RAJAN
CPM 31.4%INC 22.5%4 others 46.1%
Votes
12,345
31.4% share
Winning margin
3,510
8.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
61.3%
of 64,095

A clear win with a 8.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. I. RAJAN
12,34531.4%
2
N. GANAPATHY
8,83522.5%
3
P. VIVEKANANDAN
KC
6,05915.4%
4
M. M. SUNDARAM
Left
5,61514.3%
5
S.K. ANTONISAMY
IND
5,34013.6%
6
M. KATHIRVEL
IND
1,0832.8%

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.

Average turnout (36th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
8.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 1.8% · max 18.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
36th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
55th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 31.4%INC 22.5%KC 15.4%CPI 14.3%IND 13.6%OTH 2.8%

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?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oleo Raisins

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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