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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1967

Vadakkekara

Winner — 1967

E . BALANANDAN
CPM· United Front (Kerala, 1967)
CPM 50.6%INC 49.4%
Votes
28,234
50.6% share
Winning margin
633
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
80.1%
of 69,710

Vadakkekara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 633 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
E . BALANANDAN
Left
28,23450.6%
2
K . R . VIJAYAN
INC
27,60149.4%

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 (131st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.9% · min 0.3% · max 12.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
131st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.82
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
114th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.82EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.6%INC 49.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,21,200
Density
1031 / km²
Sex ratio
1108 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,027 km²
SC population10.4%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 58.4%Christian 24.3%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.4%
Electricity97.0%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.4%
Women literate99.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.0%
Clean cooking fuel76.3%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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