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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1970
Cranganore
Winner — 1970
E. GOPALAKRISHNA MENON
CPI· Mini Front
CPI 45.2%IND 44.2%4 others 10.6%
Votes
24,819
45.2% share
Winning margin
532
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
75.8%
of 72,437
Cranganore was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 532 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E. GOPALAKRISHNA MENON | Left | 24,819 | 45.2% |
| 2 | P. V. ABDUL KHADER | IND | 24,287 | 44.2% |
| 3 | P. K. M. HABEEB | IND | 3,245 | 5.9% |
| 4 | A. NARAYANAN | IND | 1,536 | 2.8% |
| 5 | M. VELAYUDHAN | ISP | 751 | 1.4% |
| 6 | P. K. VIDYASAGARAN | IND | 305 | 0.6% |
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 (68th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.2% · max 25.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
68th of 140How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 140How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
22nd of 140Where does the house stand?
SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 45.2%IND 44.2%IND 5.9%OTH 4.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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 vaccinated— NOT 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?
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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.