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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
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
E. GOPALAKRISHNA MENON
Left
24,81945.2%
2
P. V. ABDUL KHADER
IND
24,28744.2%
3
P. K. M. HABEEB
IND
3,2455.9%
4
A. NARAYANAN
IND
1,5362.8%
5
M. VELAYUDHAN
ISP
7511.4%
6
P. K. VIDYASAGARAN
IND
3050.6%

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
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.2% · max 25.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
68th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
22nd of 140

Where 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 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?

1 location
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