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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 74 · 1970

Muvattupuzha

Winner — 1970

PENNAMMA JACOB
IND
IND 37.4%CPI 33.5%3 others 29.1%
Votes
20,651
37.4% share
Winning margin
2,124
3.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.9%
of 73,786

A closely fought contest. PENNAMMA JACOB won with a 3.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PENNAMMA JACOB
IND
20,65137.4%
2
P. V. ABRAHAM
Left
18,52733.5%
3
K. C. PAILY
14,71726.6%
4
C. P. MATHAI
IND
7151.3%
5
P. K. SREEDHARAN
IND
6801.2%

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 (31st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
3.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.6% · min 0.0% · max 19.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
31st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
60th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
65th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 37.4%CPI 33.5%NCO 26.6%OTH 2.5%

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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