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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 81 · 1970

Vazhoor

Winner — 1970

K. NARAYANA KURUP
KEC 44.5%IND 26.6%5 others 28.9%
Votes
20,353
44.5% share
Winning margin
8,196
17.9% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
73.9%
of 61,893

Vazhoor is a safe seat — K. NARAYANA KURUP won by 17.9%.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. NARAYANA KURUP
20,35344.5%
2
M. O. JOSEPH
IND
12,15726.6%
3
PURUSHOTHAMAN PILLAI
Left
11,05324.2%
4
VATTAPPARA STEPHEN
IND
1,2422.7%
5
SREEDHARAN NARAYANAN
IND
4711.0%
6
T. J. JOHN
IND
3710.8%
7
SREENIVASAN
IND
930.2%

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.

High turnout (27th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.3% · min 0.6% · max 26.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
27th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.81
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
21st of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.81EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KEC 44.5%IND 26.6%CPM 24.2%OTH 4.8%

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?

4 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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