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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 88 · 1970

Palai

Winner — 1970

K. M. MANI
KEC 41.4%INC 40.7%2 others 17.9%
Votes
23,350
41.4% share
Winning margin
364
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
79.3%
of 71,174

Palai was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 364 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. M. MANI
23,35041.4%
2
M. M. JACOB
INC
22,98640.7%
3
T. P. ULAHANNAN
IND
9,09216.1%
4
KUTTAPPAN
IND
1,0411.8%

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 (85th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.6% · max 40.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
85th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.60
fewer partiesmore parties
63rd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
53rd of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.60EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KEC 41.4%INC 40.7%IND 16.1%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,08,974
Density
255 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,356 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population5.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 48.9%Christian 43.4%Muslim 7.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water30.2%
Electricity88.4%
Sanitation89.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.3%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.0%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel54.3%
Health insurance58.1%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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