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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 93 · 1977

Poonjar

Winner — 1977

V. J. JOSEPH
KEC 62.3%KCP 37.7%
Votes
34,770
62.3% share
Winning margin
13,705
24.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
76.9%
of 72,592

Poonjar is a safe seat — V. J. JOSEPH won by 24.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
V. J. JOSEPH
34,77062.3%
2
P. I. DEVASIA
KCP
21,06537.7%

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 (111th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 1.4% · max 24.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
111th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.02
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
107th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.02EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KEC 62.3%KCP 37.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,74,551
Density
895 / km²
Sex ratio
1039 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,206 km²
SC population7.8%
ST population1.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
50%HINDU
Hindu 49.8%Christian 43.5%Muslim 6.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.9%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation96.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.7%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.4%
Children underweight (under 5)17.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.7%
Women literate99.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.6%
Clean cooking fuel72.5%
Health insurance53.2%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.

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