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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 122 · 1980

Chavara

Winner — 1980

BABY JOHN
RSP 60.0%JNP 35.9%4 others 4.1%
Votes
41,448
60.0% share
Winning margin
16,613
24.0% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
78.3%
of 88,209

Chavara is a safe seat — BABY JOHN won by 24.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BABY JOHN
41,44860.0%
2
C. RAJENDRAN
Janata
24,83535.9%
3
C. JOSEPH
IND
1,2881.9%
4
JALALUDDIN A.
SUC
6881.0%
5
M. UMMER KHAN
IND
4910.7%
6
T. N. RAGHAVAN PILLAI
IND
3530.5%

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.

Low turnout (123rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
24.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.4% · min 0.9% · max 31.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
123rd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
50th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
64th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.67EFFECTIVE PARTIES
RSP 60.0%JNP 35.9%OTH 4.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,35,375
Density
1061 / km²
Sex ratio
1113 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,483 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 64.4%Muslim 19.3%Christian 16.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.1%
Electricity95.1%
Sanitation94.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated85.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.5%
Children underweight (under 5)17.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.0%
Women literate98.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.1%
Health insurance56.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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