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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 51 · 1980
Kollengode
Winner — 1980
C. VASUDEVA MENON
CPM· Left
CPM 50.4%INC(I) 46.9%3 others 2.6%
Votes
36,688
50.4% share
Winning margin
2,532
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.9%
of 1,02,658
A closely fought contest. C. VASUDEVA MENON won with a 3.5% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. VASUDEVA MENON | Left | 36,688 | 50.4% |
| 2 | A. SUNNA SAHIB |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 34,156 | 46.9% |
| 3 | A. RAMAN | IND | 732 | 1.0% |
| 4 | P. NARAYANANKUTTY MENON | IND | 639 | 0.9% |
| 5 | A. ALAVIKUTTY | JNP(S) | 551 | 0.8% |
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 (64th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean3.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.7% · max 42.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
64th of 140How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.84
fewer partiesmore parties
24th of 140How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
57th of 140Where does the house stand?
SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.84EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.4%INC(I) 46.9%OTH 2.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,09,934
Density
627 / km²
Sex ratio
1067 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,482 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population1.7%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
67%HINDU
Hindu 66.8%Muslim 28.9%Other 4.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water42.8%
Electricity93.5%
Sanitation89.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.7%
Children underweight (under 5)27.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.6%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel67.5%
Health insurance53.8%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Palakkadan Matta RiceGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.