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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 86 · 1980

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Winner — 1980

C. A. KURIAN
CPI· Left
CPI 51.5%INC(I) 46.6%5 others 1.9%
Votes
34,795
51.5% share
Winning margin
3,351
5.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
74.6%
of 90,466

A closely fought contest. C. A. KURIAN won with a 5.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
C. A. KURIAN
Left
34,79551.5%
2
MICHAAL MANARKATTU
INC(I)
Congress (I)
31,44446.6%
3
CHELLAMUTHU THANGAMUTHU
IND
4950.7%
4
CHELLIAH R. K.
IND
2720.4%
5
MARISHNANKUKTTY KUMARAN
IND
2440.4%
6
MANMADHAN NAIR AYYAPPAB NAIR
IND
1510.2%
7
VISWANATHA PANICKER SANKARAN
IND
1000.1%

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 (74th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
5.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 2.4% · max 28.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
74th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
136th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
99th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 51.5%INC(I) 46.6%OTH 1.9%

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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