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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 13 · 1985 by-elections

Peringalam

Winner — 1985 by-elections

E.T.M.BASHEER
IML
IML 53.6%MUL 38.8%9 others 7.6%
Votes
42,410
53.6% share
Winning margin
11,742
0.0% of votes
Total candidates
11

Peringalam was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.0% — fewer than 11,742 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
E.T.M.BASHEER
IML
42,4100.0%
2
P.K.MOHHAMMED
MUL
30,6680.0%
3
C.K.SREENIVASAN
IND
4,8650.0%
4
AUHUTHAN.K.P
IND
4600.0%
5
K.K.KHADER
IND
1720.0%
6
M.ELAMPARA
IND
1470.0%
7
P.MURALEEDHARAN
IND
1190.0%
8
T.K.K.HAJE
IND
950.0%
9
RAJEEVAN.T
IND
570.0%
10
U.K.ABDULLA
IND
400.0%
11
V.P.BALAN
IND
200.0%

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 (104th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.9% · min 0.4% · max 49.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
104th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.67
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
82nd of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
3 seats · 2 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
DOESN'T APPLY

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,23,003
Density
852 / km²
Sex ratio
1136 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,961 km²
SC population3.3%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
60%HINDU
Hindu 59.8%Muslim 29.4%Christian 10.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.7%
Electricity94.1%
Sanitation97.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)17.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.4%
Clean cooking fuel70.4%
Health insurance47.9%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom Products
Tellicherry fort

Tellicherry fort

🏛️MonumentASI

Tellicherry fort

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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