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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 17 · 1987

Badagara

Winner — 1987

K. CHANDRASEKHARAN
JNP· Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
JNP 51.9%INC 41.0%3 others 7.0%
Votes
50,309
51.9% share
Winning margin
10,533
10.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
80.7%
of 1,20,023

A clear win with a 10.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. CHANDRASEKHARAN
50,30951.9%
2
SUJANAPAL A.
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
39,77641.0%
3
K. PADMANABHAN
6,2026.4%
4
SANKARAN MULIYIL
IND
3120.3%
5
KARUNAKARAN P.K.
IND
3040.3%

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 (62nd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
10.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.0% · min 0.9% · max 36.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
62nd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
75th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
49th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 51.9%INC 41.0%BJP 6.4%OTH 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,17,420
Density
384 / km²
Sex ratio
1035 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,130 km²
SC population4.0%
ST population18.5%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 49.5%Muslim 28.6%Christian 21.3%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water22.6%
Electricity80.8%
Sanitation91.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated86.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.9%
Women literate93.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER8.4%
Clean cooking fuel55.7%
Health insurance64.8%

What's nearby?

5 locations
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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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