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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 60 · 1991

Kodakara

Winner — 1991

K.P. VISWANATHAN
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
INC 47.3%CPM 45.8%3 others 7.0%
Votes
49,971
47.3% share
Winning margin
1,611
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.2%
of 1,42,402

Kodakara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,611 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K.P. VISWANATHAN
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
49,97147.3%
2
P.R. RAJAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
48,36045.8%
3
N.K. SURENDRAN
6,6686.3%
4
JOSEPH KODAKARA
IND
4750.5%
5
M.A. KUMARAN
IND
2150.2%

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 (49th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.3% · min 1.5% · max 32.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
49th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
17th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.3%CPM 45.8%BJP 6.3%OTH 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A 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.

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