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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 121 · 1996

Karunagapally

Winner — 1996

E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR
CPI· Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
CPI 50.8%JPSS 34.1%3 others 15.1%
Votes
49,587
50.8% share
Winning margin
16,350
16.8% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
72.8%
of 1,33,989

Karunagapally is a safe seat — E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR won by 16.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
49,58750.8%
2
SATHJITH
JPSS
33,23734.0%
3
SUVARNAKUMAR,S.
PDP
8,3148.5%
4
V.THAMARAKSHAN
5,1195.2%
5
K.MOHAMMED KUNJU
IND
1,3551.4%

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.

Low turnout (136th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
16.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.8% · max 25.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
136th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
71st of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
9th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 50.8%JPSS 34.0%PDP 8.5%BJP 5.2%OTH 1.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,35,375
Density
1061 / km²
Sex ratio
1113 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,483 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 64.4%Muslim 19.3%Christian 16.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.1%
Electricity95.1%
Sanitation94.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated85.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.5%
Children underweight (under 5)17.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.0%
Women literate98.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.1%
Health insurance56.0%

What's nearby?

3 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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