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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 132 · 1996

Nedumangad

Winner — 1996

PALODE RAVI
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
INC 49.3%CPI 45.6%3 others 5.0%
Votes
57,220
49.3% share
Winning margin
4,264
3.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.5%
of 1,64,525

A closely fought contest. PALODE RAVI won with a 3.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PALODE RAVI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
57,22049.3%
2
M.RADHAKRISHNAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
52,95645.6%
3
V.SOMASEKHARAN NAIR
3,9603.4%
4
J.JAYAPALAN
PDP
1,6741.4%
5
RADHAKRISHNAN NAIR
IND
2100.2%

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 (70th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
3.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.9% · min 0.1% · max 17.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
70th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.05
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
25th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.05EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 49.3%CPI 45.6%OTH 5.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,01,427
Density
1508 / km²
Sex ratio
1087 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,189 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 66.5%Christian 19.1%Muslim 13.7%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water38.2%
Electricity94.6%
Sanitation94.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated72.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.5%
Children underweight (under 5)15.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER33.0%
Women literate98.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.2%
Clean cooking fuel72.2%
Health insurance48.7%

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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