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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 73 · 1996

Mattancherry

Winner — 1996

M.A.THOMAS
IND
IND 40.5%MUL 39.8%6 others 19.8%
Votes
24,003
40.5% share
Winning margin
425
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
58.2%
of 1,01,888

Mattancherry was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 425 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M.A.THOMAS
IND
24,00340.5%
2
T.A.AHAMED KABEER
MUL
23,57839.8%
3
K.SASIDHARAN
5,4319.2%
4
SABU ALI
PDP
5,2388.8%
5
T.S.THAMPAN
6381.1%
6
S.BALAKRISHNAN BHAT
IND
2050.3%
7
VINAYARAM RAMDAS
IND
1330.2%
8
ASHARAF ABOO
IND
870.1%

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 (83rd), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.7% · min 0.7% · max 25.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
83rd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.72
fewer partiesmore parties
43rd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
84th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.72EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 40.5%MUL 39.8%BJP 9.2%PDP 8.8%OTH 1.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,21,200
Density
1031 / km²
Sex ratio
1108 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,027 km²
SC population10.4%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 58.4%Christian 24.3%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.4%
Electricity97.0%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.4%
Women literate99.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.0%
Clean cooking fuel76.3%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

6 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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