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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 85 · 1996

Udumbanchola

Winner — 1996

E.M.AUGUSTHY
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
INC 47.7%CPM 43.8%11 others 8.5%
Votes
57,266
47.7% share
Winning margin
4,667
3.9% of votes
Total candidates
13
Turnout
63.9%
of 1,87,830

A closely fought contest. E.M.AUGUSTHY won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

13 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
E.M.AUGUSTHY
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
57,26647.7%
2
M.M.MONI
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
52,59943.8%
3
MATHEW THOMAS
IND
4,2003.5%
4
MANMATHAN MATTAKKARA
2,9942.5%
5
SURESH CHEMMANNAR
1,3931.2%
6
KOMALAN NARAYANAN
IND
4040.3%
7
GEORGE CHOORAMPALLIL
IND
3870.3%
8
E.C.AUGUSTHY
IND
2520.2%
9
UNNIKUNJU JOSEPH
JP
2060.2%
10
SASI NARAYANAN
IND
1350.1%
11
K.G.JAMES
IND
1100.1%
12
M.C.VARGHESE
IND
930.1%
13
K. JAMES ABRAHAM
IND
650.1%

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 (100th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.5% · min 0.1% · max 29.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
100th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.26
fewer partiesmore parties
116th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
28th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.7%CPM 43.8%OTH 8.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,82,388
Density
1072 / km²
Sex ratio
1027 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,063 km²
SC population8.2%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
46%HINDU
Hindu 46.0%Christian 38.0%Muslim 15.7%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.3%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation97.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated82.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)19.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Women literate99.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.9%
Clean cooking fuel88.4%
Health insurance46.2%

What's nearby?

9 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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