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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 30 · 2001Reserved (ST)

Sultan's Battery

Winner — 2001

N.D.APPACHAN
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala) (UPA)
INC 54.3%IND 35.7%4 others 10.1%
Votes
68,685
54.3% share
Winning margin
23,553
18.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
80.6%
of 1,57,007

Sultan's Battery is a safe seat — N.D.APPACHAN won by 18.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N.D.APPACHAN
United Democratic Front (Kerala) (UPA)
68,68554.3%
2
FATHER MATHAI NOORANAL
IND
45,13235.6%
3
ADV.P.C.GOPINATH
NDA
8,7696.9%
4
ADV. V.A. MATHAI
IND
2,3971.9%
5
V.T.APPACHAN
IND
9890.8%
6
P.P.ABRAHAM
IND
6200.5%

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.

High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.5% · min 1.1% · max 44.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
1st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
86th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.3%IND 35.6%BJP 6.9%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,86,293
Density
1316 / km²
Sex ratio
1098 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,345 km²
SC population6.5%
ST population0.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%HINDU
Hindu 56.2%Muslim 39.2%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water21.0%
Electricity93.8%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated88.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Children underweight (under 5)18.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.2%
Clean cooking fuel73.8%
Health insurance61.1%

What's nearby?

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