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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 85 · 2001

Udumbanchola

Winner — 2001

K K JAYACHANDRAN
CPM· Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
CPM 48.4%IND 41.8%5 others 9.8%
Votes
64,493
48.4% share
Winning margin
8,841
6.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
70.5%
of 1,88,931

A clear win with a 6.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K K JAYACHANDRAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
64,49348.4%
2
MATHEW STEPHAN
IND
55,65241.8%
3
AYYAPPAN
NDA
7,5135.6%
4
MATHEW SEBASTIAN
IND
1,7531.3%
5
C C VARGHESE
IND
1,7141.3%
6
K JAYACHANDRAN
IND
1,5921.2%
7
JAYARAJ
IND
4650.3%

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
6.6%
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
CPM 48.4%IND 41.8%BJP 5.6%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
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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