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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 30 · 2006Reserved (ST)

Sultan's Battery

Winner — 2006

P KRISHNA PRASAD
CPM· Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
CPM 50.4%DIC 30.0%6 others 19.6%
Votes
63,092
50.4% share
Winning margin
25,540
20.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
68.6%
of 1,82,483

Sultan's Battery is a safe seat — P KRISHNA PRASAD won by 20.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P KRISHNA PRASAD
Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
63,09250.4%
2
N D APPACHAN
DIC
37,55230.0%
3
A C VARKEY
IND
11,9059.5%
4
P PADMANABHAN MASTER
NDA
8,0566.4%
5
ANNAN
1,6751.3%
6
AJAYA KUMAR
IND
1,4921.2%
7
K K VASU
7510.6%
8
KALADHARAN
6840.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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
20.4%
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
CPM 50.4%DIC 30.0%IND 9.5%BJP 6.4%OTH 3.7%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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