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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 140

NeyyattinkaraAssembly by-election result, 2012

R. Selvaraj (INC) won Neyyattinkara in the 2012 assembly by-election with 40.0% of the vote, beating F. Lawrance (CPM) by 6,334 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 2011 election. In 2006, seat no. 140 was Parassala. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

R. Selvaraj
INC
INC 40.0%CPM 35.1%13 others 24.9%
Votes
52,528
40.0% share
Winning margin
6,334
4.8% of votes
Candidates
15

A closely fought contest. R. Selvaraj won with a 4.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

15 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
R. Selvaraj
INC
INC
52,52840.0%
2
F. Lawrance
CPM
CPM
46,19435.1%
3
O. Rajagopal
BJP
BJP
30,50723.2%
4
Selvaraj
IND
IND
5510.4%
5
T. Selvaraj
IND
IND
4140.3%
6
Adv. S. M. Karani
IND
IND
3500.3%
7
T.R.Thnkarajan
RPI(A)
RPI(A)
2940.2%
8
Sathyaseelan
IND
IND
2000.1%
9
E.V. Philip
SP(I)
SP(I)
880.1%
10
J.Lawrence
IND
IND
710.1%
11
T. Lawrence
IND
IND
680.1%
12
K.G. Mohanan
IND
IND
540.0%
13
Lila Sundaresan
IND
IND
510.0%
14
J. Wilson
IND
IND
360.0%
15
J.R.L. Rose
IND
IND
360.0%

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A close contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
4.8%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Two or three

INC, CPM and BJP took 98% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.97

How did the vote split?

SEAT
40.0%won by INC
INC 40.0%CPM 35.1%BJP 23.2%Others 1.7%

Thiruvananthapuram district · 33 lakh people · Census 2011

Known for Handloom Products.

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Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,01,427
Density
1508 / km²
Sex ratio
1087 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,189 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population0.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
  • Hindu66.5%
  • Christian19.1%
  • Muslim13.7%
  • Sikh<0.1%
  • Buddhist<0.1%
  • Other religions (incl. tribal faiths)<0.1%
  • Not stated0.7%

Homes with tap water, electricity and a toilet

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 · SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Tap water38.2%
Electric lighting94.6%
Toilet at home94.2%

Health and family

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated72.8%
Children stunted (under 5)19.5%
Children underweight (under 5)15.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)33.0%
Women literate98.5%
Women married before 186.2%
Clean cooking fuel72.2%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom Products
Our lady of Assumption Church

Our lady of Assumption Church

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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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Who has won Neyyattinkara, 2011–2026

  1. 2011R SELVARAJ (CPM), margin 6.0%
  2. 2016K.ANSALAN (CPM), margin 7.1%
  3. 2021K. ANSALAN (CPM), margin 10.2%
  4. 2026N. SHAKTHAN (INC), margin 5.2%