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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 79 · 2016

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Winner — 2016

S SARMA
CPM· Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
CPM 52.2%INC 37.5%9 others 10.3%
Votes
68,526
52.2% share
Winning margin
19,353
14.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
79.9%
of 1,64,237

A clear win with a 14.8% margin.

Seat history

2 of 10 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.05 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
S SARMA
Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
68,52652.2%
2
K R SUBHASH
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
49,17337.5%
3
VAMALOCHANAN K K
BDJS
NDA
10,0517.7%
4
JYOTHIVAS PARAVUR
WPOI
1,4061.1%
NOTA
NOTA
9100.7%
6
MANJULADEVI
CPIM
2480.2%
7
RAJEEV NAAGAN
APOI
2310.2%
8
SUBHASH K S
IND
2170.2%
9
K D VISWANATHAN
PDP
1830.1%
10
KODICKAL SADASIVAN
IND
1360.1%
11
S D SATHEESH
IND
880.1%

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

Average turnout (36th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
14.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.7% · min 1.8% · max 18.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
82%
lowerhigher
36th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
89th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
55th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 52.2%INC 37.5%BDJS 7.7%OTH 1.9%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/10

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.05 Cr

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?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Oleo Raisins

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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