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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 110 · 2018 by-elections

Chengannur

Winner — 2018 by-elections

Saji Cheryan "E"
CPM 44.5%INC 30.6%15 others 24.9%
Votes
67,303
44.5% share
Winning margin
20,956
13.8% of votes
Total candidates
17

A clear win with a 13.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

17 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Saji Cheryan "E"
67,30344.5%
2
Adv. D. VijayaKumar
46,34730.6%
3
Adv. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
35,27023.3%
4
Swami Sukbakash Saraswathi
IND
8000.5%
5
Rajeev Pallathu
3680.2%
6
Mobran Achary
IND
2630.2%
7
Jiji Puntbala
2480.2%
8
Aji.M. Chalakeri
IND
1370.1%
9
Madhu Chengannur
1240.1%
10
Sreedharan Pillai
IND
1210.1%
11
Somanatha Warrier.T.K
IND
980.1%
12
Adv.Unni Karthikeyan
IND
570.0%
13
Subhash Naga
API
530.0%
14
Murali Naga
IND
440.0%
15
A.K. Shaji
IND
390.0%
16
Sivaprasad Gandhi.K.M
IND
210.0%
17
M. C. Jayalal
IND
200.0%

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.

Low turnout (135th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
13.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 0.1% · max 31.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
72%
lowerhigher
135th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
20th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
97th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
1 seats · 1 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 44.5%INC 30.6%BJP 23.3%OTH 1.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,27,789
Density
1504 / km²
Sex ratio
1100 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,415 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%HINDU
Hindu 68.6%Christian 20.4%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.9%
Electricity96.1%
Sanitation92.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Women literate99.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.8%
Clean cooking fuel79.2%
Health insurance60.4%

What's nearby?

5 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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