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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 43 · 1957

Meenachil

Winner — 1957

JOSEPH P. M.
INC· INC
INC 59.9%IND 40.1%
Votes
20,126
59.9% share
Winning margin
6,664
19.8% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
68.0%
of 49,429

Meenachil is a safe seat — JOSEPH P. M. won by 19.8%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JOSEPH P. M.
20,12659.9%
2
THOMAS MATHAI
IND
13,46240.1%

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 (82nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
19.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 0.4% · max 36.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
82nd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.07
fewer partiesmore parties
137th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
88th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 59.9%IND 40.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
41,12,920
Density
1157 / km²
Sex ratio
1098 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,554 km²
SC population7.5%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
70%MUSLIM
Muslim 70.2%Hindu 27.6%Other 2.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water14.9%
Electricity94.3%
Sanitation97.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated80.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.4%
Children underweight (under 5)21.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Women literate99.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.3%
Clean cooking fuel59.0%
Health insurance42.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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