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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 20 · 1965

Balusseri

Winner — 1965

A.K. APPU
SSP 54.7%INC 43.3%1 others 1.9%
Votes
29,593
54.8% share
Winning margin
6,186
11.4% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
79.4%
of 68,049

A clear win with a 11.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
A.K. APPU
29,59354.8%
2
O.K. GOVINDAN
23,40743.3%
3
V. SREEDHARAN NAIR
IND
1,0531.9%

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

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 (51st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
11.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.4% · min 0.7% · max 14.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
51st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
76th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
133rd of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SSP 54.8%INC 43.3%OTH 1.9%

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?

1 location
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