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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1965

Guruvayur

Winner — 1965

P. K. ABDUL MAJEED
IND
IND 42.6%INC 41.6%3 others 15.8%
Votes
20,322
42.6% share
Winning margin
491
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
78.5%
of 60,808

Guruvayur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 491 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P. K. ABDUL MAJEED
IND
20,32242.6%
2
M. V. ABOOBACKER
19,83141.6%
3
P. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Left
6,56013.8%
4
R. SREENIVASAN
IND
6631.4%
5
C. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR
IND
3380.7%

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.

High turnout (19th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.2% · min 0.0% · max 18.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
19th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
64th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
13th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 42.6%INC 41.6%CPI 13.8%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,09,934
Density
627 / km²
Sex ratio
1067 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,482 km²
SC population14.4%
ST population1.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
67%HINDU
Hindu 66.8%Muslim 28.9%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water42.8%
Electricity93.5%
Sanitation89.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.7%
Children underweight (under 5)27.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.6%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel67.5%
Health insurance53.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Palakkadan Matta RiceGI

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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