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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 59 · 1967

Guruvayur

Winner — 1967

B.V.S.THANGAL
MUL· United Front (Kerala, 1967)
MUL 46.9%INC 45.8%1 others 7.3%
Votes
20,986
46.9% share
Winning margin
463
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
74.2%
of 60,329

Guruvayur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 463 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B.V.S.THANGAL
MUL
20,98646.9%
2
A.A.KOCHUNNY
INC
20,52345.8%
3
M.P.GANESAN
3,2747.3%

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
MUL 46.9%INC 45.8%KEC 7.3%

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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