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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 47 · 1970

Alathur

Winner — 1970

R. KRISHNAN
CPM· CPI(M)
CPM 61.7%IND 32.0%1 others 6.3%
Votes
34,193
61.7% share
Winning margin
16,458
29.7% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
68.2%
of 81,287

Alathur is a safe seat — R. KRISHNAN won by 29.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. KRISHNAN
Left
34,19361.7%
2
P. M. ADULRAHIMAN
IND
17,73532.0%
3
AVARAN
3,4836.3%

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.

Average turnout (89th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
29.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 1.7% · max 32.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
89th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
89th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
133 seats · 67 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 61.7%IND 32.0%NCO 6.3%

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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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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