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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1980
Kunnathunad
Winner — 1980
P. P. ESTHOSE
CPM· Left
CPM 49.4%INC(I) 48.8%2 others 1.7%
Votes
36,460
49.4% share
Winning margin
433
0.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
81.5%
of 90,515
Kunnathunad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.6% — fewer than 433 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P. P. ESTHOSE | Left | 36,460 | 49.4% |
| 2 | P. P. THANKACHAN |  INC(I)Congress (I) | 36,027 | 48.9% |
| 3 | CHALLAPPAN AYYAPPAN | IND | 974 | 1.3% |
| 4 | T. N. PARAMESWARAN PILLAI | IND | 296 | 0.4% |
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 (15th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean0.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.1% · min 0.1% · max 18.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
15th of 140How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
70th of 140How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
60th of 140Where does the house stand?
SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 49.4%INC(I) 48.9%OTH 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
32,82,388
Density
1072 / km²
Sex ratio
1027 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,063 km²
SC population8.2%
ST population0.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
46%HINDU
Hindu 46.0%Christian 38.0%Muslim 15.7%Other 0.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water57.3%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation97.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.1%
Children fully vaccinated82.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)19.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Women literate99.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER2.9%
Clean cooking fuel88.4%
Health insurance46.2%
What's nearby?
7 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · 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.