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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 117 · 1982

Kottarakara

Winner — 1982

R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI
KEC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
KEC 55.5%CPI 43.4%2 others 1.1%
Votes
37,515
55.5% share
Winning margin
8,144
12.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
81.4%
of 83,107

A clear win with a 12.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
R. BALAKRISHNA PILLAI
37,51555.5%
2
E. CHANDRASEKHARAN NAIR
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
29,37143.4%
3
THOMAS K. PANICKER
IND
3930.6%
4
SARAMMA BABY
IND
3360.5%

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 (77th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
12.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.8% · min 0.8% · max 56.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
77th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
109th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
8th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KEC 55.5%CPI 43.4%OTH 1.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,35,375
Density
1061 / km²
Sex ratio
1113 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,483 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population0.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
64%HINDU
Hindu 64.4%Muslim 19.3%Christian 16.0%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.1%
Electricity95.1%
Sanitation94.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated85.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER15.5%
Children underweight (under 5)17.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.0%
Women literate98.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.8%
Clean cooking fuel80.1%
Health insurance56.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
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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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