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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 4 · 1987Reserved (SC)

Hosdrug

Winner — 1987

N. MANOHARAN MASTER
INC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
INC 45.0%CPI 44.9%4 others 10.1%
Votes
46,677
45.0% share
Winning margin
59
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
80.4%
of 1,29,103

Hosdrug was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 59 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
N. MANOHARAN MASTER
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
46,67745.0%
2
PALLIPRAM BALAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
46,61844.9%
3
P. K. VELAYUDHAN
7,7397.5%
4
CHAKRAPANI
IND
2,0241.9%
5
P. K. RAMAN
IND
4510.4%
6
MADHAVAN
IND
2900.3%

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 (91st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.3% · min 0.1% · max 44.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
91st of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.73
fewer partiesmore parties
41st of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
51st of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.73EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.0%CPI 44.9%BJP 7.5%OTH 2.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,07,375
Density
657 / km²
Sex ratio
1080 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,989 km²
SC population4.1%
ST population3.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
56%HINDU
Hindu 55.8%Muslim 37.2%Christian 6.7%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water13.7%
Electricity88.8%
Sanitation91.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.4%
Women literate95.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.7%
Clean cooking fuel73.5%
Health insurance44.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
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