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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 106 · 1996

Kallooppara

Winner — 1996

T.S.JOHN
KEC· United Democratic Front (Kerala)
KEC 43.9%KEC(M) 43.7%7 others 12.4%
Votes
32,112
43.9% share
Winning margin
172
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
66.1%
of 1,10,536

Kallooppara was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 172 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T.S.JOHN
32,11243.9%
2
JOSEPH M.PUTHUSSERI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
31,94043.7%
3
NV BALAGOPALA PILLAI
7,31710.0%
4
K.S.JOSE
1,0891.5%
5
PRASAD K.MATHEW
IND
2160.3%
6
NALINAKSHAN NAIR
IND
2100.3%
7
ADIYAR GURU RAJAN
IND
1040.1%
8
M.V.MATHEW
IND
740.1%
9
RAJAN CHEKKAYIL
IND
360.1%

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.

Low turnout (133rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.4% · min 0.0% · max 30.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
133rd of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
52nd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
46th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
KEC 43.9%KEC(M) 43.7%BJP 10.0%OTH 2.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,27,789
Density
1504 / km²
Sex ratio
1100 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,415 km²
SC population9.5%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%HINDU
Hindu 68.6%Christian 20.4%Muslim 10.6%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.9%
Electricity96.1%
Sanitation92.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.4%
Children fully vaccinated61.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.1%
Children underweight (under 5)20.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.9%
Women literate99.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.8%
Clean cooking fuel79.2%
Health insurance60.4%

What's nearby?

5 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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