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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 15 · 1996

Peravoor

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Winner — 1996

K.T.KUNNAHAMMED
ICS
ICS 46.5%INC 46.3%9 others 7.2%
Votes
57,450
46.5% share
Winning margin
186
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
75.6%
of 1,63,451

Peravoor was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 186 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history
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All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K.T.KUNNAHAMMED
ICS
57,45046.5%
2
K.P.NOORUDEEN
INC
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
57,26446.4%
3
P.M. BALACHANDRAN
BJP
5,9974.8%
4
NECHIKKADAN SAIDALAVI
IND
1,8401.5%
5
K.K.KEETUKANDY
IND
2240.2%
6
NAROTH NANU
JP
2240.2%
7
KEERAMBATH ILLIKKAL ASSOTTY
IND
2060.2%
8
T.S.ROY
IND
1020.1%
9
C.M.ALI
IND
970.1%
10
COTHUMMAKKAL KURIAN CHUMMAR
IND
780.1%
11
KELICHAMKANDY ACHUTHAN
IND
740.1%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

High turnout (9th), 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 14.0% · min 0.1% · max 48.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
9th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.51
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
100th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.51EFFECTIVE PARTIES
ICS 46.5%INC 46.4%OTH 7.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,23,003
Density
852 / km²
Sex ratio
1136 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,961 km²
SC population3.3%
ST population1.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
60%HINDU
Hindu 59.8%Muslim 29.4%Christian 10.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water11.7%
Electricity94.1%
Sanitation97.6%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated77.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.4%
Children underweight (under 5)17.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Women literate99.1%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER5.4%
Clean cooking fuel70.4%
Health insurance47.9%

What's nearby?

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