Sultan's Battery
Winner — 1996
Sultan's Battery was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 1,296 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
13 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VARGHESE VAIDYAR | Left Democratic Front (Kerala) | 50,316 | 44.4% |
| 2 | KC ROSAKUTTY | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 49,020 | 43.3% |
| 3 | P.C.GOPINATH | 8,495 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | DAMODARAN | IND | 1,701 | 1.5% |
| 5 | P.T.JOHN | IND | 1,265 | 1.1% |
| 6 | VISWANATHAN THAMPI | IND | 1,080 | 0.9% |
| 7 | SUMA BABY VAZHAYIL | IND | 388 | 0.3% |
| 8 | V.M.JOSEPH | IND | 228 | 0.2% |
| 9 | POOTHADY MOHANAN | IND | 223 | 0.2% |
| 10 | ASSAIN MAVADY | IND | 158 | 0.1% |
| 11 | V.N.SASEENDRAN | IND | 144 | 0.1% |
| 12 | P.K. RAMAN | IND | 138 | 0.1% |
| 13 | POKKATHAYIL KURIACHAN | IND | 107 | 0.1% |
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.
High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.
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