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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 90 · 1996

Kottayam

Winner — 1996

T.K.RAMAKRISHNAN
CPM· Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
CPM 50.8%INC 44.0%8 others 5.3%
Votes
52,609
50.8% share
Winning margin
7,064
6.8% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
70.5%
of 1,46,897

A clear win with a 6.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T.K.RAMAKRISHNAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
52,60950.8%
2
MOHAN SANKAR
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
45,54544.0%
3
TG BALAKRISHNAN GOPALAKRISHNAN PANICKER
2,7472.6%
4
ROY PADINJAREKARA
IND
1,4341.4%
5
SUNNY K.JOHN
IND
4230.4%
6
RAJ MOHAN SABHARAJ
IND
2310.2%
7
R.HARISH
2260.2%
8
ALEX GEORGE
IND
2220.2%
9
JAMES JOSEPH KANNANPADOM
IND
960.1%
10
SUSAMMA MATHEW
IND
800.1%

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.

Average turnout (106th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
6.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 0.2% · max 46.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
106th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.37
fewer partiesmore parties
103rd of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
52nd of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.37EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 50.8%INC 44.0%OTH 5.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,08,974
Density
255 / km²
Sex ratio
1006 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,356 km²
SC population13.1%
ST population5.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
49%HINDU
Hindu 48.9%Christian 43.4%Muslim 7.4%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water30.2%
Electricity88.4%
Sanitation89.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated89.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.3%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.0%
Women literate94.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.1%
Clean cooking fuel54.3%
Health insurance58.1%

What's nearby?

4 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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