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Keralam · Assembly Constituency 67 · 2021

Thrissur

Winner — 2021

P BALACHANDRAN
CPI· Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
CPI 34.2%INC 33.5%4 others 32.2%
Votes
44,263
34.3% share
Winning margin
946
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
68.9%
of 1,87,680

Thrissur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 946 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

3 of 5 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.64 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
P BALACHANDRAN
Left Democratic Front (Kerala) (INDIA)
44,26334.3%
2
PADMAJA VENUGOPAL
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
43,31733.5%
3
SURESH GOPI
NDA
40,45731.3%
NOTA
NOTA
7230.6%
5
AJITH MENON PONNEMKATTIL
IND
2520.2%
6
THRISSUR MUKUNDAN
igp
2250.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (109th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.9% · min 0.7% · max 21.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
109th of 140

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.76
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 140

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
12th of 140

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
140 seats · 71 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.76EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 34.3%INC 33.5%BJP 31.3%OTH 0.4%NOTA 0.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/5

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.64 Cr

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
31,21,200
Density
1031 / km²
Sex ratio
1108 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,027 km²
SC population10.4%
ST population0.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
58%HINDU
Hindu 58.4%Christian 24.3%Muslim 17.1%Other 0.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.4%
Electricity97.0%
Sanitation97.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.0%
Children underweight (under 5)17.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.4%
Women literate99.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER1.0%
Clean cooking fuel76.3%
Health insurance48.7%

What's nearby?

7 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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