HOSDRUG
Assembly seat no. 4 in Kerala · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1965.
Winner, 2006
PALLIPRAM BALAN
CPI
Elections held
11
1965–2006
Most successful party
CPI
won 7 of 11
Margin, 2006
34,939
27.23% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
DICP RAMACHANDRAN
- Votes
- 36,812
- Vote share
- 28.69%
- Behind by
- 34,939
Electors
1,83,771
Total votes polled
1,28,311
Valid votes
1,28,311
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.8%
Full result, 2006
7 candidates · 1,28,311 valid votes
PALLIPRAM BALANCPIwon
71,751
55.9%
P RAMACHANDRANDIC
36,812
28.7%
C K VALSALANBJP
11,272
8.8%
K C KUNJUKOCHU MASTERBSP
2,783
2.2%
C RAGHAVANIND
2,467
1.9%
K V RAMACHANDRANIND
1,696
1.3%
P K RAMANIND
1,530
1.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | PALLIPRAM BALAN | CPI | 71,751 | 55.92% | P RAMACHANDRAN | 34,939 |
| 2001 | M.KUMARAN | CPI | 68,033 | 48.79% | C.J.KRISHNAN | 6,978 |
| 1996 | M. NARAYANAN | CPI | 62,786 | 50.83% | C.P. KRISHNAN | 11,809 |
| 1991 | M. NARAYANAN | CPI | 60,536 | 49.67% | KOTTARA VASUDEV | 6,678 |
| 1987 | N. MANOHARAN MASTER | INC | 46,677 | 44.97% | PALLIPRAM BALAN | 59 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
